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While the Obama Justice Department mounts a legal challenge against Florida for purging ineligible voters from its rolls, a television news station broadcasts an unbelievable segment that proves non U.S. citizens living in the Sunshine State vote regularly in elections.
The investigative piece was aired this week by an NBC affiliate in southwest Florida that actually tracked down and interviewed non U.S. citizens who are registered to vote and have cast ballots in numerous elections. The segment focused on Lee County, which has a population of about 620,000 and Collier County with a population of around 322,000. The reporter spent about two months digging around the voter rolls in the two counties and the discoveries are dumbfounding.
In that short time, more than 100 people registered to vote in those two areas were proven to be ineligible by the reporter. A Cape Coral woman, eligible to vote in elections, was tracked down through jury excusal forms that verify she’s not a U.S. citizen. A Naples woman, who is not a U.S. citizen either, voted six times in 11 years without being detected by authorities. A Jamaican man is also registered to vote though he’s not eligible. The reporter obtained his 2007 voter registration form, which shows the Jamaican man claims to be a U.S. citizen. Problem is, no one bothers checking to see if applicants are being truthful.
I say fix Florida, or kick them out of the union!
By now politics is more of a business, and there are plenty of people in office for 20-30 years who have made it more into a political family dynasty with a sense of entitlement to be a politician. After years of working with other career politicians it does not surprise me a bit there is corruption and collusion to stay in office through electoral fraud.
Philippines
I think it's the same in most countries around the world. The people are distracted and the politicians exploit that fact.
By now politics is more of a business, and there are plenty of people in office for 20-30 years who have made it more into a political family dynasty with a sense of entitlement to be a politician. After years of working with other career politicians it does not surprise me a bit there is corruption and collusion to stay in office through electoral fraud.
The problem is, the people just don't care and usually vote on name recognition with a sense of sports like competition to vote on their "winning team" which sells them out every time.
intrptr
reply to post by GiulXainx
There are no hard ballots to recount. All voting is digital now.
Individual ballots are supposed to be hard copies. In case theres any "confusion", you can recount them.
Now the totals are pixels on a screen.
generik
Philippines
I think it's the same in most countries around the world. The people are distracted and the politicians exploit that fact.
By now politics is more of a business, and there are plenty of people in office for 20-30 years who have made it more into a political family dynasty with a sense of entitlement to be a politician. After years of working with other career politicians it does not surprise me a bit there is corruption and collusion to stay in office through electoral fraud.
The problem is, the people just don't care and usually vote on name recognition with a sense of sports like competition to vote on their "winning team" which sells them out every time.
and you would know all about that as i believe you also mostly live in the Philippines.
last election in the Philippines a friend made a facebook post that says this clearly. it was that they would not vote for anyone in a "political family", or a famous person such as an actor , singer or a boxer (hi pacman, who is apparently running for senate next election), the only problem was, that left NO ONE to vote for. and on top of that being involved in politics is a real risk, with killings and even massacres over politics.
add onto this the way media warps the political candidates. the last Toronto mayoral election, the one that brought the big moron FORD that has caused such a stir with all of his antics, and scandals into power. i have no idea how many people (more than 10) were "running" for mayor, but one was a friend of mine. now of all of those only THREE candidates were ALLOWED by the media to participate in the debates. so only three of many candidates were allowed to get their messages out where everyone could see/hear them. my friend PLEADED with said media to be involved in the debates only to be told "only those who have a chance at winning are invited to participate". of course that just sets up who has that chance at winning, decided by the media. sure they could pay for commercial spots but that is FAR too expensive without having big financial supporters.
then some countries use "voting machines". seriously who on earth ever thought that one up is a genius. at least with "paper ballots", they can be recounted and checked. while a computer can be "programed" to make changes with no way to really check.
forget all the "dead", and "illegal" voters voting. there are especially in the US those that DON'T EVEN LIVE in the COUNTRY that vote every election. i know people that vote in EVERY US election, that have never actually lived in the US since they were babies, yet as soon as they are old enough, they go and vote. does that make any sense? oh yes there are rules about "residence", yet every US "citizen" seems to keep a US address (in fact i think you have to for passports and stuff), yet rarely even visit the country except to vote.
it seems that EVERY country has these problems when it comes to elections,some are better, some are worse. heck just look at the North Korean election. is it any surprise "kimmy" got 100% of the vote, when he was the only candidate? oh you could obstaine and put your ballot in a different box, but that comes with a "free trip" for you and likely your family to a "reeducation camp". but hey at least North Korea is "honest" about the rigging of their elections.
xuenchen
The U.S. Department of "Justice" naturally has a lawsuit against Florida claiming their ongoing purging of voter rolls is discriminatory.