November 4, 2014 Voter Fraud Is Rampant, And Democrats Ignore It INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Voters casts their ballots at a polling place in Thornton, Colo., on Tuesday. AP Voters casts their ballots at a polling place in Thornton, Colo., on Tuesday. AP View Enlarged Image Purloined Democracy: Amid growing signs of voter fraud across the nation, the question isnt whether its happening, but how widespread it is — and why the media refuse to treat it as the serious problem it is. Voter fraud is as old as our republic, but its become rampant in recent years. And it can easily be solved by requiring all those who vote to show some kind of ID — as you do, say, to cash a check or drive a car. Yet the left and the mainstream media accuse anyone who wants honest elections of voter suppression. Why? Its widely presumed by liberals that getting as many people as possible to vote benefits them. So by fraud or by force they get out the vote. As Stephen Hayward at Power Line notes, Bring up the (fraud) question, or suggest we need voter ID at the polls like every other advanced democracy, and the answer will be instantly supplied: Youre a racist. The truth of that statement was shown Tuesday as Attorney General Eric Holder deployed monitors in 18 states looking for signs of racial discrimination in voting. Its a political move, plain and simple, meant to send a message that the GOP is irretrievably racist. (This is the same Eric Holder who dismissed charges against the Black Panthers for voter intimidation in the 2008 election, despite strong evidence it took place.) And all this fraud is well documented. As we recently noted, a study in the journal Electoral Studies found that noncitizen voting in U.S. elections has been large enough to change meaningful election outcomes, including Electoral College votes and congressional elections. In another new report — Does Your Vote Count? — the Heritage Foundation documents more than 200 instances of voter fraud around the country. Just last week, guerrilla filmmaker James OKeefe filmed himself getting 20 ballots in North Carolina without proper ID or evidence of registration. This is how the left steals elections. Such fraud doesnt stand alone. It goes hand in hand with other tried-and-true Democrat get-out-the-vote ploys: motor voter registration, day-of registration, mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines. So what, you say. Isnt more participation better? No. In fact, some people shouldnt vote. Those who wont take the time to learn about issues and candidates, for instance. Noncitizens. Serious felons. People who have to be bribed or threatened to vote. And those who could easily get a legal ID, but wont bother. So forgive us for disagreeing when Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, who calls voter fraud a phantom menace, says voting should be mandatory. Such practices corrupt our democracy and cheapen our votes. Voting is a precious privilege, not an obligation. Its too important to be made easy — or fraudulent.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:03:47 +0000
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