http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-rodriguez/in-florida-implementation_b_1111013.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/michigan-redistricting-lawsuit-discrimination_n_1137533.html
http://newsone.com/nation/tjstarr/black-voter-disenfranchisement-tactics-voter-id-redistricting/
Blogging Patriot
Serf-ing the Economy
In the briefing filed with the Supreme Court in the Crawford v. Marion County Election Board case, the State of Indiana uncovered remarkably little evidence of any misconduct that Indiana’s law could prevent. Out of almost 400 million votes cast in general elections alone since 2000, the briefs cite one attempt at impersonation that was thwarted without a photo ID requirement, and nine unresolved cases where impersonation fraud at the polls was suspected but not proven. Nine possible examples out of hundreds of millions and not one of these cited reports occurred in Indiana.
With remarkably few reports, and next to no evidence, of pollsite impersonation fraud, the State recited hundreds of examples of election problems that could not possibly be solved by requiring photo ID at the polls. These include allegations of ballot tampering by election officials, erroneous vote tallying, vote buying, voting by citizens rendered ineligible by conviction, registration by noncitizens, multiple voting in the voter’s own name, and absentee ballot fraud and mishandling.
Indiana was unable to cite a single instance of actual voter impersonation at any point in its history. In Kansas, there were far more reports of UFO sightings than allegations of voter fraud in the past decade.
Republicans are creating policy that, at it's very heart, destroy the democratic process. They are simply too cowardly to trust in a fair election process.
