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You can bet there's voter fraud
By Kevin Fischer
Wednesday, Aug 6 2008, 09:01 PM
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle vetoed a photo ID requirement three times.
Three times.
Democrats who control the state Senate refused to schedule a vote on a constitutional amendment on photo ID in the last legislative session, killing the measure even though more than 70% of Wisconsinites support such a requirement.
To hear Doyle and state Senate Democrats talk, there is no voter fraud in Wisconsin.
From jsonline.com today:
Criminal inquiry possible in voter filings
At least six voter registration workers could face criminal investigations after turning in 200 to 300 fraudulent registration cards, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the activist group that employed them.
In one case, "one woman called us to complain because her husband has been dead for 10 years and a voter registration was submitted," said Sue Edman, the commission's executive director.
In other cases, deputy registrars working for ACORN were "making people up or registering people that were still in prison," said Carolyn Castore, ACORN's state political director.
In still other cases, workers used the same address for numerous voters or used driver's license numbers that did not fit the voters' birth dates, Edman said.
ACORN found the problems and fired a dozen workers, Castore said. But under state law, all of the voter registration cards had to be turned in to the election commission, even if they were clearly fraudulent or incomplete, Edman and Castore said. So ACORN sent in the cards but flagged the fraudulent or incomplete ones, they said.
Edman said she has referred six individuals to the district attorney's office for investigation.
Another 1,500 to 2,000 voter registration cards were incomplete, and ACORN is trying to help the commission staff fill in the blanks, Castore and Edman said. The incomplete and fraudulent cards were a small percentage of the 35,000 registration cards that were turned in, and the suspect workers also were a small percentage of the more than 220 deputy registrars hired by ACORN, Castore said.
This story is like a shrieking siren with laser beam lights, pointing to almost assured shenanigans at the polls this November.
Who has protested most vehemently against photo ID? Democrats.
Who stands to benefit the most from voter fraud? Democrats.
With no photo ID in place this Wisconsin this November, the climate is ripe for all kinds of mischief.
Senator Mary Lazich has written extensively on the photo ID issue and has cited numerous studies pointing out the flawed arguments against requiring a photo ID to vote. Her blogs on the topic can be read here. All the information Senator Lazich provides should be remembered when you go to the polls later this year.
