Monday, October 18, 2004

What the...

What’s wrong with people these days? A judge in Colorado has just ruled that it’s ok for people who have requested an absentee ballot for the November election to also show up at their polling place and vote- as long as they swear they didn’t send in their ballot. He also said that people there who show up at the wrong precinct to vote may still cast their ballot for president, but NOT for any other office, such as Senate. On the other hand, I’m surprised the judge was smart enough to rule that voters must show some type of ID to prove their identity before punching the chad.

So, let’s start with the first issue. Someone who’s received an absentee ballot can still vote at the poll, as long as they promise they haven’t already voted. Hmm. “Gee Mrs. Cleaver, you look lovely today. I haven’t voted yet.” I don’t see any potential for fraud there.

Second. Why, for Pete’s sake, should someone who doesn’t have the initiative to find out where their correct place to vote is still be able to cast a ballot for President; yet they cannot vote for senator, mayor, congress, etc. Is this judge saying that they are too ignorant to vote for these other offices, but not for President? The presidency ain’t important, I guess.

Third. Why would the judge who made the first two rulings, all of a sudden have a dramatic attack of common sense and decide that if you do vote absentee, but then show up at the wrong precinct on election day, all you need to do is flash a little identification and, WAMMO, you get to vote again.

And as you can imagine, this third ruling is causing a conniption from those on the left. The socialists are steaming mad. How dare they require someone who CANNOT LEGALLY VOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE show ID.? That will disenfranchise all the felons, illegal aliens, non-US-but-here-legally-citizens and dead people.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Welcome to the blogosphere John!

Good writing concerning the early/absentee voting controversy. This is shaping up to be another election month rather than election day. The Left is certainly getting out the vote. The same people are voting multiple times!