{"id":26412,"date":"2015-09-02T15:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26412"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:26:41","slug":"why-voter-identification-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26412","title":{"rendered":"Why Voter Identification Is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old story, but it is worth revisiting as the changes to the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"North Carolina\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.5,-80.0&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=35.5,-80.0 (North%20Carolina)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">North Carolina<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voter ID laws\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voter_ID_laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">voter id laws<\/a> are making their way through the courts right now.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/04\/02\/massive-voter-fraud-discovered-in-north-carolinas-2012-election\/\" target=\"_blank\">PJ Media<\/a> reported that there was massive <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Electoral fraud\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electoral_fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">voter fraud<\/a> in North Carolina during the 2012 election. Unfortunately, voter fraud is pretty common in most states. The only real way to stop it is through requiring voter identification. Those who have gained through voter fraud are reluctant to see an identification requirement to vote. There are also some politicians who are currently proposing that we allow noncitizens to vote.<\/p>\n<p>The article at PJ Media reports:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The North Carolina State <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New York City Board of Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/vote.nyc.ny.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Board of Elections<\/a> has found thousands of instances of voter fraud in the state, thanks to a 28-state crosscheck of voter rolls. <a href=\"http:\/\/philberger.com\/news\/entry\/tillis-berger-issue-joint-statement-on-newly-discovered-alarming-evidence-of-voter-error-and-fraud\" target=\"_blank\">Initial findings<\/a> suggest widespread election fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>765 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voting\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">voters<\/a> with an exact match of first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in N.C. and the other state in the 2012 general election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in both states in the 2012 general election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>155,692 voters with the same first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state \u2013 and the latest date of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voter registration\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voter_registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">registration<\/a> or voter activity did not take place within N.C.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what is the penalty for committing voter fraud? Double voting is election fraud under state and federal statutes. Punishment for double voting in federal elections can include jail time.<\/p>\n<p>The article also reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In addition to the above, the crosscheck found that more than 13,000 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Death\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">deceased<\/a> voters remain on North Carolina\u2019s rolls, and that 81 of them showed voter activity in their records after death.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a quote that goes around <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Faceboo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Facebook<\/a> periodically, &#8220;Grandma voted Republican until the day that she died. After that she voted Democratic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you say that I am being unfair by accusing the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Democrats<\/a> of voter fraud, can you explain to me why the Democrats are the party that has opposed voter identification laws in states where voter fraud exists?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old story, but it is worth revisiting as the changes to the North Carolina voter id laws are making their way through the courts right now. In April 2014, PJ Media reported that there was massive voter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26412\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[712,847,486,3415,969],"class_list":["post-26412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-democratic-party-united-states","tag-electoral-fraud","tag-photo-identification","tag-republican-party-united-states","tag-voter-id-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26413,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26412\/revisions\/26413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}