Yesterday I engaged in a very spirited argument with Barry Sinrod, my co-author for “The Hopelessly Partisan Guide To American Politics”, about whether or not voter fraud exists in the USA.
Barry insists it doesn\’t exist, and that voter ID is just a ploy to suppress the minority vote. I am 100% certain it does exist, and consider the claim about suppression of the minority vote a racist insult; an implicit declaration that Black people are less capable of obtaining a voter ID than non-Blacks.
I hope this excerpt from Heather Smith\’s article at dailycaller.com clears things up a bit for Barry.
WhenFairfax County\’s election board in Virginia cross-referenced voterregistrations with jury pools, they discovered more than 200 peopleregistered to vote who had also declined to serve on a jury becauseof their non-citizen status.
Watchdog.org\’sVirginia Bureau Chief Kenric Ward revealed on WMAL Radio inWashington, D.C. Thursday afternoon that after 4 years, theinvestigation into the alleged voter fraud has gone nowhere.
“TheEric Holder Justice department has told election officials around thecountry to be very careful about doing anything that would smack ofvoter suppression. What we have here is voter suppression because youhave people who are voting and canceling out other people\’s votes.They shouldnt be on the voting rolls at all but they are voting andthe prosecutor is letting them do it,” Ward told WMAL.
There you have 200 people who have said in so many words they are not citizens, but have voted…..yet, for four years, our disgrace of an Attorney General, eric holder, has refused to do a thing about it.
How many other instances of voter fraud have we not yet heard of – especially in states where no ID is required, therefore it is impossible to determine the number of illegal voters? God only knows….but I have no doubt that it is a ton. When there is an open door to play dirty in politics, you can bet that dirty will be played. Early and often.
I hope that clears things up for Barry…and anyone else who thinks like him.
