64,000 in New Mexico is bullshit. The allegation at the time was 28. It was disproven and even the national GOP recanted.
http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s0809a/chapter6.htm http://newmexicoindependent.com/37825/iglesias-discusses-acorn-with-msnbcs-rachel-maddow http://newmexicoindependent.com/42952/gonzales-counted-on-republicans-to-stop-investigations-into-fired-u-s-attorneys http://www.clearlynewmexico.com/?p=2353 http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/rnc_on_new_mexico_voter_fraud.php http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/is_new_mexico_gop_lawyer_hirin.php On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> You do realize that we've had voting for centuries in our country, >> with rolls, where most people didn't have government issued ID, right? > > Isn't that how Kennedy became president? > >> Voting, unlike driving, having a bank account, etc. is a >> Constitutionally guaranteed right of *every single citizen*. > > Nope. > >> Any time >> you have a constitutionally guaranteed right, you have to set a very >> high bar indeed to justify any incursion against it. Not a sense of >> "this seems reasonable" but a seriously high standard. Yes, Felons can >> have their voting rights revoked while they are in prison. That is a >> very severe case. But even then, the right to vote is either restored >> automatically upon being released or else can be regained by petition >> after you finish your sentence. > > Differs by state > >> Requiring ID to vote is a solution in search of a problem. There are >> no modern documented incidents of voting fraud. There are some >> incidents of registration fraud, fairly few and far between, but no >> incidents of voting fraud. There is nothing requiring *any* incursion >> against a guaranteed constitutional right no matter how "reasonable" >> you or anyone else thinks it might be. Period. > > 64,000 in New Mexico for starters. > >> Voting is a right, not a privilege. That means you don't get to fuck >> with it even if you think it's a nifty idea. > > Is it ok if we fix it? > > . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
