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Posted by Wm James on 09/30/05 03:37
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:17:00 -0400, "Matthew L. Martin"
<nothere@notnow.never> wrote:
>Wm James wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:52:45 +1200, "JAS" <jasmine@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>I have spent more than 40 years in public service fighting for voting rights
>>>and a better democracy. Today, I am sad to say, there are proposals being
>>>readied that would set us back in that struggle. A privately funded,
>>>unaccountable Commission organized by former Bush-Cheney campaign lawyer
>>>James Baker, III, and former President Jimmy Carter issued a report today
>>>that includes policy proposals that will disenfranchise over ten percent of
>>>eligible voters -- a national ID requirement to vote. This national voter ID
>>>proposal is essentially a poll tax that will disenfranchise Americans of all
>>>backgrounds, but the poor, the disabled, the elderly, students, and people
>>>of color would bear the greatest burden. The Katrina victims - those without
>>>the means to escape the storm - typify the population that the Commission's
>>>ID proposal will most likely leave out of our democracy.
>>>
>>>Join With Me in Fighting Against This New Poll Tax Proposal
>>>http://johnconyers.com
>>>
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>> ROTFLMAO! Can't win an election without fraud, can you?
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>Please cite any election (outside of elementary school) that was without
>fraud.
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>Matthew
Simple. 1984. The democrats didn't bother, no reason too. They stood
no change at all and knew it. Mondate ran as a token and even openly
admited he was a tax and spand socialists who would rape the
taxpayers. He wasn't going to win anyway so why not be honest? :)
But back to the point...
To say that requiring voters to identify themselves is a tax is simply
laughable. The only people that would make such a ridiculous claim
are those incredibly desperate to preserve their ability to commit
fraud, and they wouldn't be so desperate if they could win by actually
getting legitimate voters to vote for them.
William R. James
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