One would like to believe
that any intelligent, law-abiding, “legal” citizen would want his or her vote
protected. That each legal vote is not cast out by a vote from an “illegal”
resident, a vote that is cast by a legal citizen, just not a legal resident of
the city, town, or state they happen to be in on an election day.
Recently, a letter
appeared in the paper stating that the Cheshire Republican Party did a voter
fraud check and that is incorrect. It was a private citizen, and I am the
citizen who did a very small mailing. It was done predominately in the area
surrounding Keene State College following the 2004 election.
Out of 75 mailings, 35
first class post cards were returned undeliverable. With the assistance of Bill
Gardner, secretary of state, and then-Assistant state Attorney General Bud Fitch,
the voters in question were investigated. Five of the voters were found to be
registered not only in Keene and Rindge, but also in their hometowns or state,
although the investigation did clear them of voting in more than one location.
From this same group, the
Attorney General’s Office notified the voters in question that they cannot
continue to have an out-of-state, or town driver’s license while registered to
vote in Keene and Rindge.
They were advised they
had 60 days (RSA 261:44 -2005) to change their licenses to a valid New
Hampshire driver’s licenses, and for those with out-of-town New Hampshire
driver’s licenses, they have 10 days (RSA263:9 - 2005) to update them or risk
being removed from the local voter checklists.
The AG’s office did find
one case of fraud by a person who was not, nor ever, a resident of Keene. Once
the information was validated, a bench warrant was issued. The remaining voters
were primarily students who moved back to their “legal” residences and it was
requested they be removed from local checklists.
This again brings us back
to the persistent and serious problem of students voting in their “host” state,
as opposed to voting in the state of legal residence. No student should be
prevented from his or her right to vote and that is why we have absentee
ballots.
The tired overworked
mantras of those who want to go against the laws of our land are tossed around
ad nauseam. Oh, the poor, minorities, infirm, and anyone in between will be
disenfranchised!
Not a word of it is true:
The poor are provided free identification, the infirm are provided absentee
ballots.
Who would have thought in
2012 this country would need to rise up and fight for the rights of religious
groups across the country.
The fictitious “war on
women” is nothing more than a smokescreen to hide the outright anti-Catholic
sentiment that is being promoted by the present administration.
We are witnessing untold
damage by a “minority” of union thugs, and when we should have the assurance of
our top law enforcement leader, Attorney General Holder, to protect our rights,
he blatantly refused to prosecute those (Black Panthers) who physically
prevented citizens from voting in the last general election.
What can we expect in the
upcoming election?
362 Roxbury St.
Keene
5 comments:
REF: Letter to Editor, "One would like to believe that any intelligent, law-abiding, “legal” citizen would want his or her vote protected. That each legal vote is not cast out by a vote from an “illegal” resident, a vote that is cast by a legal citizen, just not a legal resident of the city, town, or state they happen to be in on an election day".
This leaves Winchester intelligent, law abiding resident out...... When you file 22 complaints of voter fraud to the Attorney General's Office who couldn't get off his lazy a$$ by coming to Winchester to interview the complaintents. The selectmen rifled threw the absentee ballots. Fair votes that count...my A$$
Ya and don't forget there were 3 different "official" absentee ballots to boot. Talk about a rigged election, how do you think they stay in office and get their cronies elected. And don't forget the two warrant articles that didn't pass until Gus Ruth did a recount and suddenly after several people had already counted the ballots, Ruth finds errors and those warrants pass. This town is as crooked as a snakes back. Oh that's right, it's run by snakes.
Do you recall which warrants those were?
The Sidewalk was one of them. Hummmm!
One was Sharra's "Bridge To No Where"!
I remember the former school superintendent, the Red Dragon, bringing in carloads of people to register to vote on election day. The only ID required was a Winchester utility bill. Mary Johnson just put them all through. The passed the huge bond to rebuild Thayer. After a year or so of legal challenges the kids got sent to Keene and the money was still spent on the building and we continue to pay for it.
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