Quote:There isn't an absence of voter fraud.  There are numerous examples of voter fraud in recent elections.  The problem here is that none of it is being investigated because the justice department has made it clear that they will stand on race when it comes to this issue. Liberals love to use the term "widespread" as if that somehow diminishes voter fraud at any level.  Even in the article you posted, the good lib who wrote it used the term.  So, does that mean democrats are okay with a lot of fraud as long as it's not wide spread? 

 

I'm curious.  How is it a poll tax to charge for a state ID for minorities, but it's not if it's a white paying that same fee?  I'm pretty sure white folks are expected to pay for their IDs just like everyone else, right?  This notion that requiring IDs to cast a ballot is racist has other ramifications that liberals love to ignore.  You need an ID to get social security.  You need an ID to cash a check.  You need an ID to gain access to government facilities.  You need an ID for hundreds and thousands of tasks we perform on a daily basis.  Is all of that racist too? Or, is  it just when you talk about expecting someone to have an ID to vote?

 

If having an ID helps reduce voter fraud, no matter how rampant or not it is, then it makes election results more legitimate. 

 

As far as the technology goes, your lib writer evidently knows nothing about identity fraud that IS a rampant problem on the Internet.  He must have missed the many stories of systems being hacked and customer's personal information being stolen from retailers like Target among others.  Yes, billions of transactions take place over the interwebs on a daily basis.  It's reported that 1% of those transactions result in fraud.  Now, if 125 million votes are cast in a presidential election, and we use his dismissive comparison to Internet fraud, you're talking about 1.25 million fraudulent votes being cast in 2012.  Feel free to dismiss that.  I won't. 

 

I do agree that there are probably more efficient, effective ways to cast ballots in elections.  I just don't trust the government to be the architect for that system.

 

There were allegations of voter fraud on both sides after the 2000 election. How many actual cases were proven during that administration? The fact is that most irregularities that are proven are not with the voters themselves, it's with the administration  of the process.

 

Who said anything about anything being racist? It is a poll tax no matter who is required to pay it. as I stated, I have no issue with requiring an ID, I have issues with requiring payment to obtain said ID.


If you don't trust the government, are you naive enough to trust the private sector?

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