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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostEr, the problem HAS been shown to exist - the question is its extent. It seems to me that the side effects of the solution is that everyone would have a photo ID.
http://time.com/4736959/voter-fraud-...hew-masterson/
https://www.brennancenter.org/public...ut-voter-fraud
https://www.brennancenter.org/analys...r-fraud-claims
Don't get me wrong - I have no problem with VoterID per se. I DO think the registration rolls need some attention. But I also have a problem with how VoterID laws are being used and their net effect. The problem has a solution: implement a nationwide (or statewide) ID program, ensure that everyone has access to an affordable photo ID with strategies to deal with those who do not have the necessary documentation, and AFTER every reasonable effort has been made to put those IDs in the hands of the voters, then make it a requirement for voting. No one is disenfranchised - and the voting "problem" as small as it is, is resolved. As previously noted, it's a win-win.
Note - VoterID laws alone are not going to deal with the issue of dead people remaining on the rolls, and people being registered in multiple districts due to movement between districts. Voter registration is a local phenomenon. You would need interlinks between the social security databases and the VoterID database to deal with dead registered voters, which is probably the best and most widely implemented database we have for "living" versus "dead." I have no idea what the incidence of people without Social Security numbers is and cannot find stats. I see no way of dealing with multiple registrations unless the ID system is nationalized. Creating interlinks between 50 differetn databases (assuming state-wide voter IDs) is a massive coordination issue.Last edited by carpedm9587; 12-14-2017, 09:08 AM.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostEr, the problem HAS been shown to exist - the question is its extent. It seems to me that the side effects of the solution is that everyone would have a photo ID.
Two-votes Guacamole"Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostTo what extent has it been shown to be a problem. I was under the impression, perhaps mistaken, that there isn't good evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Two-votes Guacamole
But it's not just two votes.
Voter Fraud Is Real. This Searchable Database Proves It
The Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database just got a major upgrade.
With the addition of powerful new search functions, Heritage is giving Americans a quick and easy way to sort through 1,088 documented instances of fraud, to see how nefarious election activity has affected their own states and communities.
Anyone who uses the database will quickly see that the left’s claims that election fraud does not exist are as baseless as they are persistent.
Proving the falsehood of those claims is the raison d’être of the database. Heritage researchers diligently track and monitor cases as they work their way through the courts, rigorously examining each potential entry for definitive proof of fraud.
That evidence can take many forms: a criminal conviction, a civil penalty, or a judicial finding that fraud occurred, among others.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostLet's say it's two votes, just for grins. You're OK with cheating anybody out of their vote?
But it's not just two votes.
Voter Fraud Is Real. This Searchable Database Proves It
The Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database just got a major upgrade.
With the addition of powerful new search functions, Heritage is giving Americans a quick and easy way to sort through 1,088 documented instances of fraud, to see how nefarious election activity has affected their own states and communities.
Anyone who uses the database will quickly see that the left’s claims that election fraud does not exist are as baseless as they are persistent.
Proving the falsehood of those claims is the raison d’être of the database. Heritage researchers diligently track and monitor cases as they work their way through the courts, rigorously examining each potential entry for definitive proof of fraud.
That evidence can take many forms: a criminal conviction, a civil penalty, or a judicial finding that fraud occurred, among others.
During that period, 100+ million registered voters (I'm cutting the number from the 125 million normally cited to err on the side of minimiziing the effect) voted at LEAST 8 times (there are elections in every state virtually every year, but I am cutting it in half to focus on federal cycle, again, minimizing the effect). That translates to over 800 million votes cast. That is a fraud rate of 0.000136%. However, the solution being put forward has been statistically shown to disenfranchise up to 2% of the electorate, with a 1.2% shift in voting outcomes (from Democrat to Republican). 2% 0f 800 million votes cast is 16,000,000 votes lost.
So do I think it is worth losing over 16,000,000 million votes (and note I was generous with the numbers; if I actually used annual voting and the average turn out rate applied to the number of registered voters, we would be above 30 million votes) to protect against 1088 fraudulent voters? No - I don't. The former is statistically significant, the latter is not. Any solution put forward to solve the latter needs to avoid the former, IMO. Since there ARE strategies for doing that, refusal to implement them strongly suggests the issue is not actually voter fraud: it's a desire to skew the outcome to the right. As I have noted before, I consider that unethical, unpatriotic, and unamerican.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostOK- nobody is saying there is NO voter fraud. So let's do a little math. After a bit of checking in the database, it seems the database documents cases back to 2001 - which is a 17-year period. It documents 1088 provable cases across all voting levels, local, regional, state, and national. So that's an average of 64 cases per year, or slightly more than one case per state per year.
During that period, 100+ million registered voters (I'm cutting the number from the 125 million normally cited to err on the side of minimiziing the effect) voted at LEAST 8 times (there are elections in every state virtually every year, but I am cutting it in half to focus on federal cycle, again, minimizing the effect). That translates to over 800 million votes cast. That is a fraud rate of 0.000136%. However, the solution being put forward has been statistically shown to disenfranchise up to 2% of the electorate, with a 1.2% shift in voting outcomes (from Democrat to Republican). 2% 0f 800 million votes cast is 16,000,000 votes lost.
So do I think it is worth losing over 16,000,000 million votes (and note I was generous with the numbers; if I actually used annual voting and the average turn out rate applied to the number of registered voters, we would be above 30 million votes) to protect against 1088 fraudulent voters? No - I don't. The former is statistically significant, the latter is not. Any solution put forward to solve the latter needs to avoid the former, IMO. Since there ARE strategies for doing that, refusal to implement them strongly suggests the issue is not actually voter fraud: it's a desire to skew the outcome to the right. As I have noted before, I consider that unethical, unpatriotic, and unamerican.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostOK- nobody is saying there is NO voter fraud. So let's do a little math. After a bit of checking in the database, it seems the database documents cases back to 2001 - which is a 17-year period. It documents 1088 provable cases across all voting levels, local, regional, state, and national. So that's an average of 64 cases per year, or slightly more than one case per state per year.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostActually I'm pretty sure that they understand all of that , the problem is that they really don't care about the facts, so long as they can win by any means they are all for undermining the process. They're republicans after all, they know they're outnumbered and that they are falling further behind the majority as time goes on."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostOK- nobody is saying there is NO voter fraud. So let's do a little math.
But feel free to "do the math" on what little info you have.
(It's like estimating the number of red light runners based on the number of citations written by police. )The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostLet's say it's two votes, just for grins. You're OK with cheating anybody out of their vote?
I poked around on the website and found their definition list. The website lists all crimes associated with these definitions:
Types of Voter Fraud
Altering the Vote Count
Changing the actual vote count either in a precinct or at the central location where votes are counted.
This wouldn't be solved by requiring voter ID. This is a problem with election judges or other criminal tampering.
Ballot Petition Fraud
Forging the signatures of registered voters on the ballot petitions that must be filed with election officials in some states for a candidate or issue to be listed on the official ballot.
This wouldn't be solved by requiring voter ID. This is a problem registering candidates.
Buying Votes
Paying voters to cast either an in-person or absentee ballot for a particular candidate.
This isn't a problem that would be solved by requiring voter ID.
Duplicate Voting
Registering in multiple locations and voting in the same election in more than one jurisdiction or state.v
This isn't a problem that would be solved by requiring a voter ID until we have a real time way to see who has and has not voted. Presumably a person could obtain a fraudulent or old ID if they want to vote in more than one jurisdiction or state.
False Registrations
Voting under fraudulent voter registrations that either use a phony name and a real or fake address or claim residence in a particular jurisdiction where the registered voter does not actually live and is not entitled to vote.
This could be solved through requiring a voter ID. Again, presuming a person doesn't want to obtain a fake ID or have an old one.
Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots
Requesting absentee ballots and voting without the knowledge of the actual voter; or obtaining the absentee ballot from a voter and either filling it in directly and forging the voter’s signature or illegally telling the voter who to vote for.
This would not be solved by voter ID.
Illegal "Assistance" at the Polls
Forcing or intimidating voters—particularly the elderly, disabled, illiterate, and those for whom English is a second language—to vote for particular candidates while supposedly providing them with “assistance.”
This would not be solved by voter ID.
Impersonation Fraud at the Polls
Voting in the name of other legitimate voters and voters who have died, moved away, or lost their right to vote because they are felons, but remain registered.
This might be solved. Unless we have real time blocking of felons, however, a felon with an ID could vote.
Ineligible Voting
Illegal registration and voting by individuals who are not U.S. citizens, are convicted felons, or are otherwise not eligible to vote.
This might be checked by voter ID.
In 2016, using their database, there were 5 convictions for impersonation fraud; 2 convictions for false registration; there were 4 for ineligible voting. However, when picking through those cases I found this:
Nebi Ademi, 63, a native of Macedonia who resides in Chippewa Falls, successfully cast a ballot in the April 2016 primary election, despite his status as a non-citizen. Ademi filled out a same-day registration, leaving blank the question about his citizenship. District Attorney Steve Gibbs noted that poll workers "should have caught this" and recommended, based on his determination that Ademi had not deliberately broken the law, that the charges against him be changed from election fraud to disorderly conduct. Ademi pleaded no contest. He was ordered to pay $443 in court costs.
So it's listed as a conviction by the foundation when it isn't actually a conviction and that the problem could have stopped by a competent election judge.
In any case, more than half of the listed offenses are not solvable through voter ID, and at least one instance of a legit problem that could be solved by voter ID is wrong.
I can't trust that the general stats posted by the website are trust worthy.
Originally posted by Mark Twain"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
three votes guacamole"Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by JimL View PostArgument by popularity? Better brush up on your own logic there Lilpix."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostYou’re the one arguing that the majority agreeing means anything to the truthfulness of a position.
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostIf it's two votes, just for grins, I'm not sure it's worth a tax payer response.
I poked around on the website and found their definition list. The website lists all crimes associated with these definitions:
Types of Voter Fraud
Altering the Vote Count
Changing the actual vote count either in a precinct or at the central location where votes are counted.
This wouldn't be solved by requiring voter ID. This is a problem with election judges or other criminal tampering.
Ballot Petition Fraud
Forging the signatures of registered voters on the ballot petitions that must be filed with election officials in some states for a candidate or issue to be listed on the official ballot.
This wouldn't be solved by requiring voter ID. This is a problem registering candidates.
Buying Votes
Paying voters to cast either an in-person or absentee ballot for a particular candidate.
This isn't a problem that would be solved by requiring voter ID.
Duplicate Voting
Registering in multiple locations and voting in the same election in more than one jurisdiction or state.v
This isn't a problem that would be solved by requiring a voter ID until we have a real time way to see who has and has not voted. Presumably a person could obtain a fraudulent or old ID if they want to vote in more than one jurisdiction or state.
False Registrations
Voting under fraudulent voter registrations that either use a phony name and a real or fake address or claim residence in a particular jurisdiction where the registered voter does not actually live and is not entitled to vote.
This could be solved through requiring a voter ID. Again, presuming a person doesn't want to obtain a fake ID or have an old one.
Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots
Requesting absentee ballots and voting without the knowledge of the actual voter; or obtaining the absentee ballot from a voter and either filling it in directly and forging the voter’s signature or illegally telling the voter who to vote for.
This would not be solved by voter ID.
Illegal "Assistance" at the Polls
Forcing or intimidating voters—particularly the elderly, disabled, illiterate, and those for whom English is a second language—to vote for particular candidates while supposedly providing them with “assistance.”
This would not be solved by voter ID.
Impersonation Fraud at the Polls
Voting in the name of other legitimate voters and voters who have died, moved away, or lost their right to vote because they are felons, but remain registered.
This might be solved. Unless we have real time blocking of felons, however, a felon with an ID could vote.
Ineligible Voting
Illegal registration and voting by individuals who are not U.S. citizens, are convicted felons, or are otherwise not eligible to vote.
This might be checked by voter ID.
In 2016, using their database, there were 5 convictions for impersonation fraud; 2 convictions for false registration; there were 4 for ineligible voting. However, when picking through those cases I found this:
Nebi Ademi, 63, a native of Macedonia who resides in Chippewa Falls, successfully cast a ballot in the April 2016 primary election, despite his status as a non-citizen. Ademi filled out a same-day registration, leaving blank the question about his citizenship. District Attorney Steve Gibbs noted that poll workers "should have caught this" and recommended, based on his determination that Ademi had not deliberately broken the law, that the charges against him be changed from election fraud to disorderly conduct. Ademi pleaded no contest. He was ordered to pay $443 in court costs.
So it's listed as a conviction by the foundation when it isn't actually a conviction and that the problem could have stopped by a competent election judge.
In any case, more than half of the listed offenses are not solvable through voter ID, and at least one instance of a legit problem that could be solved by voter ID is wrong.
I can't trust that the general stats posted by the website are trust worthy.
fwiw,
three votes guacamole
A MUCH better response than mine...The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThat's why you need brush up on your logic Lilpix, that wasn't my argument at all. Perhaps you can point out where I said that the majority means 'you have to agree."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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