As I have been saying (or maybe screeching) for years, cries of voter fraud are an excuse to disenfranchise impoverished and elderly voters. And now, its even more clear that the fears of voter fraud were all a bullshit charade. A charade, nonetheless, that had a real impact on innocent people.

"Richard L. Hasen, an expert in election law at the Loyola Law School, agreed, saying: “If they found a single case of a conspiracy to affect the outcome of a Congressional election or a statewide election, that would be significant. But what we see is isolated, small-scale activities that often have not shown any kind of criminal intent.”

For some convicted people, the consequences have been significant. Kimberly Prude, 43, has been jailed in Milwaukee for more than a year after being convicted of voting while on probation, an offense that she attributes to confusion over eligibility.

In Pakistan, Usman Ali is trying to rebuild his life after being deported from Florida, his legal home of more than a decade, for improperly filling out a voter-registration card while renewing his driver’s license.

In Alaska, Rogelio Mejorada-Lopez, a Mexican who legally lives in the United States, may soon face a similar fate, because he voted even though he was not eligible."

AARGH. Does this not bother you? People getting deported or jailed beause they weren't clear on voting rules? Meawhile, Georgia passed a law, and other states have passed similar measures, requiring "Voter IDs" because of so-called massive organized voter fraud. In fact, there had not been one case of voter fraud in 10 years.

Don't you ever get tired of the GOP's endless efforts to exclude people from the political process? I know I f@$&ing do!

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