In an age of identity theft and voter-registration fraud, Stuart Shepard wonders in his Stoplight video commentary why anyone would argue against a little ID check.
Here, here! The only folks I can think of who would oppose solid ID check and voter registration procedures would be, well, those who want to perpetrate a little fraud (or a LOT of fraud if you're ACORN).
Having dead folks, animals and stuck keyboards voting is hardly in the interest of democracy.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Stoplight: Do You Know Who You Are?
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All you "get ACORN" nuts act like these were all just turned in yesterday! These were turned in over a period of something like 14 months, and the ACORN employees who were discovered have been terminated. ACORN itself informed state officials about the questionable registrations collected by its employees that are now under investigation.
The fact is ACORN has been a target for the GOP for years because they work to register voters in some of the "not so well off" neighborhoods, and the GOP doesn't want those people to vote. Some ACORN employees did improper things and they were fired. A couple thousand fraudulent registrations are under investigation, out of 1.3 million! It is sad that these employees have tainted the election process, however, election fraud has gone on with BOTH SIDES for decades. This is not new, and it shouldn't even be news.
Yes, Senator Obama has a few ties to ACORN...
*In 1995, Mr. Obama was on a team of lawyers that represented ACORN in a lawsuit vs. the state of Illinois to have the state comply with FEDERAL LAWS intended to enhance access to the polls. AND the Justice Department was on the SAME SIDE as ACORN in the lawsuit, as was the League of Women Voters among other organizations. The plantiffs won.
*Senator Obama conducted two LEADERSHIP training sessions, each about an hour, for ACORN in Chicago over a three-year period in the late 1990s. He was not paid for that work.
These fraudulent registrations a pain, not a danger. There are many safeguards in place and IDs are required when people obtain their ballots. County elections boards have some safeguards to weed out faulty registrations.
For example, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio:
- All cards are scanned into a computer so the board has a copy. Originals are kept in storage. Scanning the cards puts the voter's signature into the computer system and transfers the signature to poll books used for verification on election day.
- The 43 workers in the registration department enter the information on the cards into the board's computer database.
- Workers put in the date of birth and check to see if the name on the card is already in the system. If the name is there and the signature matches, the record is updated with information from the most recent card. If the name isn't in the system with that birth date, a new record is created and checked against the statewide database to see if that person is registered elsewhere.
- The board double-checks registrations by comparing information with the databases of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Social Security numbers.
- Once the data is entered, the board sends the prospective voter an address confirmation card, which is not to be forwarded to another address. This card, workers say, is a key safeguard against voter fraud.
- If the card is returned as undeliverable, workers put a note next to the voter's name in the poll books, telling poll workers the person must supply proof that the address listed is correct. Only then would the person be given a regular ballot. Otherwise, THEY HAVE TO VOTE PROVISIONALLY until their information is confirmed.
The comments above by "anonymous" are partialy or wholly untrue. There are now fourteen states that have federal investigations of ACORN activities involving thousands of fraudulent registrations and other illegal activities. Only a few states require a picture ID to vote (Indiana being one) and several have ongoing challenges from ACORN and other Democrat-run organizations.
The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Brunner is not required to provide county elections boards with the names of voters whose personal information does not match state motor-vehicle or federal Social Security records, as ordered Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith of Columbus.
Brunner had sought an emergency order delaying Smith's order, and the appeals court agreed with Brunner that federal law does not require her to provide the names and that the Nov. 4 election is too close for major policy changes.
When running for SoS in Ohio Jennifer Brunner admitted that her reason for running was to change the voting methods in Ohio. She has refused to shre information with election boards that would help them verify eligibility of voter registrations. Although an appeals court has vacated the ruling by a district judge to place an injunction against Brunner the mater is not settled as further appeals are being considered.
The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Brunner is not required to provide county elections boards with the names of voters whose personal information does not match state motor-vehicle or federal Social Security records. In other words the panel exempted Brunner from doing the job she was elected to do.
If she has her way, Jennifer Brunner will deliver Ohio to the Democrats on election day and will certainly be rewarded for her efforts. We have a new Jamie Gorelick in the making.
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