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One of my biggest fears is not that the wrong candidate will become President. (That's my second biggest fear.) My greatest is that it won't be the citizenry of the United States that makes that decision.

Voter fraud is rampant. And I'm not talking about ACORN or Mr. Ed. That's a whole different thread. What I'm talking about are systematic tampering, voter roll purging and outright intimidation at the polls. While this is not a partisan issue, there does seem to be a concerted effort on one side.

From Rolling Stone Magazine:

On February 5th, the day of the Super Tuesday caucus, a school-bus driver named Paul Maez arrived at his local polling station to cast his ballot. To his surprise, Maez found that his name had vanished from the list of registered voters, thanks to a statewide effort to deter fraudulent voting. For Maez, the shock was especially acute: He is the supervisor of elections in Las Vegas.

Maez was not alone in being denied his right to vote. On Super Tuesday, one in nine Democrats who tried to cast ballots in New Mexico found their names missing from the registration lists. The numbers were even higher in precincts like Las Vegas, where nearly 20 percent of the county's voters were absent from the rolls. With their status in limbo, the voters were forced to cast "provisional" ballots, which can be reviewed and discarded by election officials without explanation. On Super Tuesday, more than half of all provisional ballots cast were thrown out statewide.

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I won't post the entire article, but it will certainly open some eyes. If it doesn't, here are some equally shocking facts that should make every American angry:

  • Republican Secretaries of State of swing-state Colorado have quietly purged one in six names from their voter rolls.

  • Since the last election, 2.7 million voters have been purged from the voter rolls.

  • Since the last presidential race, states used dubious "list management" rules to scrub an additional 10 million voters from their rolls.

  • 46 of the 50 states in the Union allow felons to vote. Most people think the opposite to be true.

    Angry enough to do your own research? Here's a few links to get you started:

    Steal Back Your Vote

    Voter Suppression Wiki

    Can I Vote?

    Salon.com

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