We haven’t learned. Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon some people still want to make it easy for terrorists and others who seek to break our laws to vote. That’s just what will happen if state Ballot Question 1 passes. Vote No.
Ballot Question 1 would pave the way to expand early voting and to allow voters to cast their votes at polling places anywhere in the state.
Those reforms may seem harmless. But in a state where illegal immigrants can still obtain driver’s licenses and state identity cards – key documents for voter registration – they only make it easier to commit fraud. Remember, Hani Hanjour, a 9/11 terrorist, fraudulently obtained an identity card at a Motor Vehicle Administration branch in Beltsville.
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Those who would be intimidated to vote illegally in person will no longer have to worry if early voting is extended to everyone and not just those who are in the military overseas or will truly be unable to vote on Election Day.
Besides, it’s already too easy to vote illegally. Maryland does not require voters to present a photo ID to cast a ballot. That leaves those with sinister motives lots of leeway to cast votes in multiple polling locations, to represent dead people or impersonate others.
Maryland also allows the 19,400 people whose voter registrations could not be completed because “the State was unable to verify” a driver’s license or Social Security Number to vote so long as they bring a utility bill along or some other form of identification. So almost 20,000 people who may hold fraudulent Social Security or driver’s license numbers could vote in November so long as they prove they pay for electricity in Maryland? Remember, that’s not counting those who obtained driver’s licenses fraudulently and have registered to vote. Shouldn’t the state care more about protecting the integrity of the voting process?
This is not a joke. Employees of “community activist” group ACORN, which seeks to register low-income people to vote and has offices in Maryland, have been convicted of voter registration fraud throughout the nation and are under investigation in a number of states. In light of the world-crippling economic issues facing this country, it is even more imperative for only those who hold this country’s best interest at heart – citizens who take the time and initiative to register to vote – be able to determine its future.
Marylanders should be voting on whether to require photo ID at polling stations instead of making it easier to defraud the system. If we must show photo IDs to board a plane, rent a video or cash a check, shouldn’t we also require the same to exercise one of our most sacred rights as Americans? Vote No on Question 1 and protect fair elections in Maryland.
