Saturday, July 28, 2012

Poisoning democracy

The Richmond Times-Dispatch is all over the Democrats' latest "get out the vote" effort in Virginia and several other swing states. MoveOn.org is involved, so what could possibly go wrong?
[M]any of the VPC mailings have gone astray, reaching already registered voters, the deceased, family pets, convicted felons, children and non-U.S. citizens. In Virginia alone, the state Board of Elections has received about 750 complaints from Virginia residents and state registrars about the third-party mailings — the majority concerning the VPC but some from the NAACP, which also works with the center.

The Times-Dispatch was contacted by two local residents who said they received voter registration forms from the NAACP for dead relatives. In one case, the youngest son of a woman who died more than 15 years ago received a partially filled-out voter registration for his mother at her former address, where the son now resides.
I first heard about this story on Mark Levin's radio program. Levin credited a blog called Disrupt the Narrative, which has been doing some great work investigating the background of the dubious Voter Participation Center.

To lose fair and square is one thing. To have an election stolen out from under us is something else again. Kudos to Disrupt the Narrative for getting the word out about this latest potential threat to honest elections.

7 comments:

JorgXMcKie said...

I am assured by my friends on the Left [and I'm in Academia, so figure it out] that while it may look like something funny is going on, there is no way that anyone who isn't actually eligible will cast a vote. I find that very reassuring.

Paco said...

Well, that is a relief.

rinardman said...

Did these same people assure you that Barack Obama would be the best President, ever?

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Col. Milquetoast said...

there is no way that anyone who isn't actually eligible will cast a vote.

I know the type. Apparently, the most important thing is that nobody checks to make sure only real people get one vote and therefore there is no evidence that someone ineligible voted or voted more than once. Easy.

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