A question of “illegal voters”
On May 5th, of this year, I received an email from a reader, inquiring about “proof,” that voting by those who were not eligible to vote, was in fact taking place in the united States. His question arose, becuase of a discussion he had had, with a hard-left Democrat, as related to the topic of votes cast by illegal aliens.
We submit to you, the author’s letter, and my response to him. JB
The E-Mail
I agree with your article about the problem of illegal immigrants voting. However, in debating this issue with a far left Democrat who claims that the Arizona anti-illegal immigration law is racist, he further claims that since I can’t give him one example of an arrest and/or conviction of an illegal voting in any city, state, or federal election; i.e., a jurisdiction, docket and case number; there therefore has never been a case of an illegal voting, hence the issue is merely “right-wing propaganda and childish bull****”. In other words, our voting system is perfect in that Democrats have never encouraged illegals, the dead, or felons to vote (Mayor Daley Sr. of Chicago notwithstanding), unless of course one is talking about Bush and the Republicans, then two elections were stolen, or three if you count Mexico. By the way, I would never claim that Republicans are innocent of such conduct as I believe both parties are equal opportunity opportunists when it comes to gathering votes.
So it would help if you published information in an article of proven cases of illegal immigrant voting with jurisdiction, date, case, and docket numbers. Such specific information would settle the argument , at least after I gave him a thousand examples — maybe. I would like an email citing any evidence you may have but I realize that your schedule restraints might not allow responding to individual requests for such information, hence that’s why I said an article would be most helpful.
Respectfully,
R. E. Benitez
Major, USAF, Retired
Omaha, NE
The Response
Good morning sir,
I appreciate your comments, and am sorry for my tardiness in responding to your request.
I love the reference to Daley, as I grew up in Chicaga (spelling intentional) during “Hizzoner’s” reign. as to his son, the apple never falls far from the tree.
The problem with this issue, is that no one admits to illegal voting, by anyone, yet it has gone on for ages. The argument is weighted, in the fact, that there is a massive trade (at least in Arizona) of the issuance of false identification documents, from Social Security cards (identity theft, in most instances, with large fees being paid for this), drivers licenses, and much more. Once these items have been acquired, it becomes easy to vote, and go undetected.
When Loretta Sanchez ran against Bob Dornan in California some years ago (and won), cries of questionable voting practices took place, and upon investigation, was proven to have had large numbers of questionable votes cast, but it was allowed to slide by, as the cost to investigate – in both time and money – was not worth the effort.
In Arizona, a disproportionate number of Hispanics (legal residents and/or citizens) have carefully and quietly worked their way into positions of government employment, and therefore it becomes easier to “wink-wink”, when one goes into the Motor Vehicle facilities to apply for a drivers license, at which time you are asked, “would you like to register to vote?” No one asks for a birth certificate, or any other form of ID. It’s so loose, that an alien from outer space could walk in and walk out with the proper certification to drive.
One can only assume that similar practices take place throughout the nation. The cold-hard reality is that, if one is willing to violate the laws of our nation, and enter illegally, then they will have no scruples, when it comes to violating other laws. In Arizona, minimum requirements are in place, requiring all operators of a motor vehicle to have liability insurance. Most illegal aliens do not follow those rules either, therefore, when one is involved in an accident, they quickly run – either on foot, if their vehicle, has been rendered inoperable, or they quickly drive away, leaving the victim to fend for themselves, and/or have their insurance company pick up the tab. This happened to my sister twice in 6 months, and her case is common throughout this nation.
I realize that this is somewhat off-topic from your letter, however, once the “rules of engagement” have been established by an illegal alien (from any part of the world), going to another state, and acquiring their “papers” becomes easier, but once again, in Arizona, the violations of both US and state laws are so blatant, that everyone just looks the other way, as it just takes too much time and financial resources to locate and prosecute the violators.
Later today, I will be publishing on the Federal Observer, one of the most telling stories, which I have ever published – written by one such as yourself, a retired member of the US Military. I believe that it will show, just how horrible our conditions have become in Arizona – the “gateway to America.”
Once again Major, I thank you for your comments, and affording me to respond to your concerns.
Jeffrey Bennett, Publisher
The Federal Observer
To our readers...
If any of you have proof, of the type the Major is inquiring of, please forward it to me, at the Federal Observer.
As for the referenced column, stand by, and you nay-sayers, open-border-amnesty loving, and bleeding-heart liberals, will get a taste of what we live through in the War Zone, known as Arizona, each and every day.
As we reach the end of this road, I’ll see you at Sundown.
Without Apology I am,
Jeffrey Bennett
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“our voting system is perfect in that Democrats have never encouraged illegals”.
That surely sounds good, but I was involved in a voting “problem” we had in Minnesota, and the problem with the selection (NOT election) of a NY village idiot called Al Franken to be a “Senator” for Minnesota should be an awakening for anyone. In Franken case for just one example there were 100 ballots, not 99 or 101 but just exactly 100 which were “found” in one poling place in Northern Minnesota, and all 100 were for Franken. In spite of the fact that they were not absentee ballots and were dated TWO DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, all 100 were put in Franken’s tally. I have a specific election and polling place (district 281) where I was right smack dab in the middle of it. We had worked hard to get rid of a miscreant on the school board and we had gone door to door canvasing so that we were sure that we had more than enough votes to get her off the board. I counted every single person who entered the poling place. Granted there would be individuals working for the board who would enter more than once as they brought in additional boxes of rolls etc., but the count was for every person entering the polling place. With a total of 743 individuals entering and 34 absentee ballots cast, the total number of votes “counted” was 1268. The next election we had TRAINED poll watchers who knew how and why a ballot could be challenged and the poll watchers did their job and the miscreant was voted out.
If Mr Benitez wants to get an eye full, he needs to become a registered poll watcher.
PS: It is illegal for a poll watcher to count the number of voters, so you will need another person outside counting the number of individuals entering the building which is what I did.
The “Liberals” are slick. They are quick to shift the burden of proof to their adversaries.
Examples:
You question if the neo-socialist system they impose on America will be beneficial to this nation – the “Liberals” tell you to prove that it will not.
You are concerned that millions of illegal aliens from overpopulated, backward, and corrupt Third world countries (mostly, form Mexico) will replicate their failed societies on the American soil and drag us all into poverty – the “Liberals” tell you to prove that it will happen.
You notice an increase of fraud and cheating as the lawbreaking migrating hordes infiltrate our honesty-based system, and attribute the fraud to a lack of enforcement and weak ethics of the migrants – the “Liberals” tell you to prove that one is related to another.
You express your disappointment with Mexican migrants’ crime, arrogance, and contempt of America – the “Liberals” tell you to prove that Mexican migrants break the law, avoid taxation, and are loyal to Mexico and not the U.S.
And the list goes on and on.
But when it comes to their claims (like that all cultures are equal, or that the achievement gap is a result of racism, or that disarming ourselves will make us all safer) that defy common sense and the facts, they NEVER prove them.
While the proper thing to expect here is to expect (or demand) that the “Liberals” prove their absurd claims that they take for granted as if they were the highest authority in deciding what is truth.
This reversal of the burden of proof reminds me of a thief who calls for prosecution of the rightful owners who attempt to retrieve their property he stole from them.
That’s “Liberalism”.
Hi Jeff, There is substantial evidence that this is happening all across the country.
Dean
Illegal aliens are voting in American Elections: http://www.federalobserver.com/2010/05/09/08-04-08-illegal-immigrants-are-voting-in-american-elections/
http://www.federalobserver.com/2010/05/09/ewart-america-attacked-from-within/
I recall that a member of the ACORN dirt bags organization, or one of their “pigeons” admitted to voting a number of times (12???) and getting paid for doing so.
I’m sorry I didn’t keep any record of such an admission or maybe I saw it on a newscast; I am not sure.
But surely there must be some archived files that might contain some information. The MSM will have by now purged their files on the matter; but someone might have it.