As you many of you know, Minnesota leads the nation in voter fraud convictions with over 200 people being convicted following the 2008 election.
That is the highest number since 1936! I believe the voter I.D. amendment will reduce, and hopefully end, the occurrence of voter fraud.
If the voter I.D. amendment passes in November, voters will be required to present a state-issued photo I.D. before they vote.
Opponents to the bill are saying that this bill will cause voters to be denied the right to vote, but remember all voters will be subject to the same rules before voting and the state will be required to offer photo I.D.s at no charge to those who do not already have one.
I, personally, don’t know of anyone who does not already have a photo I.D. since virtually everything we do in life requires one. A photo I.D. is only a “huge obstacle” if you are not a citizen or you don’t know where your court house or local DMV is at. A voter I.D. law that is passed now will not affect any one until the next election, allowing plenty of time for those who may not have an I.D. to get one.
If you do not vote on this issue, your ballot will be counted as a no vote.
Let’s put an end to voter fraud in November by making it easy to vote, but hard to cheat! Vote yes, on the voter I.D. amendment on Nov. 6!
Karen Brownell
Verndale
Comments (2)
Add commentThat is ridiculous.
"Dan McGrath of Take Action Minnesota says that Minnesota has had some razor-thin elections, and we’ve had reason to look for evidence of fraud. That’s not true in every other state.
“They looked around the country, turns out no one’s done a study like this. Minnesota Majority is trying to stir up fear, trying to stir up anxiety about the voting system,” Mcgrath said.
If you think of voter fraud as an organized effort where people are impersonating other voters, there’s never been a conviction of that in Minnesota."
And CBS questions your stats on this.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/08/14/good-question-is-minnesota-1-fo...
200 out of how many million voters?
How much is this going to cost taxpayers and individual voters?
Will it do better than our current system that caught those 200 and at what cost?
I'm far more concerned with the Citizen United ruling that gave big money unlimited access to our elections.
That is real fraud.