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Florida GOP-Led Voter Fraud Investigation Finds Nothing—Except GOP Fraud

September 5, 2013 | An investigation into the issue of voter registration fraud in the Sunshine State initiated by Florida Republicans has unearthed no evidence of wrongdoing—except on the part of the GOP. Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner, prompted the state's Department of Law Enforcement to research the alleged problem, setting its sights on the Florida New Majority, an established progressive organization know for advocating the spread of democratic participation across the country. The organization was vital in registering scores of minorities last year—something which Republicans generally don't like.

The investigation, curiously, found nothing on the Florida New Majority, but it did stumble across a little fraud from the Strategic Allied Consultants—a GOP contractor that made the news last year for falsifying registration forms. Earlier this year, two former employees of SAC admitted to law enforcement officials that they did indeed commit voter fraud. Rebekah Joy Paul submitted 20 fake voter registration applications, while Christian Davis Price submitted seven. Both said they were told by the company that they would not get paid unless they submitted a certain quota of applications, and that they were strongly instructed not to register Democrats.

The investigation, and its results, comes after Florida's controversial decision to require state-issued drivers licenses in order to vote in national and federal elections—a move that many saw as a way to silence minority voters and tip the turn-out in favor of traditionally white, republican voters. Though the push to disenfranchise minotiry, Democratica and poor voters in light of the Supreme Court's Decision to declaw the Voting Rights Act is bound to continue in Florida and other states, this round counts as a loss for the forces arrayed against true democracy.

dgs49 wrote:Hmmm. No wrongdoing was found on the part of the "Florida New Majority." And this proves exactly what?

Do you understand the difference between submitting phony voter registration forms to meet a quota, and voting fraudulently? Think. Think.

dgs49 wrote:ACORN's voter registration drives were coupled with a large scale effort to provide "motivation" and transportation to the polls\\for people who otherwise wouldn't be voting, many of whom, at least arguably, were not legally entitled to vote.

four different independent investigations by various state and city Attorneys General and the GAO released in 2009 and 2010 cleared ACORN, finding its employees had not engaged in criminal activities and that the organization had managed its federal funding appropriately

dgs49 wrote:If you think ACORD weeded out the bogus registrations, I have some real estate I'd like you to take a look at.

During the 2008 election season, ACORN gathered over 1.3 million voter registration forms in 21 states. Some of these registration forms were flagged by ACORN's internal auditors for review by election officials...As required by law in most states, ACORN must submit all registration forms collected by its workers, including those flagged by ACORN as incomplete or suspicious...ACORN has fired employees for fraudulent registration practices and turned them over to authorities.

liberty wrote:Why not improve voting security? What would be wrong with a system that has no fraud?

I understand that some people have more trouble than other obtaining ID. But surely that is a problem that can be fixed.

http://www.chacha.com/question/was-ther ... l-election

dgs49 wrote:Bottom line, voter identification requirements are designed to suppress the votes of eligible voters unlikely to vote Republican and that is why I support them.

dgs49 wrote:The LAST thing Democrats want is a system that eliminates fraud.