>From today, more on voter fraud: Pa. voter ID law gets approval of state judge<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pa-voter-id-law-gets-approval-of-state-judge/2012/08/15/8b7fef94-e6ec-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_story.html>
A Pennsylvania judge ruled Wednesday that a new Republican-supported state voter ID law could be implemented for Election Day, despite objections that it was a partisan attempt to hurt President Obama and could cost thousands of voters the right to cast ballots. Commonwealth Judge Robert Simpson said the individuals and civil rights groups challenging the law had not met the heavy burden of proving that it so clearly violated the state constitution that it should not be implemented. He said there was still time for those without proper ID to acquire it. Petitioners did not establish . . . that disenfranchisement was immediate or inevitable, Simpson wrote, adding, I was convinced that Act 18 will be implemented by Commonwealth agencies in a nonpartisan, evenhanded manner. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another one from the USA Today. Granted, it is an opinion piece, but has > some nice facts in it. I really like the part where uber conservative > Jimmy Carter recommends stronger ID requirements. > > > Opposing view: In Texas, evidence of voter fraud abounds > > "The electoral system cannot inspire public confidence if no safeguards > exist to deter or detect fraud or to confirm the identity of voters." That > was the conclusion of the bipartisan Commission on Federal Election > Reform<http://www1.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/report.html>, > headed by former president Jimmy > Carter<http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/Executive/Jimmy+Carter> > and > former secretary of State James Baker. The commission recommended stronger > photo-identification requirements at the polls. Its logic was > straightforward and convincing: Americans must show photo identification > for all kinds of day-to-day activities, such as cashing checks or entering > government buildings. The many photo ID requirements we encounter in our > daily lives are legitimate, effective security measures. Securing the > ballot box is just as important. > > In Texas, evidence of voter fraud abounds. In recent years, my office has > secured more than 50 voter fraud convictions. Those include a woman who > voted in place of her dead mother, a political operative who cast ballots > for two people, and a city councilmember who registered foreign nationals > to vote in an election decided by 19 votes. Voter fraud is hard to detect, > so cases like these are just the tip of the iceberg. > > J > > - > > You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop > reading them. - Mohandas Gandhi > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:353807 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
