October 7th, 2012
As one who worked in Philadelphia for more than ten years
and in light of what was repeatedly relayed to me by those who appeared to be
in the know about extreme levels of voter fraud in that city which was known to
them because they had lived in Philadelphia for their entire lives - among other reasons (such as being a ward boss), for anyone
from the outside to fault Pennsylvania for its efforts to reduce voter fraud by
requiring identification from those who vote, those critics would appear as either
the ignorant ones or the true fascists in this matter. Again, those critics of Pennsylvania’s voter identification efforts
would appear as either merely ignorant or likely fascists. Ignorant, because they have no idea of the
likely widespread voter fraud in places like Philadelphia.
Or, fascist, because they want the long-standing and dysfunctional
governments in places like Philadelphia
to remain in power at any cost. The
State of Pennsylvania seems well justified in doing whatever it takes to prevent
fraudulent individuals from voting near the end of election day under the names
of others who did not show up to vote.
What’s more, it would appear to this blogger that voting
locations everywhere should require voters to identify themselves before they
are allowed to vote under the name of any registered voter. Because, if voter fraud in Philadelphia is to the extreme level that it
was always relayed to me, we can be sure that it goes on many other places as
well. The time appears at hand that, as
a nation, we begin to try to reward those that seek honesty and truth and stop
rewarding those that seek to advance their own self-centered goals through any
means and at any cost.
AVT
PS. This blog was
inspired by a report on the Los
Angeles morning news show “Good Day LA” (http://www.myfoxla.com/category/240698/good-day-la).
On that show earlier this week, it was repeatedly insinuated that the state government
of Pennsylvania
was, more or less, a bunch of right-wing fascists for attempting to require
voters to identify themselves before anyone is allowed to vote under the name
of a registered voter. Just as I was
made fully aware of the likely fraud that regularly occurs across the multiple
wards in the City of Philadelphia on election day, we can be confident the
those in power across Pennsylvania are also likely aware of this fraud as
well. From what I understand, before the
polls close, the bars and taverns are emptied out near the end of Election Day
as the patrons of those establishments are ferried off to voting locations
where they then vote under the names of registered voters who have not yet
voted.
See:
State Judge Blocks Voter-ID Legislation
Obtaining a Free ID for Voting Purposes
Latino voter registration efforts running out of time in Pennsylvania
Afterthought, June, 30, 2024:
While modern voting mechanisms may have
mooted many old-school election fraud practices, we can be sure that the dishonest types
have long-since been diligently working to perfect modern election fraud
schemes that are compatible with the modern voting mechanisms.
Of interest and relative to election
fraud in Philadelphia in general, note this article from a couple of years
back:
“Former
Philadelphia Congressman Pleads Guilty in Ballot Stuffing Case.”
AVT
