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A big HOOYAH to the U.S.Supreme Court for upholding the Indiana law requiring a legal, government issued, photo ID for eligibility to vote. Vote fraud has been on the rise for years in Indiana, especially in the Gary area. Now if only Illinois, and specifically neighboring Chicago would pass a similar law, real 100% election vote fraud could be put to an end. I am sure it would automatically mean a 25% decrease in democrat voters; no more dead people voting in 10 different precincts. The sanctity of our voting rights must be preserved and protected. For the people - all of the people - not just the 10% who are union members who are forced to perform and commit illegal voting for the democrat candidates at the coercion of the thug union bosses. Anymore in this day and age, whatever is good for those 10% who are union members, is at the expense of the 90% of American workers who are not union obligated.And never more so when it comes to the voting booth and the wallet.

posted on Apr 30, 2008 5:58 PM ()

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I never meant it to read like a reprimand. My apologies! Project LEAP worked for years to clean up Chicago polling places. When I first started with LEAP, a precinct captain in the 46th ward pulled a gun on me (seriously) and told me to get out of his precinct. The police officer looked awfully uncomfortable, because Leap had people from the State's Attorney office working with us. The precinct captain caved, even apologized. THEN proceeded to tell the judges of election that he was the only person who understood how the voting machine worked, and since it had log jammed someplace along the line, dozens of votes were on top of each other. He counted it, they let him, he sent it in as his conscience dictated. I filed a complaint through Project Leap, and the B of E polled the entire precinct again to get an honest count. There Were bad old days. Many of them are gone, only fleeting memories.

comment by thestephymore on May 20, 2008 11:31 PM ()

When I was young, we were marching against poll taxes and against voting "tests" to determine if Southern black people were "smart enough" to vote. It didn't matter how much education you had in some states; you still didn't pass. "Tests of any kind make me nervous when it comes to voting. Who decides if the ID presented is real enough?

I was turned away when I went to vote. had my voter's card, had my signature, just as always. "Sorry. We know you have been voting here since 1985, you can't vote without a driver's license." As a disabled person, the trip back home for the paperwork was unnecessary pain for me. I think it's absurd.

As a special election watcher for Project LEAP (Legal Elections in All Precincts) in Chicago for many years, I can say that much of the alleged election fraud in Chicago is tales from the past.