Acorn Voter Fraud Map - blog: ridgeline7
Living in Massachusetts, and one would suspect, any state of the union, every election cycle, there are charges of voter fraud, some of which turn out to be factual (as in the case of ACORN), and others are more of an ongoing joke (although no less true) where the dead vote, and cartoon characters are found attempting to cast their ballot outside of say Disney World. The end result is that citizen organizations have formed to “watch polls”.
If one is concerned that one political party or candidate and their campaign, are attempting to stuff the ballot box, then there is training available to become “poll watchers”. Why the need? Are not the polls guarded by local police? Not always. The case in Philadelphia, which was summarily dismissed by Attorney General Holder, had members of the Black Panther party clearly intimidating voters during the last election. ( Video Link here).
An organization in Massachusetts, Empower MA (http://empowerma.org), is holding training seminars on how to watch polls to ensure that voter fraud does not take place – Yes, in Massachusetts. A recently received mailer suggests that the institution in non-partisan, rather seeks to insure that newly elected officials have won the contest “fair and square”. An article in the Boston Globe, which appears to be a loose mélange of several different political happenings, Al Gore for example is the “headline act”) outlines the group and its plan to teach citizens how to spot voter fraud at the ballot box.
Is this specific to Massachusetts? Hardly, it spreads across the nation toCalifornia and has many a progressive group in an uproar, citing of course, voter intimidation by the “Tea Party”. Therefore, while one may have Acorn members watching Tea Party Members at polling stations, it servers the purpose of insuring that a vote in counted.
Unless of course, one is a member of the armed services, especially in Illinois, which state is tied for corruption in politics with Massachusetts (personal observation). Specifically the state of Illinois, where upwards to 2/3rd of all military ballots were not mailed in time, and there is a close battle for the Senate Seat previously held by Barack Obama. Other states have had “glitches” getting the military ballots out as well, including New York.
Citizens forming groups to protect the elections occurs when distrust of the political process, and where individuals (or groups) are known to have attempted to or achieved the goal of disrupting the political process (in the case of the military ballots, “human error” is in question). What is the worst thing that can possibly occur? Honest elections.
Therefore, with so many seats in the Congress up for grabs, and the power of one party about to be voted out of their control, this very lack of trust by citizen groups is telling. It goes to support the polls that show the nation’s growing distrust of the government and all things connected.
The Tea Party: Recently having attended a rally, those identifying themselves as Tea Party members in Massachusetts are affiliated with all parties, but the majority of those invested are the “unenrolled” or those who refuse to decline to be affiliated with any political party.
With nine Congressional Seats, as well as over a hundred state offices also on the ballot, it will be interesting to see the outcome – it is not that one party would win over the other, it is that the candidate that does win a particular state or federal seat, can be sure they won that seat with “fair and square”.
Perhaps, this development of those groups that watch the polls goes to the fact that the two-party system, which was feared by our founding fathers with good reason and foresight, does stir passions and yes, greed, and the need to “take a short-cut” to reach ones goals and protect, not the citizens, but the party makes it imperative that a third party rise, or even a fourth equitable party, that would allow for more constitutionally balanced elections. Utopian ideal perhaps, however, the option of a Democrat Party, a Republican Party, a Tea Party and a Progressive Democrat Party, would allow more choice, and insure a voice for every citizen.
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