In light of continuing propaganda by various scalawags that "voter fraud doesn't exist," and in service to that nonsense and the left-wing cheering the for-now-at-least court decision Friday striking down Voter ID in Pennsylvania, it might be useful to visit reality.
The reality uncovered by New York City's Department of Investigations.
John Fund writes:Liberals who oppose efforts to prevent voter fraud claim that there is no fraud -- or at least not any that involves voting in person at the polls.
But New York City's watchdog Department of Investigations has just provided the latest evidence of how easy it is to commit voter fraud that is almost undetectable. DOI undercover agents showed up at 63 polling places last fall and pretended to be voters who should have been turned away by election officials; the agents assumed the names of individuals who had died or moved out of town, or who were sitting in jail. In 61 instances, or 97 percent of the time, the testers were allowed to vote. Those who did vote cast only a write-in vote for a "John Test" so as to not affect the outcome of any contest. DOI published its findings two weeks ago in a searing 70-page report accusing the city's Board of Elections of incompetence, waste, nepotism, and lax procedures...
It's an amazing story, with 24-year-olds pretending to be 87, poll workers helping undercover investigators commit fraud, live people casting the votes of the dead.
And as John points out, this isn't the first time an official investigation has found massive voter fraud in New York City. He describes another investigation, one run by a liberal, that likewise found significant voter fraud in New York: In 1984, Brooklyn’s Democratic district attorney, Elizabeth Holtzman, released a state grand-jury report on a successful 14-year conspiracy that cast thousands of fraudulent votes in local, state, and congressional elections. Just like the DOI undercover operatives, the conspirators cast votes at precincts in the names of dead, moved, and bogus voters. The grand jury recommended voter ID, a basic election-integrity measure that New York has steadfastly refused to implement. To the liberals who run New York City, enacting measures to deter voter fraud just won't do. Quite the reverse. In the current case, the undercover agents -- despite being city workers engaged in a professionally-run official investigation -- may be prosecuted.
Finding voter fraud just isn't politically-correct, even though vote fraudsters have been known to target the poor and minorities. The left is determined that some crime should pay.
Why is that?
Finally, as a side note on Pennsylvania's voter ID ruling Friday, I recommend this post by Rick Hasen on the Election Law Blog. Defenders of commonsense vote integrity measures such as voter ID should note, as Hasen points out, that the trial judge -- obviously no patsy for voter ID -- explicitly stated that Pennsylvania's voter ID law "was NOT motivated by an attempt to disenfranchise minorities or Democratic voters."
The debate over public safety versus gun rights that has taken place on national news programs, and in state and federal legislatures over the past nine months is now heading into living rooms across America. “Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire”, a 79-minute documentary (PG-13) that brings audiences to the center of the controversy over guns in America, is now available on digital platforms, cable and satellite TV, and on DVD at better retailers. The film takes a step back from the normal public discourse that is filled with emotional rhetoric, to offer unique perspectives on the Second Amendment’s significance in American society while taking a critical look at current gun laws and their effect on public safety and civil rights.
Created by two-time Emmy winning producer and writer Kris Koenig (“400 Years of the Telescope,” the upcoming “Fight for Space”) and co-produced by Eric Katzenberg (“Secrets of Navy SEALS,” “American Guns”), the film is narrated by critically acclaimed rapper and actor Ice-T (“Law and Order: SVU”).
With the original intent of empowering a citizenry to defend itself against a corrupt or tyrannical government, the concept behind the Second Amendment may seem farfetched today. “Assaulted” weaves together such narrative threads as the post-World War II Battle of Athens and the Deacons for Defense of the Civil Rights Movement with more recent events, including the abandonment of Koreatown during the Rodney King Riots and the heavy-handed action taken by public officials during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to show that tyranny comes in many forms.
With the purpose of igniting a meaningful gun control conversation, as opposed to adding to the existing rhetoric, “Assaulted” sought out constitutional historians, lawyers, law enforcement, educators, anti-violence leaders, gun rights activists and gun owners to lend their voices to the film. The result is more than 30 interviews from advocates on both sides of the argument.
What the critics think about “ASSAULTED”
“‘Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire’ is a reasoned counter to Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’ and, as such, a constructive addition to the current national firearms debate.” – Los Angeles Times
“‘Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire’ comes across as too thoughtful and well researched – in short, too reasonable — to be easily dismissed as mere agitprop.” – Variety
“[The film’s] real purpose is to bring some historical perspective to the argument, to move the conversation beyond emotion-based rhetoric.” – LA Weekly
“Assaulted isn’t a one-sided documentary popped out of the Michael Moore mold. The film talks to a variety of sources, from fervent gun rights activist Ted Nugent to Dan Gross, the President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.” – Breitbart
“Testifies to the vital importance of gun ownership” – Hollywood Reporter
Trailers
Links to watch the film:
Amazon – http://amzn.com/B00EKS6VJW
Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Assaulted_Civil_Rights_Under_Fire?id=HrB0P_A-M3Y
iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/assaulted-civil-rights-under/id688083531
Vudu – http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/468844/Assaulted-Civil-Rights-Under-Fire
Xbox – https://video.xbox.com/#Movie/2c1c7469-e3c5-46c9-915c-36222323f742
Playstation – http://us.playstation.com/ps3/movies/assaulted-civil-rights-under-fire-2013.html
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrB0P_A-M3Y
Buy the DVD
Dead Patriot Films – http://www.AssaultedFilm.com
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