mmhmm
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It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 6, 2012 23:09:32 GMT -5
Dishonesty knows no party affiliation. Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White -- the man charged with upholding election integrity in Indiana -- was convicted of six felonies on Saturday, including three counts of voter fraud, two counts of perjury and one count of theft. White, a Republican, could face up to three years in prison for each of the counts, the Indianapolis Star reports, and will be sentenced on February 23. The charges were based on accusations that White lied about where he lived while campaigning for secretary of state. The jury ruled he lied in order to keep receiving his salary from the Fishers Town Council even though he had moved out of his district. Voter identification laws have become a popular cause among Republicans, and Indiana is one of nine states currently subject to these laws. Their supporters say they help prevent fraud, but opponents say requiring identification to vote places an unfair burden on young, low-income, and minority voters. Recently, the Justice Department stepped in to block South Carolina's new voter ID law. The liberal blog ThinkProgress notes that a now-removed 2010 campaign website for White listed "election integrity" as one of the "major issues" of his campaign. "Charlie will protect and defend Indiana's Voter ID law to ensure our elections are fair and protect the most basic and precious right and responsibility of our democracy-voting," the website said. More at this link: www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57372176-503544/indiana-sec-of-state-convicted-of-voter-fraud/
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 7, 2012 2:44:56 GMT -5
*crickets* You know that only the democrats are guilty of voter fraud. Hardly a day goes by when ACORN isn't mentioned.
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handyman2
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Post by handyman2 on Feb 7, 2012 20:58:32 GMT -5
Scoundrels are all around us. It knows no affiliation or job detail. We need to be totally aware of whom it is that we vote for. Politicians scream that voters are to intrusive in their private lives but their private lives are usually indicative of their public lives.
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