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It's not clear how many fraudulent ballots have been submitted in recent years. CBS4 reported that it "found multiple cases" of dead people voting around the state, revelations that have provoked state criminal investigations.
"We do believe there were several instances of potential vote fraud that occurred," said Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams. "It shows there is the potential for fraud."
In other words, a handful of votes were cast. For that, Republicans want to disenfranchise many thousands of people who have difficulty getting voter IDs.
Nobody has said that voter fraud doesn't happen at all. Critics merely say that the solution to an insignificant problem carries the high cost of keeping legitimate voters from voting.
...I'll just say it now and get it out of the way, if you want voter ID you are a racist.
Sorry - I'm not getting your point. I grew up in Chicago, where pretty much every dead person voted for years and years after they died. It wasn't racial, it was what we called 'the machine.' Richard Daley (Senior) was only half speaking in jest when he used to admonish us to "Vote early and often..." I remember union members riding around in buses going from voting precinct to voting precinct casting votes for the machine.
The only way it could have been stopped was by requiring voters to prove who they really were. Nowadays you have to do that to fly on a plane, rent a car or even write a check. So why is that suddenly racial if society requires that you prove you are who you say you are when you vote?
This is the operative piece of that article:
In other words, a handful of votes were cast. For that, Republicans want to disenfranchise many thousands of people who have difficulty getting voter IDs.
Nobody has said that voter fraud doesn't happen at all. Critics merely say that the solution to an insignificant problem carries the high cost of keeping legitimate voters from voting.
Getting a photo ID does not carry a "high cost." Even dirt poor illegal aliens have driver's licences.
We have to show a photo ID and sign in to a book before we can get vote in KS. I still can't figure out how anyone can survive without a photo ID as even my adult son with disabilities who conducts no business still has to have one just to be seen by a doctor.
This is the operative piece of that article:
In other words, a handful of votes were cast. For that, Republicans want to disenfranchise many thousands of people who have difficulty getting voter IDs.
Nobody has said that voter fraud doesn't happen at all. Critics merely say that the solution to an insignificant problem carries the high cost of keeping legitimate voters from voting.
Republicans want to disenfranchise the Zombie vote to hurt the Democrats, those bigots!
This is the operative piece of that article:
In other words, a handful of votes were cast. For that, Republicans want to disenfranchise many thousands of people who have difficulty getting voter IDs.
Nobody has said that voter fraud doesn't happen at all. Critics merely say that the solution to an insignificant problem carries the high cost of keeping legitimate voters from voting.
You first need to show how it is difficult for some people to get IDs and then someone can respond with ways to circumvent that hardship. Your turn. It has been done before and we can do it for you, too.
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