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In This
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Voter
Fraud
Many of us enjoy watching professional
sports. We love to see good athletic skills and good
sportsmanship. Even if our team loses, we find satisfaction in
seeing a game well played. We get an extra thrill when our team
wins, but even when the home team loses, a game well played is still worth
watching. The same is true in election politics.
Unfortunately, however, some are not confident their ideas will be
successful without tilting the machine. We should not be surprised
that some would cheat the system, but we should be surprised that the
federal government would give money to organizations that foster
fraudulent voter registration. Jim Abrams, in a recent article
written for the Associated Press, wrote: Local law enforcement agencies in about a dozen
states are investigating fake registrations submitted by ACORN workers and
the FBI is reviewing those cases. [U.S. Congressman John] Boehner said his office
had determined that ACORN had received more than $31 million in direct
federal funding since 1998. He said the group had likely received far more
indirectly through federal block grants to states and localities.
“Immediate action is necessary to ensure that no additional tax dollars
are directed to ACORN while it is under investigation,” he
wrote…. Another story related to voter registration is the
recent If voting is such a privilege, why does anyone
need to beg, plead or cajole others in order to get them to do their civic
duty? Why must such efforts be extended to get people to register to
vote when we are talking about a population of grown adults? The
fact that the taxpayers are already picking up the tab for the clerical
efforts extended to register the voters should be enough without
subsidizing outside organizations. The stories of voter coercion are
most unflattering to our system of government. If you would like to read more
about election fraud, click on the following links: Overview of election fraud in
other states We should all be disappointed that some would try
to win by cheating. However, just ask any school teacher and you
will hear that nearly every class has one or two who will
cheat. To find out about our local situation, I called
Furthermore, Chrismer has even better news for
us. Our state recently received recognition for excellence in
our preparations for voting. We were named one of the six best states in
the country: Missouri
Recognized for Excellent Election Preparations. Curiously, last week an organization called the
Campaign for Fresh Air & Clean Politics barraged our Missouri Capitol
with thousands of e-mail messages to legislators, threatening our state
with lawsuits and accusing us of not being prepared for the November
election. The ridiculous part of this effort was that most of the
messages came from states that have far worse voter fraud problems than we
do. When you go to vote, you will only need your voter
card. If you have lost it, you can still vote with another
government-issued form of identification such as your driver
license. If you want to fight back and defend Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
voter fraud. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here:
Cynthia Davis.
Speaking
of Fraud, More on Prop A
This claim is inaccurate according to the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Two
school districts in The lion’s share, if there is any increase, will
go to rural area schools. According to the website, Vote No on
A, “Estimates have shown that as
many as HALF of Despite all the good reasons to vote against this
proposal, if you still want to vote for gambling expansion, don’t do it on
the belief that it is going to do much for our schools. Many people
have come to me through the years asking why the gambling industry has
deceived them in the past. As the old expression goes, “Fool me
once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on
me.” If you want to read other reasons why the passage
of this proposition would make the situation worse, I wrote more about
this su
This
Is the “Good One” This is the weekend we get an extra hour for the
one we lost last spring. Make sure you use it
wisely. A Little
Bit of Humor…
After all the
redistribution is over, I will convince them to thank me for
preventing all the tooth decay that may have happened had they been
allowed all their candy.
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