tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post4641185698176079695..comments2023-09-26T09:05:12.764-07:00Comments on <img width="100%" src="http://www.fullasylum.com/images/Web_Header.png" alt="Full Asylum">: Voter Fraud: Debunking the 0.7Michael Isenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02181783683014734505noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post-10978768355944576862012-09-21T13:02:40.464-07:002012-09-21T13:02:40.464-07:00kywrite: 0.7 incidences of confirmed voter fraud D...kywrite: 0.7 incidences of confirmed voter fraud DOES NOT EQUAL 0.7% rate of confirmed voter fraud.<br /><br />Michael Isenberg: The MN Supreme Court Records don't support Byron Yorks claims. In fact, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and the Republican lawyers that worked on the election disagree, as well.LucifugeRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145446681616646094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post-37244729594915618912012-08-14T15:01:21.432-07:002012-08-14T15:01:21.432-07:00Good point, especially about the Al Franken electi...Good point, especially about the Al Franken election. According to a <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2012/08/13/when_1099_felons_vote_in_a_race_won_by_312_ballots/" rel="nofollow">column</a> by Byron York at TownHall.com, 1099 felons voted (illegal in Minnesota) in an election won by 312 votes. Michael Isenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181783683014734505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post-17952924098102025762012-08-13T16:06:00.557-07:002012-08-13T16:06:00.557-07:00Is that the math he used? It's terrible. Probl...Is that the math he used? It's terrible. Problem is, no one can determine how prevalent voter fraud is because the statistics are nearly impossible to gather. I know there's a huge case of decades-long voter fraud being investigated and prosecuted in my home state Kentucky right now (in and around Breathitt County, my ancestral home, and no surprise). But how do you figure systemic voter fraud into an equation? <br /><br />Regardless, even if it's a rate of 0.7%, that's still enough to have serious influence in several key elections lately - the 2000 Florida presidential and the Minnesota Al Franken election, for instance. With so many states on the borderline this year, voter fraud at that low rate in any one of them could swing an entire election.kywritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601524805207425768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post-85233782420152272432012-08-11T12:34:34.205-07:002012-08-11T12:34:34.205-07:00logic.prevails: Thanks for commenting.
My point ...logic.prevails: Thanks for commenting. <br /><br />My point is that we don't know whether voter fraud is a dreamed up threat or not - but it's a threat whose consequences are sufficiently serious that we ought to find out. <br /><br />The 40% statistic you cite is rather startling - I hadn't seen that before. Where does it come from?Michael Isenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181783683014734505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726732507018408671.post-23297826025463584382012-08-11T11:59:26.448-07:002012-08-11T11:59:26.448-07:00Democracy ended when the government decided to bac...Democracy ended when the government decided to back up corrupt institutions instead of pursuing justice and preserving the rule of law. Because the financial industry is over 40% of our country's economy and is now able to provide unlimited financial backing to any politician, expect corruption and the wearing down of our republic from the inside to go unabated. Meanwhile, the political establishment has us distracted with a dreamed-up threat, like voter fraud, in order to misdirect our energies and conversations. I don't think it's worth it.logic.prevailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040278711406499959noreply@blogger.com