Posted on 03/15/2006 7:13:01 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, WI (AP) -- The first purge of city voter rolls since at least 2001 resulted in about 105,000 names being dropped, mostly because they were listed at old addresses that were no longer correct, officials said.
The number amounted to about 23 percent of the 450,000 names that were on the voter rolls. Officials had said they weren't sure if the rolls were purged after the 2000 election.
Neil Albrecht, assistant director of the city Election Commission, said the names purged were primarily those of people who had moved.
Inaccuracies in the voter rolls had been cited as one cause of problems experienced in the November 2004 election.
To check the rolls, postcards were sent to people who didn't vote in the last four years. Those receiving the postcards had to respond if they wanted to stay on the rolls.
Albrecht said only about 500 people returned the cards.
The others didn't return the cards, or the cards came back showing the person moved without giving a forwarding address or moved out of the city.
The statewide voter list now being developed will make it easier to update local rolls, because it will automatically remove names of those who move from one city when those voters register somewhere else.
"Fair, Honest Elections in Wisconsin" Ping!
How Voter Fraud in Philadelphia Affect Us All
By 2banana
According to CNN, Bush lost Pennsylvania to Kerry by 144,248 votes (out of more than 5.7 million cast - a razor thin margin that was even closer than the "too close to call" Ohio vote).
Also according to CNN, Kerry received about 542,000 votes and Bush received about 130,000 votes in Philadelphia (or a ratio of 4.16 for Kerry).
Now, for the really interesting numbers. According to the recent US Census, the Population of Philadelphia that is of voting age is 1,105,066. This number includes people who by law can not vote (non-American citizens, felons, out of state college students, etc.). In 2004, there were 1,035,395 registered voters in Philadelphia, up 34,000 from 2001.
So, what does this mean?
First, even as Philadelphia looses population, the number of registered voters continues to increase, year after year. Today, in Philadelphia, nearly 100% of every person of voting age must registered to vote (as compared to a national average of 60% by the Census Bureau). Consider, since 1995, Philadelphia's voter rolls have jumped 24 percent while at the same time that the city's population has declined by 13 percent.
Second, the total lopsidedness of the 4.16 ratio is an absolutely astounding number - even heavily democratic Broward Country, FL (one of the only places Gore wanted recounted in 2000) only went for Kerry 2:1 and Cook County, IL (Chicago - THE definition of the democrat voting machine) only went for Kerry 2.5:1.
Either Philadelphia has the most engaged and civic population in the history of the World, or there is massive voter fraud.
And the amount of fraud easily exceeds the margin of loss of President Bush. For instance, if the registration was above average and if Philadelphia was just your "average-democrat-rustbelt-city-union-stronghold with a 50 year democrat political machine," the vote for Kerry in Philadelphia would have been just over 350,000. The voter fraud in Philadelphia is worth about 150,000 votes - a deficit that any Republican running for statewide office must overcome with real votes.
But is this "real" fraud or is it one of the easily predicted "unintended consequences" of the Clinton Motor-Voter Law? A few nights before the 2004 presidential election, Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Andrea Mitchell and the Mayor of Philadelphia (John Street) were on Hardball. They were all laughing away about how the election was great for the economy of Philadelphia, and suggesting that there would plenty of "street money" around to "get out the vote." And these are the same people who are going to stop or report any kind of voter fraud?
I find it ironic that a country like Afghanistan (where I had combat tour of duty), with no history of democracy, has a country wide and nearly fraud free election under the oversight of us - Americans. But we instituted a few rules like - you had to prove you are an Afghan, you had to get a voter ID, show the voter ID when you voted, your name had to match the voter roll, and you had to get your thumb stamped by permanent ink so you couldn't vote twice.
Maybe, one day, in Philadelphia, we will have free and fair elections with a minimum of fraud on the level of the recent vote in Afghanistan.
ROTFLMAO ~ now who's going to believe that 25% of the folks in town moved in a 5 year period.
105,000 voters DISENFRANCHISED, is what this headline should read! /s
This action will probably be brought up later as just that- the left will find one or two out of the 105K who should not have been removed, and make a big deal of it.
Someone just shifted the names of these voters from the registered voters rolls to the obituary listings....but dead people vote for the libs all the time...just like illegals, back-alley homeless bums, felons, and people that never did exist...
While I hate to quote 'She Who Shall Not Be Named' all I can say is, "...and you KNOW what I'm talkin' about!" ;)
This was done to welfare rolls and over half the recipients were reported as having changed addresses. That disqualifies you from welfare until a caseworker gets out to interview you.
Congress thought the new "welfare to work" rules did the job, but they didn't. Rather, an old Roosevelt Era rule on address changes did it.
That same kind of rule is at work here on the fraudulent registrations in Milwaukee.
(BTW, I was surprised that over half the registered voters in Milwaukee weren't found to be fraudulent).
There ain't no votes on this machine before the polls opened. You just forgetaboutit!
The answer was - it was just accidental mistake.
How many more can be removed because they're dead or illegal or in prison?
Can you please add me to your ping list.
Philadelphia, just one city of how many?
They are terrified of losing that captive voting block, aren't they?
The more people that settle elsewhere and get on with their lives will, no doubt, become more conservative once they start working for a living, paying taxes, maybe own a home and see first-hand how the other half of America lives. :)
You're on! :)
Seems all too convenient doesn't with news like this coming out.
Recount Feingold's last election! Remove him then from office! Impeach him!
Wisconsin is slowly becoming a red state. It's only a matter of time before Feingold and his loser comrades are shown the door.
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