Democracy under Siege:


Voter fraud is usually defined as the individual voter attempting to defraud the government by voting when he or she is not eligible; however, the latest wave of fraudulent voting behavior is coming directly out of state legislatures.

States are passing laws like the one in Indiana to prohibit legal citizens from exercising their right to cast votes, specifically targeting those voters most likely to vote Democratic. The so called voter ID fraud law in Indiana is designed to prohibit voter fraud, an example of which has never occurred. Nevertheless, a high percentage of citizens have had their votes destroyed as a result of the law.

Possibly as high as 13 percent of voters in Indiana had their votes thrown out during the last election because they lacked the proper ID, even, as in most cases, when authorities on the spot could testify to who those people were and readily recognized them. In the vast majority of these cases, the voters were registered Democrats.

According to The New York Times, 27 other states have had legislation introduced to enact the same sort of laws, attempting to disenfranchise voters. The case is being pushed towards the Supreme Court this year, where it will be interesting to see if the ultra conservative geriatric group of predominantly old white men will push justice aside to support this new form of voter fraud—the theft of the citizens right to vote.

And this from the leader of the free world: "The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope—an ideology of hate—excuse me—with an ideology of hope." — George W. Bush, Bennying, GA, January 2007.