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We've Found VOTER FRAUD in Florida

By Barb Burt
Posted on Thu Feb 16, 2006 at 03:16:10 PM EST

In state after state, lawmakers on the Right have been introducing regressive voter ID provisions. The reason, they claim, is to combat voter fraud.

But there just isn't much voter fraud out there. If you weigh the number of eligible voters who will be discouraged from voting or downright disenfranchised (elderly, nondrivers, innercity, poor) against the number of voter fraud cases that have been discovered, the ratio is ridiculous: as someone at the joint Brookings/AEI conference said last week, "You're more likely to be hit by lightning on the way to the polling place than to commit voter fraud."

However, a case of voter fraud has recently come to light in Florida. Unbelievably, Ann Coulter (yes that Ann Coulter) knowingly voted in the wrong precinct, a third-degree felony in Florida.

From the Palm Beach Post: "She wrote down an Indian Road address instead of Seabreeze on her voter's registration application. And she signed to certify the information as true.

"'She never lived here,' said Suzanne Frisbie, owner of the Indian Road home. 'I'm Ann's realtor, and she used this address to forward mail when she moved from New York.'

"Florida statutes make it a third-degree felony to vote knowingly in the wrong precinct. Lying on a voter's registration can cost up to $5,000 and five years behind bars."

We say, throw the book at her!


Tags: Action for Elections, Florida, Ann Coulter, voter fraud (all tags)


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We've Found VOTER FRAUD in Florida :: 3 Comments

Barb Burt is a fraud

Well look at that, I log onto this "unbiased" website site that is supposed to be for all of us Democrats, Independents and Republicans called Common Cause. And what do I find?   Another attack against a Conservative, written by who else but a Liberal, Barb Burt.  I wonder why Barb who Im sure is a proud member of the Democratic Party didn't write anything about the Air  America scandal that occured severals months back as the CEO Evan Cohen was accused of stealing money from a charity and using it to fund the Air America radio station. Maybe before the Common Cause staff writes another blog accusing someone one of FRAUD they should take a good look in the mirror cause I can promise you, there is nothing Common about a website that is run by a Democrat and has a staff full of other Democrats.

by Adan on Sun Feb 19, 2006 at 07:44:16 PM EST


Hey, who you calling a fraud?

Adan missed the point of my blog post. The conservatives have been pushing for photo ID requirements in state after state because they contend that there is a hige amount of voter fraud (a contention for which there is no documentation). Then, one of their own spokespeople goes out and commits voter fraud.

Anyone familliar with our history knows that Common Cause has no problem criticizing officials from all parties.

Barbara Burt, Common Cause Election Reform Team Leader

by Barb Burt on Wed Feb 22, 2006 at 12:45:05 PM EST
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Re: Hey, who you calling a fraud?

Although I couldnt say whether Barb Burt is a fraud or not, here are some things I can say:  

  1. Barb doesn't deny the fact that she is a Democrat, therefore allowing the assumption that will be made by many, that her attacks against Ann Coulter (assuming they are even true) are politically motivated.  

  2.  Barb conveniently avoids the Air America scandal comment made by Adan. Probably because It doesnt fit her Liberal agenda to make us, the Common Cause members aware of the fact that Evan Cohen,former CEO of Air America was charged with stealing from a charity to keep the Air America radio station going, along with the Al Frankin show.

  3. She criticizes conservatives for asking for photo ID, in order to prevent voter fraud, and then states there is no documentation to back up the fact of voter fraud, yet in her article she says she discovered an instance of voter fraud in Florida. So lets review, first she says there is no documentation of voter fraud, but then she  says there is voter fraud. Well if this is true that Ann Coulter committed voter fraud then maybe if someone had asked Ann for a Photo ID with her address on it, it might have stopped it form occurring. I guess based on what I have just read asking for ID sounds like a very good idea.

  4. In regards to this comment made by Barb: "Anyone familliar with our history knows that Common Cause has no problem criticizing officials from all parties."

If Common Cause is supposedly so neutral why are the staff unwilling to post what party they belong to and who they voted for in the last election?

 

by Nadersupporter on Mon Feb 27, 2006 at 05:20:43 PM EST
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