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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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2BorNot2B | Jul 01, 2011, 05:53 PM EDT

Sez McNam in response to seanfer7..."I saw millions of illegal voters but hardly any legal ones"....Hmmmm.. Could you tell us where you saw "them" and how you knew they were not legal? -- Well McNumb, here's a bit of news that might remove the libstars from your eyes: My extended family in LA manned polling stations and voting places where they helplessly watched as sizeable crowds of illegals who could not even speak English were being dumped by union buses at the various places they were volunteering as monitors, so they would vote. They point-blank asked in Spanish "where do I vote for obama?" -- Why were these people not prevented from voting by the poll watchers? Their pleas for help went either unanswered, or were told help would show up at some point that never materialized.--- LA County is a 'sanctuary city' that provides documentation to these people which allows them to operate as though they were 'naturalized citizens.' Whatever ID they don't get from sympathetic organizations, they can easily buy from people whose business is the manufacture and sale of fake documents. Convinced?

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hooligan6a | May 22, 2011, 02:56 PM EDT

Question, What American doesn't have an ID today? Answer, Not one. You need an ID to get a library card. If you don't own a Llbrary card, you have no business voting. You need an ID to board an airplane, no one seems to have a problem with that. Why is it such an inconvenience to show an ID to vote?

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DaddyMac22 | May 19, 2011, 03:29 PM EDT

Florida. Jed Bush. Irony.

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suzandpej | May 19, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT

Hey, Ratslayer...we are pointing fingers at any ethnic group. The Mexican's that I know worked long and hard for their money. And they will do anything to earn money. The sad fact is we cannot give our education system and health system away to people who do not pay. If the Mexican's are summer workers, they aren't even in this country that long. If they live here, they usually are eager to become citizens, and proud of it! Yes, Ochshane, ACORN indeed! That whole thing was illegal. This is a ridiculous thing to argue about. Author is right about one thing: there is money to issue ID cards for legal residents. End of story.

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suzandpej | May 19, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT

If we can get one of the most crooked states in the union to do this, it would be something~ I speak of Illinois, of course. The politics in this state has been so rotten it smells for decades. Watch how long it takes for them to even acknowledge it. It won't happen here! There are a lot of us who don't like our Prez...remember he came from Chicago, Il. political mob.

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seanomelbourne | May 17, 2011, 02:51 AM EDT

did you feed the millions of illegal voters with the loaves and fish's seanfer7 what a ridiculous statement.

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EdinCali | May 16, 2011, 08:42 PM EDT

effect 1. something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. 2. power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. 3. the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect. EXPAND –verb (used with object) 10. to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.

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Ratslayer | May 16, 2011, 05:33 PM EDT

Ed writes: ''It opens the door for fraudulent votes that can effect the whole direction of the country.'' Hey Ed, it's AFFECT, not EFFECT.

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Ratslayer | May 16, 2011, 05:13 PM EDT

Look out Ed, them darn Mexicans is coming!

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eileend | May 16, 2011, 12:49 PM EDT

An investigation was done after both Bush wins by the Bush Attorney General's office (that would be Ashcroft). They could find NO widespread voter fraud. You can look up the report, because Ashcroft(not exactly a bastion of left-leaning liberalism) published it himself. The 'massive voter fraud' only exists in the PR of those who seek to rile people up against minorities(I don't remember anybody ever blaming middle-class white guys for storming the polls). There was, however, widespread voter intimidation and suppression by Republican activists, also reported in the Ashcroft report, that said that many states made it so difficult to vote, that the poor and elderly--traditionally democratic-leaning--were pressured out of voting entirely. So get off ACORN's back. Unless you want to tell me that it's an unChristian, unAmerican thing to try and help the poor pay utility bills.

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Reaganella | May 16, 2011, 09:27 AM EDT

Amen, and hallelujah! It's about time legislators with guts addressed the illegal voter problem.

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McNamara31 | May 16, 2011, 08:59 AM EDT

seanfer7..."I saw millions of illegal voters but hardly any legal ones"....Hmmmm.. Could you tell us where you saw "them" and how you knew they were not legal?

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ochshane | May 16, 2011, 08:38 AM EDT

ACORN anyone! Vote early and vote often.

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seanfer7 | May 16, 2011, 07:51 AM EDT

Just how many voters were caught trying to vote that were illegal last election? I saw millions of illegal voters but hardly any legal ones. It wouldn't matter anyhow because the Surpreme ones decide it for us.

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seanomelbourne | May 16, 2011, 01:55 AM EDT

There may be some hope for Ireland but not for Farnan and clancy4.

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