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To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	1/19/2005 10:37:43 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Exit Poll Follies Analyzed Gerry Daly pointed us to his analysis of the report by Mitofsky International and Edison Media Research on why their exit polls on the Presidential race were so far off. The report sounds, frankly, like a bit of a whitewash. It argues, as stated here by CNN, that for some mysterious reason, Kerry voters were more willing to participate in the exit polling than Bush voters. Gerry argues that the data actually show that certain exit pollsters skewed the polls by recording too many votes for John Kerry. The pollsters whose results were most off-target were young and had advanced degrees. Which makes one wonder whether liberal groups like MoveOn.org and ACT got their people hired as exit pollsters for the purpose of distorting the early results and thereby depressing Republican turnout. Posted by Hindrocket powerlineblog.com

To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	4/23/2005 8:37:54 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Common Sense Protection Against Voter Fraud RedState.org By: Erick · Section: Law RedState has, for some time, championed national voting reforms, including laws that would require voters to show photographic identification when at polling locations. 33 states have no requirement for identification at polls and most others allow such things as utility bills and bank statements to prove that a voter is who the voter says he is. That is about to change in Georgia. Senator Cecil Staton and Representative Sue Burmeister introduced legislation, part of which I helped draft after RedState's call to action, that will help stamp out voter fraud at polling locations in Georgia. Today, Governor Sonny Perdue signed H.B. 244, a comprehensive overhaul of the state election code, which includes a provision that will cut the number of approved methods of voter identification from 17 to 6, all of which will have photographs of the voter. We see the bill as common sense. It adds a layer of protection to the integrity of our voting system. Critics point out that we have no numbers to prove people show up at polls posing as someone else and voting. They are mostly right. But, how would such comprehensive data be collected if I can show up with Josh Trevino's power bill, say I'm Josh, and vote his ballot? Who is to prove me wrong if there is no photo identification requirement? If Josh shows up later to vote and is told he voted and proves he is who he claims to be, the first vote is already in the system and by then it is too late to determine if there was a clerical error or actual fraud. We at RedState applaud Senator Staton, Representative Burmeister, Governor Perdue, and the Georgia Republicans for some common sense legislation. And we note that the usual suspects are not amused. <<< The League of Women Voters, the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and the AARP were among the groups that opposed the bill during the legislative session, which ended last month. Every member of the Legislative Black Caucus opposed the measure. Several black caucus leaders recently met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson to begin preliminary plans for a national march on Aug. 6 to oppose the law and bring attention to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which has several provisions set to expire in 2007. >>> Update [2005-4-23 2:32:4 by trevino]: <<< In a further sign that this is a good and necessary law, Rep. John Conyers (D-Internet) has delegated a hapless staffer to ghostwrite an appeal to the mob at dKos. So let's get this straight, kids: electronic voting booths and long lines are dark signs of a deeply compromised democracy -- but you don't want a photo ID at the polls? >>> Ah, the left. redstate.org ajc.com dailykos.com

To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	4/29/2005 8:03:35 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

STILL MORE UNCOUNTED BALLOTS IN WASHINGTON STATE By Michelle Malkin April 28, 2005 05:28 PM They are still finding uncounted ballots in Washington state from last fall's gubernatorial election. (Hat tip: Gerry at Daly Thoughts) Related: According to the King County Journal, Dino Rossi is ruling out a run for U.S. Senate against inumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell in 2006. He was considered the GOP's best hope. (Hat tip: Doverspa at Red State.) Previous: - Washington State: the election mess continues - Uncounted ballots discovered in Washington State - The election mess in Washington State - Count every vote? michellemalkin.com seattlepi.nwsource.com kingcountyjournal.com

To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	4/30/2005 12:36:57 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

The Party of the (Dead) People PoliPundit.com As expected, the Democrat Governor of Wisconsin, Jim Doyle, vetoed a bill that would have required residents to show {gasp} photo ID before casting ballots. Ah, yeah, we wouldn’t want the Democratic Party not to be able to cast multiple fraudulent votes on behalf of corpses, family pets, and make-believe people, now, would we? Ahem. On a different, but related, topic, I wouldn’t ordinarily divulge personal info on this site, outside of the threads, but I can’t help but address Doyle’s claim that the ID bill would disenfranchise elderly voters. In two words, that’s bullst. In fact, the notion that the voting rights of elderly people somehow would be infringed, by requiring photo ID’s to cast valid ballots, is so completely asinine, it doesn’t quite rise to the level of bullsht. Take my parents, for example. They’re both in their 70’s and indigent. My mother survives on SSI checks and lives in Section 8 housing. My father survives on Social Security, he’s a convicted felon, and he resides in an apartment so tiny, Michael Moore could and probably would use it merely as closet space. But they both have photo ID’s. Everybody who wants a photo ID can obtain one, in point of fact. For Pete’s sake, how do you think elderly indigents cash their Social Security or SSI checks? How, pray tell, do they apply for Medi-Caid or food stamps? With notes from Santa Claus??? And if the Democrats are worried about non-ambulatory seniors, who somehow don’t already have photo ID’s, not being able to validate their ballots, then they should appropriate some money to canvass nursing homes or hospices to hand out free photo ID’s. The GOP probably would fund that effort in its own regard. Look, I’m going to be real blunt here. The Democratic Party is disintegrating as we speak. Merely over the past 15 years, they’ve lost: (i) 13 net U.S. Senate seats, (ii) 65 net U.S. House seats, and (iii) eighteen state governorships have shifted away from them. And they haven’t won a bare majority of the national vote since well before most of Howard Dean’s supporters were born. And one of the major factors keeping them afloat, as it were, is that of systematic, organized election fraud. They don’t want photo ID requirements because that will curtail them from paying homeless people, union thugs, and college students, to vote multiple times, in multiple precincts. End of story. But in the final analysis, however, these tactics will not save them. Politics is a lot like life. Grifters might get away with things, even for quite some time, but they always wind up getting caught. It just works out that way. -- Jayson polipundit.com news.yahoo.com komotv.com dos.state.pa.us

To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	4/30/2005 8:38:32 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

LOOK WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT VOTER FRAUD By Michelle Malkin April 30, 2005 03:58 PM Following up on David Gelernter's excellent LA Times column on the Dems' Infantile American Principle... Efforts to require valid photo ID upon voting--the horror, the horror!--continue to be stymied by the "Count Every Bogus Vote" lobbyists on the Left. Playing the scare-the-poor-and-old-people card, Democrat governor Jim Doyle of election fraud-riddled Wisconsin just vetoed a measure that would have required voters to show government-issued picture identification at the polls. People in nursing homes and other home-bound regular absentee voters would have been exempted; IDs would be free for those who couldn't afford the $9 cost. In Indiana, the ACLU is suing to stop a new voter ID signed by GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels. It requires residents to show a state or federal ID before they will be given a ballot. Those who do not have a driver’s license and can’t afford to pay for a state identification card can be issued a state ID for free. As Gelernter and La Shawn Barber noted, GOP Gov. Sony Perdue of Georgia signed a similar bill last week over the objections of the civil liberties and civil rights establishment. And Californians are collecting signatures to put a voter ID initiative on the ballot; Democratic state lawmakers killed similar legislation eight times since 2000. Keep these Democrat obstructionists in mind the next time they start braying about the need to protect the integrity of the electoral process. *** Others blogging... Jayson at Polipundit addresses bogus concerns about the impact of voter ID laws on the elderly. polipundit.com Daly Thoughts weighs in. dalythoughts.com Say Anything, Scared Monkeys, Boots and Sabers have more. sayanythingblog.com scaredmonkeys.com bootsandsabers.com michellemalkin.com latimes.com michellemalkin.com michellemalkin.com indystar.com michellemalkin.com 11alive.com releases.usnewswire.com news.corporate.findlaw.com

To: Sully- who wrote (6104)	5/2/2005 2:59:51 PM
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BREAKING: GOP COURT WIN IN WASHINGTON By Michelle Malkin May 02, 2005 01:03 PM This just in from the Seattle Times: Judge allows GOP's statistical analysis <<< Judge John Bridges this morning said he would allow Republicans to offer statistical analysis to show how illegal voters cast ballots in the November governor's election. In Chelan County Superior Court, Bridges denied a Democratic Party motion to exclude the evidence, saying he did not see anything in law or court precedent that would prohibit the use of expert testimony to show how illegal votes were cast. >>> Stefan at Sound Politics notes, though, that the judge "said he was not yet accepting the statistical analysis as valid for the trial set to begin May 23. He said the Republican evidence is subject to a separate hearing where Democrats can challenge its scientific value." Meanwhile, at a John Kerry fundraiser for Washington state Dems, a handful of supporters of Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi stood across the parking lot with a sign that read: <<< Living non-felons for Rossi >>> Hah. michellemalkin.com seattletimes.nwsource.com soundpolitics.com seattletimes.nwsource.com