The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has struck again. The organization's latest exposé reveals how easy it is to vote in New Hampshire — even if you're deceased.
On New Hampshire Primary Day, Project Veritas sent a team of investigators into polling places with a list of deceased voters to see if they would be permitted to vote.
We tested more than a dozen polling places, simply walking up and stating the name of the deceased, and in all but one instance -- where an alert poll worker actually knew the recently deceased -- we were handed ballots.
While our investigators cast no votes and returned the ballots, there was nothing stopping our team, or anyone else, from illegally influencing the outcome of a presidential primary.
In fact, as shown in the video, Project Veritas investigators insisted on presenting identification in order to vote, but were told repeatedly, "you don't need it.
With the 8 vote margin in the 2012 Iowa Caucus, it is clear that voter fraud can influence the outcome of an election. It is important to note that Project Veritas' team had the ability to cast more than a dozen votes in this latest investigation.
Here's the first video of the investigation, though Project Veritas has plans to reveal more.
(h/t Daily Caller)
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Mar '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
So what? In Cook County, not only can the dead vote, they do it in alphabetical order!
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
A college classmate of mine recently posted this image on his Facebook wall with the following caption.
Our ensuing exchange was...pretty lively. And I was glad to be able to add a link to O'Keefe's video to rebut his claim that "voter fraud is a red herring."
Mar '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
How exactly did being able to prove who you are become a race thing? Are the airlines discriminating against people by requiring identification before issuing boarding passes?
May '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
My father passed away in 1976. He was still listed on the Ohio voter rolls the second time I voted for Reagan.
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Whew. I am glad to hear that vote fraud is not confined to Cook County--we wouldn't want to discriminate against the rest of the country!
May '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Do these same critics of voter ID have a problem with ID checks for buying alcohol and cigarettes? If not, do they really consider voting less important than the aforementioned activities?
Apr '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Yes, flying is only for white people preferably, people with names like Chip and Buffy, or at least that is what I've learned from watching TV.
P.S. This is also true for renting cars, getting jobs, shopping in supermarkets, seeing a doctor...
Aug '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
When there is no research into the prevalence of voter fraud, it is easy to claim that it is a red herring. Then again, the assertion that the intent is voter suppression is equally a red herring. We do not live in 1920. We are not passing Jim Crow laws where different people have different requirements in order to participate in the process.
The idea that presenting an ID is suppressive is on its face ridiculous, but some young people act as if a Professor or Teacher tells them it is suppressive then it is. They need no evidence to back their non-falsifiable claim. There is no evidence you can provide to convince them otherwise, because they aren't concerned with the actual effects of Voter ID laws. Rather they are concerned with the "intent" behind them, and they "know" why you want voter ID laws. It isn't so that you can ensure that all Caucus participants are eligible -- something Mrs. Clinton certainly wonders about those Nevada Caucuses -- oh no. It is so you can make people go to DMV to get a free ID and get caught when it is discovered they are undocumented.
Apr '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Its no coincidence that the deciding vote in the Supreme Court decision affirming voter identification laws was Justice John Paul Stevens -- a citizen of the great state of Illinois.
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I don't think people should be required to show state-issued identification to vote. But, then again, I'm leery of how much the state controls things through identification requirements to begin with.
Jun '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Ah...I had been thinking on the ride home from work last night: "Boy, Romney's going to need O'Keefe and Breitbart vs. the Chicago Boys. Where are they?"
Busy re-loading, apparently!
Sep '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I'd really like to have some role in the upcoming elections for President and, even though I'm Canadian, its encouraging to hear that in New Hampshire, Cook County and elsewhere that may no longer be an issue.
Huzzah!
Dec '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Diane Ellis, Ed.: A college classmate of mine recently posted this image on his Facebook wall with the following caption.
Our ensuing exchange was...pretty lively. And I was glad to be able to add a link to O'Keefe's video to rebut his claim that "voter fraud is a red herring." ·
Yer classmate is giving me the vapors, Diane. The results of the 2008 elections would indicate too many clueless gullible young people are voting! Vote buying by Obama forgiving student debt... not a huge problem?
Aug '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I'm generally against "requiring papers" for everyday tasks or basic common law freedoms. The classic example is requiring ID or permits simply to move about the country and cross internal regional boundaries, thus restricting the natural right to freedom of movement.
But there are a few freedoms that translate into tangible government functions. These functions are closely tied to specific, individual citizens. You want to make sure a jury is composed of one's peers; you want to ensure someone running for office is who they claim to be; and you want to make sure only eligible voters in a district cast votes.
Producing ID for rare but structurally critical events like voting should be fine. And I would argue voting has a double mandate for ID: since democratic voting is the foundation of our nation's structure, any fraud in its execution weakens the legitimacy of the entire political system.
Aug '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Pseudodionysius
I'd really like to have some role in the upcoming elections for President and, even though I'm Canadian, its encouraging to hear that in New Hampshire, Cook County and elsewhere that may no longer be an issue.
In fact, you could probably vote in every primary, if yer cagey enough!
Oct '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Then require proof of citizenship to vote.
Apr '11
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
Mollie, just out of curiosity, why not? Is it the overall Big-Brotherness of it, or is there a more specific reason?
As an aside, for a time I was registered to vote in three different states simultaneously due to a succession of moves. Is that a record?
Jul '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I fully understand and somewhat share the sentiment, but the systematic abuse of the current flimsy system by fraudsters such as ACORN demands sterner measures. One person at a Tea Party event told me about a law enforcement briefing she received on the 2008 election and some of the methods used that were detected. She passionately urged the entire room to sign up for True the Vote and position themselves as observers before the usual suspects, the unions et. al., fill the slots early with their people, as they are inclined to do.
My polling place was asking for ID last November, and I was glad to see it.
The racism charge is the usual risible lie, in my experience it comes from the same folks that push the registration of prison inmates.
Jan '12
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I'm a resident of a northern suburb of Chicago that's outside of Cook County, and when I vote in person (rather than absentee, which I've done a lot due to being at school), I'm always asked to show ID. I really don't get the argument against it. Until someone provides some solid evidence that asking for ID tramples on voters' liberties, I will continue to see it as whining that their side might lose out on some illegal votes.
May '10
Re: The Dead Can Vote in New Hampshire
I don't live in Japan any more, but when I hear stories like this and recall the Iowa vote counting snafu, I can hear (in my mind) Japanese saying, "Americans are incapable of doing anything well." By well they mean without screwing up a little.
Americans are tolerant of little mistakes, it is true, and sometimes that is the wise strategy, but sometimes I think they don't (or can't) take serious jobs seriously enough.