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A State at a Time: American Citizens Take Their Country Back

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM

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With the disclosures that large amounts of illegal voters are possibly tipping the balance of power around the country, the new Republican majority in legislatures throughout the nation are turning their attention to getting a handle on it.

It seems the status quo for voter requirements in many states is not having to provide photo I.D.'s when voting. What kind of madness is this? Just who does this help in this day of hi-technology, when anyone can claim they are a legal, registered voter without proving it? It opens the door for fraudulent votes that can effect the whole direction of the country. Furthermore what's to stop them from voting multiple times in multiple states. If there isn't a fraud proof, concrete way of determining who voters are we are lost as a country.

The hijacking of the American voting system of one American citizen one vote, has to end. It is not a burden to have to prove who you are, that is a ridiculous excuse.

Democrats say photo ID laws are unnecessary because there is limited evidence of voter fraud....Really? They claim Republicans are using the laws to disenfranchise poor and minority voters who may not have IDs and would vote for Democrats....What! How much does a picture I.D. cost? I am sure there is a government program somewhere in the swamp of deficit spending that would provide free govt. paid for I.D.'s.

The governors of South Carolina and Texas are poised to sign new state laws requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, who say such measures are necessary to prevent election fraud.

The South Carolina Senate voted to require voters to show a driver’s license, state-issued ID card, passport or federal military ID to cast a ballot. The bill now moves to Governor Nikki Haley, who says she will sign it.

In both states, Republicans control both chambers of the legislature as well as the governor’s office, allowing the proposals to become law despite fierce opposition.

And just what patriotic American citizen would fiercely oppose a way to fight voter fraud?

“The elections in November made a huge difference on this issue,” Tova Wang, senior fellow at Demos, a New York-based advocacy organization that works to defeat photo ID proposals.

Who is "Tova Wang" and what is "Demos"? Who would want our electoral system to be compromised by making it easy for voter fraud?

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, a Republican, already signed a voter ID plan into law in his state — a development that would have been unlikely last year, when Democrat Mark Parkinson was Governor. In Texas, previous attempts to pass voter ID had been blocked by minority Democrats in the House, but Republicans picked up a supermajority in November’s elections, leading to this year’s breakthrough.

GOP-backed proposals are still moving forward in Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

One state at a time American citizens can take their country back. This is going to have to be the trickle up version of bringing sanity back to our election system. Because it certainly is not going to happen through Washington.

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clancy4unc | May 15, 2011, 10:18 PM EDT

I'm just shocked that there is a conservative writer for this place. I was beginning to think most of the Irish were socialist boneheads who would follow the devil himself, as long as he said the "correct" things. Is there some hope for the old country?

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seanomelbourne | May 15, 2011, 06:53 PM EDT

Mman disenfranchising the poor and the elderly is a right wing mantra ask your friends the Koch Bros.

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jamthecat | May 15, 2011, 06:05 PM EDT

The only voter fraud that's been shown to have happened in this country, so far, is from the right wing -- from Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 right through Wisconsin, today. Same for voter intimidation. You're not taking this country back; you're just taking it over with nothing more than lies, jackboot tactics and racist propaganda.

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seanaci | May 15, 2011, 04:57 PM EDT

McNamara31: If you want to be deflected back to where globalisation in the US is leading, start here http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meyerson-europeans-20110515,0,3990894.story

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McNamara31 | May 15, 2011, 04:42 PM EDT

jfoynyc... So right. It's part of the politics of deflection. Deflect the attention, and anger away from the real problems at hand, such as the one's you mentioned.

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McNamara31 | May 15, 2011, 04:31 PM EDT

tundish45..Your comment speaks volumes!

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jfoynyc | May 15, 2011, 03:50 PM EDT

I wish that what the article described was the problem. Unfortunately individual voters matter less now and we the people have become serfs of American Busines and of the richest 5% of the the population. That's where the real fraud lies. For example, over 50% of the people wanted Universal Healthcare; why did we not get it? not because of voter fraud. Almost 10 Trillion tax break (10 years) to the wealthy, $4B./year tax break to oil companies, etc. Do you still think voter fraud is our problem? If yes, carry on regardless.

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eibhleann7 | May 15, 2011, 02:47 PM EDT

It's not only voter fraud, but registration fraud that needs to be addressed, as well. In New York, we have a certain group that illegally registers in multiple parts of the state, and votes in multiple elections, hence creating a " voting block" that helps to control the political world for their own selfish agenda.

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tundish45 | May 15, 2011, 02:46 PM EDT

Yer right, freedon luvin' patriots. What we need is a good set of papers that we can keep in order. An national, internal passport. Like my late Father-In-Law had in pre WWI Europe. When he took a new job, he reported first to the police station for a records update. Same when he moved to a new apartment. Or town...or thought he might marry... Catch the drift?

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Monsoonman | May 15, 2011, 02:31 PM EDT

WE! The citizens of the United States. Want to know who is voting in our elections. Period! We want the voter rolls totally purged. No more motor voter/non i.d./ multiple votes from one person/dead people still voting...we start to get pizzed off. We the citizens are starting to feel DISENFRANCHISED.

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Gearoid4 | May 15, 2011, 02:26 PM EDT

Hurrah for individual states rediscovering their own muscular jurisdictional powers in the face of overweening Federal nanny-statism. The latter has imposed a leftist model of social engineering in terms of health care, sexual ethics and other areas which goes against the grain of the natural right of centre politics of the average American.

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cartersmate35 | May 15, 2011, 02:09 PM EDT

Great article, and, though the truth hurts, it is, after all, the TRUTH! We voters have been robbed for by corrupted politicians. WE WILL TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!

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Nicomax | May 15, 2011, 01:35 PM EDT

Voter suppression is often viewed as more prevalent than voter fraud. It usually occurs in low-income, minority districts, more recently observed in the Jacksonville area during the 2000 election, followed by extensive back-ups at the polls in large Ohio cities during the 2004 election. Recent laws are more intended to suppress legitimate voters than catch fraudulent ones.

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Monsoonman | May 15, 2011, 12:47 PM EDT

American citizens right to vote is THE most important right and responsibility. Whenever it can be subjugated by diluting it with the kind of voter fraud that is going on, then it is time for citizens to rise up and demand change and accountability. We are getting our country stolen a little bit at a time, by seemingly innocent sounding "rules" such as not requiring solid i.d. to vote. The founding Fathers were right when they told us: "Here's your republic, don't lose it"

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AengusOg | May 15, 2011, 12:41 PM EDT

We Americans have very similar core values. Once integrity gives way to partisanship, we begin calling names and slandering rather than debating. I'm proud to be a participant in the Tea Party. I won't call myself a member because it is a movement rather than a political party. It has no candidates seeking public office. Much as Green parties are for ecological responsibility, the Tea Party is for fiscal responsibility and smaller government. Participants may hold widely divergent views on gay marriage, illegal immigration, etc. Sign up to receive Tea Party emails and see for yourselves.

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