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2010-07-13 Home Front: Politix

Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds

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Posted by gorb 2010-07-13 01:03|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The DFL Machine created Senator Frankenstein

A blatant theft of an election.

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-07-13 02:50|| 2010-07-13 02:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Mike, you don't seem to understand. This was a Democrat winning. It wasn't stolen. The results were merely processed until they produced the correct result.
/sarcasm

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-07-13 03:30|| 2010-07-13 03:30|| Front Page Top

#3 In my town (mods, you know where) this is SOP. In fact local judges and pols (guess which party) round up newly released felons and force them into programs to re-establish their voting rights. It is legal for them to regain their voting rights. Don't get me started there, but how many of them do you think actually end up as informed voters for their community v. usable names on the voter roles? Before I get flamed for badmouthing felons re-establishing their voter rights, I'll offer full disclosure. Should felons lose voting rights forever? Absolutely. Are all felons true felons under the original Constitution? Absolutely not.

Posted by Lowspark 2010-07-13 07:26|| 2010-07-13 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's go back to basics. When the original militia act was established, the electorate and the militia were one and the same, free white males [pre-Robert A. Heinlein's service to vote]. When the militia act was modified in 1862 to include black volunteers, it would be followed shortly by the franchise of the 15th Amendment incorporating blacks and those of prior servitude.

Now back in those days, the governments didn't operate a large penitentiary system. The only real felons hanging around were doing just that, hanging. So there wasn't an issue about felon's having access to guns or a vote.

Taking those two concepts in account, how about tying the vote to eligible access to guns. If you can vote, you can carry. You think all those pols would be in a rush to get those prior felons access to firearms again? That will twist some knickers. At the same time, physically voting becomes for all intents and purposes an administrative muster of the militia for the states. A twofor.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-13 08:58|| 2010-07-13 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 This was just a bunch of felons supporting another criminal.

Both the felons and Franken (D-FELON) have equal respect for the law and it makes sense he should represent their interests in the Senate.

P.S. He sure ain't MY senator.

Posted by Frozen Al 2010-07-13 11:51|| 2010-07-13 11:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Makes Watergate look like the schoolboy prank that it was.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-07-13 11:59|| 2010-07-13 11:59|| Front Page Top

#7 The Donks are clearly in trouble in the upcoming election. I'm expecting them to turn the fraud dial up to 11.

Posted by DMFD 2010-07-13 19:07|| 2010-07-13 19:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting constituency.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-07-13 21:58|| 2010-07-13 21:58|| Front Page Top

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