Tag: Ken Van Doren

Voter ID – Response to One Wisconsin Now

One Wisconsin Now writes on voter ID: http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/blog/2011/01/why-voter-id-is-bad-for-wisconsin.html Here is the response from Ken Van Doren – Campaign for Liberty in Wisconsin 1. OWN cites all kind of statistics. Where did these number come from, and who determined them? 2. Just because only a few were found guilty of voter fraud does not mean that these few were all the fraudulent votes cast. Witness the anecdotal evidence of busloads of people coming in during the 2008 fall election. Also, as a poll watcher, I was not allowed to examine the evidence of residency that voters presented. One “progressive” web site seemed to invite fraud with the information, “Voting in Wisconsin could not be easier. If you have a friend who is registered, he can vouch for you even if you do not have identification or other proof of residency.” Also, witness that in Milwaukee, the lion’s share of same day registrations came after 5PM. Could it be that this was a purposeful plan to overwhelm the elections staff so they would not have time to carefully consider the evidence of residency? The opportunity if not the fact of fraud was certainly there. No one can tell, with our lax registration…