EAC: Release the Report! Voter Fraud No Major Problem

[IndyOp]

Heeeeeelp - I am trapped in a state with an onerous voter ID law that is threatening our voters - mostly urban, elderly, or lower socioeconomic status who don't have a driver's license. Please sign the "People for the American Way" petition:

The US Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) is keeping an important report under wraps. The report, according to USA Today, reveals that voting experts could find no evidence that significant numbers of voters are impersonating legal voters in order to commit voting fraud. This is an important finding because the US Congress and state legislatures have been pushing (and in some cases passing) onerous laws that erect barriers to the ballot box under the guise of fighting rampant voter fraud.

The public will learn that the voter fraud issue is a red herring much sooner if this report is released in a timely manner.

Join my effort and sign the petition at: www.ReleaseTheReport.org

[williesgirl]

1. done and recommended

[EFerrari]

2. K&R

[stillcool]

3. done n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

4. How I know they are stealing elections.

As reports of massive election fraud started surfacing after the 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections, suddenly the rightwing started a diversion and cooption campaign regarding voter fraud. Their hope is to confuse and distract, but in reality the fact that there is no credible evidence of voter fraud reveals the rightwing campaign for what it is: a distraction intended to derail investigation and reform of the massive election fraud being undertaken in order to secure their permanent one party status.

[troubleinwinter]

6. YES.

Please see my post #5.

The way the disenfranchisement of Native American voters came about in my state (AZ) was the bullshit lie that 'illegal' Mexicans were fraudulently voting. By pushing this lie, they have managed to cut off the voting rights of perhaps many tens of thousands of legitimate NA citizen voters.

I have been doing a bit of reading that tells of disenfranchisement of NA voters taking place in many states with large NA populations.

Native Americans tend to closely follow news related to the actions of the federales (as opposed to missing blondes).

[troubleinwinter]

5. Native Americans disenfranchised by the tens of thousands

In Arizona, perhaps many, many tens of thousands of Native American voters will not be able to cast their votes this year with the new voter ID requirements (birth certs + photo ID, drivers license, tribal photo ID, utility bills).

Some various facts gleaned from many sources (No wonder our REPUBLICAN SoS stated that she would simply IGNORE the Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down the ID requirements, then pursued it to the SCOTUS forcing this shit on us):

Navajo Nation – where there are 40,000 registered Democrats, voters favored Sen. Kerry with around 79 percent of the votes. Analysis of other reservation precincts showed that George Bush received anywhere from 19 to 34 percent.

150,000 American Indian voters in Arizona, the Native Vote would make the difference. (22 tribes, nations and communities) Native Americans tend Dem.

Many Indian people, especially elders, don’t have birth certificates, driver’s licenses or two forms of Tribal identification.

However, the special regulations do not resolve the problems of identification and proof of citizenship as Tribal identification documents are different, contain different information such as some not having a photograph, others may, and some Tribes not having a Tribal identification card at all.

The other forms of acceptable identification are also impediments. Indian citizens living on reservations may not have phone services, so there would not be a phone bill, may not have utility bills and will not have a property tax notification.

...the Election Director of Maricopa County has testified before the Arizona Legislature that about thirty percent of the registration applications her office has received have been rejected.

Native American voters who have participated in elections for many years may be rejected at the polls because of lack of proper ID.

With their increased political participation, Native Americans have become an increasingly powerful voting bloc. In 2002, the Indian vote helped retain ...the Arizona gubernatorial seat for Janet Napolitano (Dem).

Many Indians do not have federal or state government IDs-some due to the historical concerns, some due to cultural issues, and others because they have not previously had a need for one.

Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz.... only received 8 percent of the Navajo vote in 2002

[jazzjunkysue]

7. Done.Thanks. K&R.

[DeeDeeNY]

8. Done

I hope this helps.

[Wilms]

9. Kick