Is One Man-One Vote Becoming a Distant Memory?

IBD/The Lid ^ | 6/3/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

One of the most sacred rights and responsibilities of American citizenship is voting. We are supposedly guaranteed that every person's vote is worth as much as every other person's vote. That guarantee has never been perfect, Blacks weren't allowed to vote until the 15th amendment in 1870, and women until 1920's 19th Amendment, but the tradition of the United States has been to aspire toward honest elections.

This past election America took a major step backwards, ACORN, perpetuated voter fraud in at least 14 states to the point where some districts had MORE than 100% of registered voters casting ballots. Ultimately this probably had little effect on the national results. But the fact that it was wide-spread enough to cause concern was enough to erode confidence in the system

This week the Department of Justice made two politically motivated decisions that further eroded the value of each of our votes, one in Georgia the other in Philadelphia (see videos below):

[TommyDale]

It is now “Dead Man - One Vote”

[DBrow]

“some districts had MORE than 100% of registered voters casting ballots.”

Got references? I’d love to use this but can’t without attribution.

[Clock King]

Why? The Left makes up lies all the time, and it’s gotten this far (near total power). No one (the people) cares about the truth anymore.

[ought-six]

It will be a long time before we have a legitimate election, if indeed we ever do again.

My contempt for the left is beyond expansive.

[johnnycap]

One person...one vote should have been scrapped decades ago. It doesn’t work. If you have no vested interest in the franchise except to get free handouts from it, you will not execute the franchise in the best interest of the republic. Many people lived in Rome. Few were citizens. To be a Roman Citizen was an honor and responsibility to be attained, not a birth right. The same was true in the founding days of this Republic. Land owners, men, the learned class were all considered to be fit to determine the course of the nation because (in sequence): 1. They had skin in the game with the land they owned. 2. They were thought (at the time) to be level headed, responsible for the survival of homesteads and educated (women were not educated in those days). 3. The learned class were more versed on the objectives, workings and processes of a state.

Do we really think, from this perspective that some crack ho in a section 8 apartment on 8 Mile Road in Detroit fits the bill of what Jefferson and Madison considered a well tailored and informed electorate whose every decision could well determine the survival of the sacred Republic? Hogwash.

Today, if we were fully honest, we would restrict citizenship on the voting level to those who pay taxes, own properties and businesses, have a certain level of education and have both passed a competency exam and taken a solemn oath to execute their franchise within a certain set of objectives. One person one vote sounds like Kumbayah. It makes me warm and fuzzy even as it puts a spear through the heart of the responsibly run Republic. One person one vote will be written about in a hundred years as an Achilles heal and scourge upon our great nation that midwifed her final days.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Not to worry.

Repubican moderation, non-confrontational speech and bi-partisan acceptance of Sotamayor will lead to greater acceptance for Republicanism and a better tomorrow for all Americans.

Get your government ration of KY Jelly now . . . or prepared to fight.

[MattinNJ]

I still say McCain would have won without voter fraud. The GOP is to blame. From 2000 to 2006 they could have passed stringent voterID laws for all federal elections. They didn't and we have reached the tipping point. Rahm emanuel and ACORN will see that the 2010 redistricting turns into a crushing defeat of the GOP.

It's over.

[sig226]

A friend shared a funny, cynical quote on voting:

If voting worked, they’d ban it.

:)

[IYAS9YAS]

Got references? I’d love to use this but can’t without attribution.

Many stories at the time. I remember at least one story about more than 100% of the estimated (by census) population, not just registered voters, voting.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Justice Department has told Georgia that the state cannot impose its proof-of-citizenship requirements at the ballot box.

If I were the governor of Georgia I would tell the JD to pound sand. The courts have already ruled that Georgia's proof-of-citizenship is constitutional.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just start searching for voter fraud. The more heavily the percentage of Rats, the higher the fraud.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Fact is, if someone is counted in the census, they are represented in the state house and in the U.S. House. (Even if they don’t vote.)

So whoever does the census, determines the results of elections. Combine this with sophisticated techniques to determine district lines ...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Actually, whoever runs the state legislatures, determines the results of the elections.

[campaignPete R-CT]

the census is going to count illegal aliens because they are considered “persons” as the Constitution sets forth. So that is why areas with heavy illegals are over-represented. Notice some state House seats in places like L.A. have very few voters. Therefore, these voters are over-represented ... the illegals have representation.

The only think it doesn’t affect is GOV and SEN races.

[Shellybenoit]

wait tommy I am working on that story

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[TommyDale]

“some districts had MORE than 100% of registered voters casting ballots.”

Got references? I’d love to use this but can’t without attribution.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=more+voters+than+registered&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=more+voters+than+registered&aqi=&fp=1mZ_-PL2Zjc

[FreeKeys]

One person...one vote should have been scrapped decades ago. It doesn’t work. If you have no vested interest in the franchise except to get free handouts from it, you will not execute the franchise in the best interest of the republic. Many people lived in Rome. Few were citizens. To be a Roman Citizen was an honor and responsibility to be attained, not a birth right. The same was true in the founding days of this Republic. Land owners, men, the learned class were all considered to be fit to determine the course of the nation because (in sequence): 1. They had skin in the game with the land they owned. 2. They were thought (at the time) to be level headed, responsible for the survival of homesteads and educated (women were not educated in those days). 3. The learned class were more versed on the objectives, workings and processes of a state.

Do we really think, from this perspective that some crack ho in a section 8 apartment on 8 Mile Road in Detroit fits the bill of what Jefferson and Madison considered a well tailored and informed electorate whose every decision could well determine the survival of the sacred Republic? Hogwash.

Today, if we were fully honest, we would restrict citizenship on the voting level to those who pay taxes, own properties and businesses, have a certain level of education and have both passed a competency exam and taken a solemn oath to execute their franchise within a certain set of objectives. One person one vote sounds like Kumbayah. It makes me warm and fuzzy even as it puts a spear through the heart of the responsibly run Republic. One person one vote will be written about in a hundred years as an Achilles heal and scourge upon our great nation that midwifed her final days.

Nailed it.  Very well said.

[ConservaTexan]

Outstanding!