Not that it will stop the Republicans here from passing more discriminatory anti-voting laws
Posted by: Donna
Per Campus Progress:
O’Keefe’s video shows individuals in polling stations throughout New Hampshire attempting to vote using the name of recently deceased persons in this week’s primary election. While his video shows smooth-sailing for every attempt, the reality is that the actions were so suspicious, they prompted a voting supervisor to call the police. Before O’Keefe released his edited version of the attempts, news outlets were already printing reports on this suspicious behavior.
As a result, O’Keefe has demonstrated that attempting to systematically rig an election via voter impersonation fraud is not feasible at the scale necessary without being caught. Instead, proposed Voter ID laws would only make it harder for legitimate citizens to be able to vote. One election law expert told TPM that O’Keefe’s next video should “show how easy it is to rob a bank with a plastic gun.” While such a move could be done a few times, there are already laws against it—just like laws against voter impersonation—and such a person would get caught pretty quickly.
Of course, someone attempting to rob a bank with a plastic gun to prove what they perceive as a legal weakness would likely run afoul of the law—and it looks like O’Keefe’s attempts at voter fraud are no different.
But none of that is going to deter our GOP state legislators from attempting to erect yet more barriers to voting based on apocryphal tales of hordes of undocumented Mexicans casting votes. Back in December State Senator and crazy person Sylvia Allen made the claim to a Tea Party gathering in Payson. And she had proof, y’all. Eyewitness accounts of those people flagrantly registering to vote! In front of Hispanic markets and everything!
Sen. Allen also decried various efforts to increase voter turnouts, with things like mail-in ballots and online voter registration. Allen said efforts to make it easier to register and vote could make it much easier for illegal immigrants to sway elections. “There are people voting who should not vote and there are lots of them. It’s bad enough that they’re here without permission.”
She cited as an example the successful effort to recall Senate President Russell Pearce who gained national attention for pushing strong state measures to curb illegal immigration. She said people in front of markets in Hispanic communities in Pearce’s district registered people to vote.
“There were people at those markets who hated Russell Pearce. They were registering people for a month, but no one checked that. One reason they want open borders is they want to merge us with Mexico.
“They’re being lied to and told they can vote. We need to work on this. What are we going to do if people can’t see it’s you voting (with an online ballot or mail-in ballot). We need to see what we can do to protect our vote.”
Ironic how it was not too long ago mail-in ballots and online registration heavily favored the “right” kind of voters but now they have to go because the “wrong” kind of voters have more access to computers.
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I believe that either Helen Purcell or Karen Osborne might have a thing or two to say about how Sen. Allen characterize the Maricopa County Recorder’s office’s operations.
Even after working really hard on the issue, Andrew Thomas’ office (at the time) was only able to find 110 persons registered to vote who were not eligible. Out of over a million registered voters.
The problem with bigoted loons like Sylvia Allen, is that they cannot seem to grasp the fact that Az., has citizens who are Hispanic. They seem to believe that all Hispanics must be illegal and therfore unable to vote.
She is correct that it was the Hispanic Commuty that helped vote out Pearce, but all those who cast votes were US Citizens..
This voting block will now be a force thanks to her and those bigots like her, constanlty attacking them.
Of course the some from the GOP as well as Mormons and the Dems and sane Independants all helped make Pearce’s outer a landslide of epic proportions..
Regards,
Truth
Noooooooooo!
Leave Sybil Allen alone! Do you know what a rare find a true moron is? They’re pure entertainment, leaving fond memories like THIS.
It does make me wonder about the people (?) who keep re-electing her.
There must be a brisk business in gloves, what with all the knuckles being dragged.
O’Keefe reminda me of a high school wannabe who thinks he’ll have an in with the cool kids if he streaks in school, but half way through ends up getting stopped and unmasked by the librarian.
Fudge! THIS!