I just received a press release from the office of the man-god who we are so privileged to have as our junior senator, Barack Obama. On this Election Day, 11/8/05, the great man has turned his attention to vote fraud, and this very day, apparently to celebrate, he introduced the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2005, which would “make it illegal for anyone to knowingly attempt to prevent others from exercising his or her right to vote by providing deceptive information and would require the Attorney General to fully investigate these allegations. The legislation would also require the Attorney General, in conjunction with the Election Assistance Commission, to provide accurate election information when allegations of deceptive practices are confirmed.”

The release contains this quote:

“One of our most sacred rights as Americans is the right to make our voice heard at the polls,” said Obama. “But too often, we hear reports of mysterious phone calls and mailers arriving just days before an election that seek to mislead and threaten voters to keep them from the polls. And those who engage in these deceptive and underhanded campaign tactics usually target voters living in minority or low-income neighborhoods. This legislation would ensure that for the first time, these incidents are fully investigated and that those found guilty are punished.”

I don’t know about you, but I find this desire by Sen. Obama to protect the integrity of votes very encouraging. I’ve been very concerned about vote fraud for sometime ever since the democrats stole Wisconsin for John Kerry last year.

It no doubt means that he will support measures like those recommended by the American Center for Voting. In August, 2005, they released the most comprehensive review of the allegation of vote fraud, suppression and intimidation during the 2004 election. Let me quote from the report:

“The ACVR Legislative Fund report, “Vote Fraud, Intimidation & Suppression In The 2004 Presidential Election,” finds that while Democrats routinely accuse Republicans of voter intimidation and suppression, neither party has a clean record on the issue. The report finds that paid Democrat operatives were far more involved in voter intimidation and suppression activities than were their Republican counterparts during the 2004 presidential election. Examples include paid Democrat operatives charged with slashing tires on GOP get-out-the-vote vans in Milwaukee and an Ohio court order stopping Democrat operatives from calling voters telling them the wrong date for the election and faulty polling place information.”

In addition, the report found extensive evidence of fraud in Milwaukee, including hundreds of felons illegally voting and double voters, and evidence of voter registration fraud by groups like ACORN (gee, I wonder who they support?) in several states.

You can check out the report here.

Do you suppose that He Who Walked Across the Potomac and Then Parted It caught that? Democrats were far more involved in the activities that he finds so deplorable, including making those phone calls telling people the wrong date for the election and the wrong polling places. Perhaps Senator Obama is genuinely concerned about preventing this sort of skullduggery, regardless of which party does it. If so I’m sure he’ll be anxious to amend his proposed legislation to include the voter fraud prevention steps recommended by the commission, including requiring a government issued photo ID at the polls. I also call on the good senator to denounce the proposals by his fellow democrats to permit felons to vote in violation of sensible state laws. Do you suppose we can expect those things to happen soon?

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