Ellison’s Undocumented Voters
Rep. Keith Ellison (CAIR MN5)Â has introduced a bill that will turn our election system into a joke.
WASHINGTON – In a challenge to the Bush administration, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban photo identification as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
He is crafting the bill after our laws here in Minnesota which are laughable, at best.
Ellison’s bill reflects the Minnesota practice, which does not require photo ID for the purpose of voter verification. Ellison has a companion bill that mirrors the state’s law allowing eligible voters to register for federal elections on Election Day.
Ellison’s voting initiative comes after an uproar surrounding the statement of a top Justice Department official addressing charges by civil rights activists that photo ID requirements discriminate against minorities, senior citizens or young people.
Nothing good can come of this, except allowing our elections to be stolen. The great untold story in this state is how scores of poll watchers and astute voters have observed “voting irregularities”. Yes, in Minnesota bus loads of people have been reported. Mass vouching is common place. And election judges often do zero due dillegence to verify the residence of same day registrants.
Voting in America is a priviledge in my mind. It is not something that should be taken for granted. Ellison’s bill will provide the opportunity for your vote to be stolen. By banning the photo ID requirement, Ellison will be banning proof that the person should be voting in the first place.
“While photo IDs seem harmless, they are in fact the modern-day poll tax,” Ellison said, referring to the practice, extensively used in the South during the Jim Crow era, of imposing poll taxes to discourage black people from voting.
No Mr. Ellison it is not taxing to require people to prove they do have the right to vote. In fact it is protecting their vote from people who are trying to steal it.
How can you claim to cherrish Democracy, when you ban the most critical componen, verifying the persons have the right to vote.
Apparently this is one more area that Mr. Ellison knows nothing about. Last year I was a poll watcher. I did not see any fraud, but I did notice that some 80-90% of people who were already registered to vote VOLUNTARILY showed their drivers license (photo id) though not required to do so. And 100% of those who same-day registered did so. Where’s the problem?