The “Every Vote Counts Act”
Writing by treason on Friday, 24 of November , 2006 at 5:31 pm
Just the name of this legislation gives me the heebie-jeebies. Would someone please stand up and say that not every vote should be counted? Not every vote is valid or legal, so shouldn’t we be saying “Every Legal, Valid Vote Counts Act,” instead? Are we sincere about the purity, legitimacy, and authenticity of our vote? Do we genuinely want to be above-board, official, and bona fide? Are we willing to accept only real and true votes?
Says our Lt. Governor: “I want to ensure that the vote of each and every New Mexican is counted properly and fairly to provide voter equity and foster confidence in the democratic process.”
This legislation will provide automatic recounts in federal and statewide races in Nuevo Mexico when it’s determined that the final vote margin is less than one-half of one percent. In other words, after ten days of counting every vote, Heather still came up with 875 more than Patsy and officially won the race. And this is pissing off the Democrats something fierce. In 2000, the party “found” just enough votes (a tad over 300) to put Algore over the top - how is it that they couldn’t pull it off for Patsy? A recount would have bought more time. So now we’ll get an automatic-recount bill. Swell.
Let’s see. Bill Richardson pushed for and got the dreaded paper ballots; same-day registration/voting is next; and now we’re going to be forced to recount even if we don’t want to.
How ’bout instead of all these measures, we implement a voter i.d. system instead? A valid photo i.d. or you don’t get to vote. If we’re serious about the truth, let’s start here and demand that the Democrats tell us why they’re always against the one thing that might just “provide voter equity and foster confidence” in a system that no one takes seriously anymore.
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