Posted on 11/01/2008 6:22:14 AM PDT by vietvet67
In 1742, riots broke out in Philadelphia on Election Day over claims that German immigrants were being used to illegally increase vote totals. George Washington won a race for the Virginia House of Burgesses after buying gallons of liquor for voters; by contrast, James Madison refused to engage in this common practice and lost his election.
New York City was infamous for ballot stuffing throughout the 1800s. In 1844, for example, 135% of the eligible voters turned out to vote. William "Boss" Tweed's ability to steal elections in New York through the Tammany Hall machine was rivaled only by Mayor Richard J. Daley's Chicago operations in the latter half of the 20th century, although other cities had corrupt vote-stealing machines. Tammany Hall delivered fraudulent votes by buying them, through intimidation, by sending individuals from precinct to precinct to vote, and by using illegal aliens, fictitious voters and ineligible penitentiary inmates to cast ballots.
America is the most successful experiment in democracy that history has ever seen. Under the Constitution, Americans choose their leaders and legislative representatives, including federal, state, county and local governments. But when they vote Tuesday, will their votes be counted fairly? Or will ballots be canceled or diluted by fraudulent votes cast by the dead, noncitizens, fictitious voters, or individuals voting more than once?
We have allegations that almost a third of the 1.3 million registrations submitted by community organizer Acorn (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) are fraudulent. Not only do these bogus registrations slow down the ability of election officials to process the registrations of legitimate voters, but they severely limit the ability of election officials to verify new voters' registration information, because officials are overwhelmed by the sheer number of problem registrations.
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Well, I sure hope so.
They need to make the system more safe and secure. I’ve read articles describing better systems.
Good to see the Wall Street Journal speaking about this: but this might mean big potential trouble as many of us have thought as well.
I’ve no problems at all with whatever proof they need of me for voting, the problem isn’t much in this ‘burb though as other places.
It won’t be stolen but the current situation gives cover to the Democrats to claim so if they lose. The better to whip up class resentment.
Where I live in Wisconsin election fraud is rampant. Our rat governor has twice vetoed a law which would require voters to present a photo ID. The identification standards are laughable, and the democrats take full advantage of that.
If you live anywhere near WI and would like to help us stop fraud on election day, FReepmail me.
“Photo ID for registration, photo ID for voting, purple ink on the finger after voting.
Why are we even talking about this?”
You are EXACTLY right. It’s NOT that HARD, people! Why can’t SOMEBODY get this straight???
I suppose, to answer my own question, that the powers that be do NOT WANT it gotten straight.
It’s unfortunate we have to consider ways to combat voter fraud, a la Chicago style corruption. But we now live in a world of ACORN, and liberal Americans believe that any proof of identity is an attempt to prevent votes. I see voter identity checks as a way to preserve the integrity of US elections. One person, one vote.
I’m hope you agree, and welcome to Free Republic!
John McCain and Sarah Palin are on their way to being elected despite the corrupt intentions of our opposition.
Clark took his seat December 4, 1899, and vacated his seat on May 15, 1900, before a resolution declaring his election void because of election fraud could be adopted. Dailey died and Clark was again elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1901, and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1907.
After he retired from the senate he built a rail line from Salt Lake City to LA. He needed a town as a midway stop so there is now a town in Clark County, NV called Las Vegas. Created by a senator who had to leave office due to vote fraud...and was reelected one year later.
William Clark (D).
George Washington won a race for the Virginia House of Burgesses after buying gallons of liquor for voters; by contrast, James Madison refused to engage in this common practice and lost his election.
See, there's historical precedent.
Let's get some of the Chambers of Commerce to sponsor all-night keggers in college towns across the country starting the evening before election day, and continuing until the polls close!
Cheers!
Back then, Senators were elected by the legislature, so that was an example of a rich Democrat bribing state legislators. Every member that took the bribe should’ve been expelled and imprisoned.
Unfortunately, many of the licquored up voters still voted incorrectly.
“Let’s get some of the Chambers of Commerce to sponsor all-night keggers in college towns across the country starting the evening before election day, and continuing until the polls close!”
And then we could give each of the underage drinkers a citation for Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor to recoup the cost of the beer and voting apparatus! I envision a Charlie Foxtrot of major proportions if ya just get a little creative!
A win is a win, and for four years we gain the ability to hold off socialism with veto power and influence.
Hey, I just read today in the NY POst that Sarah has a photographic memory. Now, that is a useful tidbit to throw out in political chatter with friends!!!
James Madison was a bore. And most college students are too young to drink legally; all the Chambers of Commerce would end up in jail for contributing to the delinquency of minors. (And it would serve the jerks in Monroe right.)
That's exactly right. And perhaps a public hanging of those proven to have fraudulently voted.
And aren't there plenty of non-traditional students (in their 20's) and grad students and other hangers-on who would end up too hung over to vote?
Cheers!
The non-traditional students probably have jobs and vote Republican. Grad students are definitely better off comatose!
ping to #10
It seems to me that if a person is honest, he wouldn't mind photo ID for registration and/or voting, nor would he mind a purple finger AFTER voting. I'm sure it would eliminate a lot of bogus votes.
Only in Las Vegas!
Disgusting.
....only if We the People are careless enough to let it happen....
It does seem so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be mentioned.
True, but some people just don’t get it.
They’re the same ones who object to cameras at intersections to monitor traffic. Most likely because they run a lot of red lights.
Not to mention all those machines being reported flipping votes from McCain to 0bama. This has the potential to be WAY huger than voter fraud.
If you wanted to steal an election, would you rather have people running around to different precincts pretending to be other/fake/dead people, or would you rather just hack into the place all the voting machines send their data and set up the totals the way you like?
It’s the crappy election machines that seem to mysteriously “go out of calibration” and leave no paper trail. Dems love to hack, I can see them breaking into these poorly secured machines and switching vote totals.
The only way Obama wins is through voter fraud.
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