The world according to Riff.

I clipped an article from the "Obama" post...oops I meant Washington post, and added a clip from Michelle Malkin....just to show you the liberal spin............and of course some sarcasm from me...lol...riff

The Myth Of Voter Fraud (Yeah right buddy your busted)

By Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt, Washington Post

As Congress probes the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, attention is centering on who knew what, and when. It's just as important to focus on "why," such as the reason given for the firing of at least one of the U.S. attorneys, John McKay of Washington state: failure to prosecute the phantom of individual voter fraud.(maybe he is a thug thizzle...lol)

Allegations of voter fraud -- someone sneaking into the polls to cast an illicit vote -- have been pushed in recent years by partisans seeking to justify proof-of-citizenship and other restrictive ID requirements as a condition of voting. Scare stories abound on the Internet and on editorial pages, and they quickly become accepted wisdom.

But the notion of widespread voter fraud, as these prosecutors found out, is itself a fraud. Firing a prosecutor for failing to find wide voter fraud is like firing a park ranger for failing to find Sasquatch. Where fraud exists, of course, it should be prosecuted and punished. (And politicians have been stuffing ballot boxes and buying votes since senators wore togas; Lyndon Johnson won a 1948 Senate race after his partisans famously "found" a box of votes well after the election.) Yet evidence of actual fraud by individual voters is painfully skimpy.(like Freddy Johnson.....19 year old given butts and bucks to vote 72 FRICKEN times...yeah asshat that kinda fraud)

Before and after every close election, politicians and pundits proclaim: The dead are voting, foreigners are voting, people are voting twice. On closer examination, though, most such allegations don't pan out. Consider a list of supposedly dead voters in Upstate New York that was much touted last October. Where reporters looked into names on the list, it turned out that the voters were, to quote Monty Python, "not dead yet."..(And yet the starting line up of a football team signed up in a city they didn't even live in or near.....but in your rationale thats OK because it's happened throughout history.....pardon me while I go take a ACORN, and wipe my liberal)

Or consider Washington state, where McKay closely watched the photo-finish gubernatorial election of 2004. A challenge to ostensibly noncitizen voters was lodged in April 2005 on the questionable basis of "foreign-sounding names." After an election there last year in which more than 2 million votes were cast, following much controversy, only one ballot ended up under suspicion for double-voting. That makes sense. A person casting two votes risks jail time and a fine for minimal gain. Proven voter fraud, statistically, happens about as often as death by lightning strike.(I smell the "profiling" card being used, you can't say it's a skunk just because it smells like a skunk, and looks like a skunk...thats PROFILING........wellm tell ya what bub....when you've been caught with your hand in the cookie jar, blaming the person who caught ya for being sneaky is not a valid defense, and neither is this argument)

Yet the stories have taken on the character of urban myth. Alarmingly, the Supreme Court suggested in a ruling last year ( Purcell v. Gonzalez) that fear of fraud might in some circumstances justify laws that have the consequence of disenfranchising voters. But it's already happening -- those chasing imaginary fraud are actually taking preventive steps that would disenfranchise millions of real live Americans.(Oh boy here it goes...disenfranchisement....it's a Florida repeat.......I wonder if they will stop armed forcees absentee ballots from being counted also...because most military is conservative)

Identification requirements often sound simple. But some types of paperwork simply aren't available to many Americans. We saw this with the new Medicaid proof-of-citizenship requirement, which led to benefits being cut off for many longtime citizens. Some states insist that voters provide photo IDs such as driver's licenses. But at least 11 percent of voting-age Americans, disproportionately elderly and minority voters, lack the necessary papers. Required documentation such as naturalization paperwork can cost as much as $200. By contrast, when the poll tax was declared unconstitutional in 1966, it was $1.50 ($8.97 in 2007 dollars).....(More bullshit, if they ARE indeed naturalized, and able to vote they will have the paperwork, and be proud to flaunt it as well they should, and as fort the 9 dollars or so.....gee guess they will have to buy one less ring tone for their cell, or eat one or two less big macks over a few months period....horseshit....)

Congress should use this controversy as an opportunity to address true issues of voter protection. Experts have concluded that the most significant threat of fraud comes from electronic voting systems, now used by 80 percent of voters. Legislation introduced by Reps. Rush D. Holt (D-N.J.) and Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) would require a voter-verified record along with random audits to double-check against tampering. It would also bar wireless components from machines that could allow a hacker using a PDA to stage an attack. Lawmakers should also immediately stop pushing ID measures that would turn away legitimate voters.(no es su problema, identificatio'n esta aqui, no abla.....I ........am........deeemocrat.....votes)

Those investigating the U.S. attorney firings should ask what orders went out to other prosecutors in the run-up to the 2006 election. Prosecutors are not hired-gun lawyers on a party payroll. They have a special duty to exercise their power responsibly, particularly in the context of a heated election. Pressure on prosecutors to join a witch hunt for individual voter fraud is a scandal, not just for the Justice Department but for voters seeking to exercise their most basic right.(Like voter fraud...those poor acorn workers...how dare they)

11-04-07 17:04

BY: MICHAEL WALDMAN AND JUSTIN LEVITT, WASHINGTON POST

(This clip I pretty much left alone,as it reflects my evil right wing, racist bible thumping, clinging bitterly to faith, and guns. agenda)

More left-wing voter fraud allegations against ACORN

Not again?

Yes, again.

KYW in Philly reports that the left-wing, government-subsidized group ACORN once again faces allegations of voter fraud:

Philadelphia elections officials are accusing the nonprofit advocacy group “Acorn” of filing fraudulent voter registrations in advance of the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary.

Acorn, which advocates on behalf of low-income residents in the city, has mounted a voter registration drive in the past few months. But city election commissioners are complaining that many of the submitted registrations appear to be faulty, and they have forwarded the matter to the district attorney’s office for further investigation.

Krista Holub, Acorn’s political director in Pennsylvania, promised the elections officials that her group will cooperate:

“We’re very committed to helping low- to moderate-income people across the state get registered to vote. And we’re here to work closely with the board of elections to make sure that everyone we’re helping to apply gets on the rolls.”

The city officials say many of the addresses listed on the registrations are invalid, but Acorn blames the post office for not adequately servicing low-income communities.

That’s rich. It’s all the post office’s fault!

Last October, three elections hoaxers who worked for the far Left group ACORN pleaded guilty in Seattle for their role in the biggest election fraud scheme in Washington state history. It’s the same ACORN tied to massive voter fraud in Missouri. And Ohio. And 12 other states.

The same ACORN that has received government grants and taxpayer subsidies while pushing a militant partisan agenda as offshoots of the AFL-CIO and Democrat Party.

You think anyone has the guts to pull them off the government teat?

Forget it.

As I noted twice in January, the Dems are pushing to pour more money into ACORN’s coffers under the guise of the economic stimulus expansion. In other words: more Washington investment in voter fraud.

If you subsidize it, you get more of it.

Election mischief: Your tax dollars at work!

Aint this some sick shit, and guess who was knee deep in their activities not too long ago, even supplied legal services for them.....but we can't talk about that .....riff