Gonnna make 2000 & 2004 look like a cakewalk of honesty. On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Keith In Tampa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Given Obama's background in providing legal representation and agitator > training for the ultra-radical ACORN, which specializes in voter fraud, it's > obvious things will get ugly next month. John Fund provides confirmation: > VOTER FRAUD EXPECTED TO BE RAMPANT > http://www.nypost.com/seven/10052008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/voter_fraud_expected_to_be_rampant_132170.htm > By JOHN FUND > > Posted: 4:03 am > October 15, 2008 > > *Our nation may be on the brink of repeating the 2000 Florida election > debacle, but this time in several states, with allegations of voter fraud, > intimidation and flawed voting machines added to the generalized chaos that > sent Bush v. Gore to the Supreme Court for overtime.* > > "If you think of election problems as akin to forest fires, the woods are > no drier than they were in 2000, but many more people have matches," says > Doug Chapin, editor of the nonpartisan Electionline.org. > > The real battle that could decide this election may be fought by the > squadrons of lawyers both sides have hired to prepare Florida-style > challenges to the results in any close state. Once again, America's sloppy, > fraud-prone voting system could turn Election Day into an Election Month of > court challenges. > > Election lawsuits are already piling up. A new federal mandate requires > that all voters be allowed to cast a provisional ballot if their names don't > appear on registration lists. Liberal groups are suing to have such ballots > counted even if they are cast in precincts where the voter doesn't live. If > the number of provisional ballots exceeds the margin of victory in the > Senate race, you can bet lawyers will argue that "every vote must count," > regardless of eligibility. Candidates may have to hope their vote totals are > beyond the "margin of litigation." > > The issue of photo ID has become symbolic of the clash of values on > election standards. Supporters say it is bizarre that most states don't > require a photo ID to vote, at a time when one is needed to buy an airline > ticket, rent a video or cash a check. A Rasmussen Research poll found 82% of > Americans believed voters should show photo ID, including 70% of Obama > voters. But liberal groups insist that even laws that allow voters to use a > paycheck or utility bill as ID discriminate against minority voters and > could lead to "profiling." > > But when voters are disfranchised by the counting of improperly cast > ballots or outright fraud, their civil rights are violated just as surely as > if they were prevented from voting. The integrity of the ballot box is just > as important to the credibility of elections as access to it. > > Political bosses such as Richard Daley or George Wallace may have died, but > they have successors. Party machines in Hawaii and south Texas intimidate > critics and journalists as they harvest votes from illegal aliens and the > dead. A left-wing "community organizing" group called ACORN has seen its > employees frequently convicted of voter registration fraud. This year its > employees are under active investigation in several states. Perhaps one > reason for ACORN's go-for-broke behavior is that Barack > Obama<http://www.nypost.com/news/p/obama_barack/obama_barack.htm>used to be a > lawyer and top trainer for the group. In August, the Obama > campaign was caught misidentifying an $800,000 payment it had made to an > ACORN subsidiary for "election services." > > Even after Florida 2000, the media tend to downplay or ignore stories of > election incompetence, manipulation or theft. Allowing such abuses to vanish > into an informational black hole in effect legitimizes them. Should > "anything goes" continue to accepted as an election standard, voters may > wake up to a crisis even bigger than the 2000 Florida folly. Perhaps then it > will demand to know why more wasn't done to fix the system before it failed > again. That's why officials need to enforce whatever safeguards we have this > year - and then lobby hard for better voter education and protections > against fraud in the future. > > *John Fund is the author of "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens > Our Democracy."* > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
