Across the country, Republicans are pushing "voter ID" laws that would effectively serve as voter suppression and drive down the votes of likely Democratic Party voters. To justify this push, they're hyping the fear of "voter fraud"—despite no evidence that it exists to any significant degree. A new voter I.D. law in Pennsylvania, signed by Republican governor Tom Corbett, could disenfranchise up to 750,000 eligible voters, reports have found.
On PoliticsNation Monday, Jim Burn, the state's Democratic Party chairman noted something that provides a pretty compelling rebuttal to the vote fraud myth—and helps shed light on the GOP's real motivation.
Burn: When Governor Corbett was Attorney General, he prosecuted zero cases of voter fraud.
Host Al Sharpton: How many?
Burn: Zero.
That fact was reported in May by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In other words, Corbett didn't seem to think voter fraud was such a problem when he was the state's chief law enforcement officer. Or at least, he didn't seem able to find sufficient evidence to prosecute any cases. But now all of a sudden as governor, it's such a threat that the state needs to take measures that couldn't prevent three quarters of a million voters—mostly low-income and minority voters, of course—from casting ballots.
As a reminder: There have actually been more documented cases of shark attacks in Florida since 2008, for example, than there have been documented cases of voter fraud.
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Thne numerous voter fraud cases of 2008 caused the votes of many to be uncounted because the fraud illiminates the opposite vote.. so who got screwed? the person who actually voted or the potential might vote voter?
You need an ID for many many things in life.. if You're American, you should have an ID.. Voter ID has been in Illinois for decades... I don't see liberals losing any votes in that state do you? Seems to me Illinois is A broke state with many welfare people... If these people aren't having an issue.. then why are democrats being so anal about being fair to all Americans.. do what is right...
you can't smoke, drink, travel, collect welfare, social security, credit card use, banking, etc almost every aspect of life requires an ID and with all the illegals ( millions) in this country... I should think our politicians would want to secure the peoples vote and protect them by requiring everyone have an ID for their own protection.
Voter fraud has risen in 2008... research it yourself... keep loking because much of it is hidden on the web.. it takes a while to find it but it's there
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just because the media won't report the fraud.. doesn't mean its not there
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video of voter fraud in 2008 Minnesota.
apparently you cant post links to the sites reporting voter fraud.. just do your own research.. it's deep in the net but its there.. Youtube video also has voter fraud videos... check the one out in minnesota
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