Voters complain of discrimination at polls

The Michigan Daily ^ | 11/04/04 | Michael Kan

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I have an old Ace Reid COWPOKES cartoon from the 1960's.
A reporter is interviewing a "bracero" and the bracero says,

"Si Senior. there is discrimination at the polls. I voted five times and the man only paid me for three."

In the background is a fat politician handing out cash to potential voters in line.

[shiva]

There they go again.

[AuntB]

I worked at the polls on Tuesday. I suppose the Asian that took up about 40 minutes of our time felt intimidated too, no matter how much we tried to accomodate him. He lives in China, So. California and has a summer home here in No. California. He brought in a voter's guide from So. Calif. where he is evidently registered and demanded to vote here. We gave him a provisional ballot and a registration form. I suppose he will also pitch a fit when his ballot doesn't count. We had 4 or 5 difficult people that day. All were "immigrants" and simply couldn't understand the need to register to be able to vote.

[AuntB]

" Cries of "Racism" pretty much trump anything in this society."

Yes, and it's past time we stop falling for that ploy.

[W. W. SMITH]

I thought one had to demonstrate language proficiency before they can become a citizen?

[Westlander]

No different than the secretary of state's office. Can't read, can't write, here's your drivers license.

[madison10]

Kerry took Michigan, but not by much. The problem was that GOP Vote Watchers were watching the Detroiters cheat...they didn't like being caught.

[Cultural Jihad]

“At this point, I don’t know if this had any effect on the election, but the process still needs to be fixed since it’s showing that it still can prevent people (from exercising) their vote,” Fung said.

Two words: Biometric implants.

[Ptarmigan]

Here we go again. I am Asian and I was never discriminated. The election went well for me. It was one of them electronic ballots.

[MissAmericanPie]

This is rediculous, if you come here and refuse to learn english, don't hold up the poll lines.

[Dog Gone]

If you're an informed voter with real opinions, you can vote. The name does not change.

If you can't tell the difference between John Kerry and George Bush on a ballot, then you have no business navigating the roads to the polling place.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Funny.

The ONLY specific and credible (and ACTUAL) case of fraud in the whole article was buried IN THE LAST LINE of the LAST PARAGRAPH ....

And it was proof of probable fraud BY democrats in Michigan.

Everything else was alleged comments of alleged nothing!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Then punch a hole in the picture ID when that ID is used to vote.

One punch, one picture, one vote.

By the way, record WHO gets mailed EACH absentee ballot, and compare that to the census and the IRS..

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm calling Bullshit on this one.

[HiTech RedNeck]

If the law allows only citizens and naturalized citizens to vote and if the law requires people seeking to become naturalized citizens to have a basic understanding of English, thenn why we are handing out bilingual ballots of any kind.

I would imagine it's a generation chauvinistically raised in a virtually non English speaking culture.

[Dan from Michigan]

East Lansing has a lot of problems with it's City Government. Their elections division isn't one of them. It was smooth sailing for me as a poll challenger there.

[Libertina]

"An election marred by complaints" HUH?

Must have been in a different country. These rats just cannot stop their devisiveness. But this time it's not going to work! Nice what an extra 4 million in popular votes can do to warm up your day! :)

[John Valentine]

Let's make it easy. Make federal presidential election rules that everyone who votes must show picture ID. No exceptions!

That and making every voter dip his or her right thumb in permanent flourescent orange dye before exiting the polling place.

[asgardshill]

Starting her day of work in the morning at the U Club in the Union yesterday, LSA senior Rita Schiesser said her manager found an interesting surprise when he opened the restaurant. “He found two metal boxes with ballots in them. … There were about 1,700 ballots in them,” she said.

Its comforting to see that the RATs still remember the classics in vote fraud. "Landslide" Lyndon Johnson pulled this one back in 1948 to steal the governorship of Texas from Coke Stevenson, the Republican.

And I find it even odder that the manager of a restaurant would take the time to count every ballot in a box he happened across in his workplace. Otherwise, how would he know that there were 1700 ballots in the box?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Good!