When Mike Miner of Wappingers Falls went to vote, he was informed that he already had--in Fishkill, one day earlier. Miner, 55, was deeply upset by the discovery, and even more so when he learned that the fraudulent vote would count.
Once votes enter the system, officials explained, they become anonymous, so it is impossible to track down and expunge a single ballot.
As reported in The Federalist, Miner was issued an affidavit ballot, and voting officials ensured him that it would count, and that they would follow up on the matter with the District Attorney, but that was cold comfort for the New York native.
...Miner says it’s “ridiculous” that a system — which is supposedly “secure,” according to Haight — doesn’t require ID to vote, which could have prevented the fraudulent vote from being cast.
“You don’t have to show ID to vote, I think it’s ridiculous — anyone can walk in, just as what happened to me, and say ‘I’m so and so’ and vote. So I don’t believe the system is safe right now,” Miner said. “And I know I’m only one vote, but I have the right to vote and my vote should count. Someone shouldn’t steal your vote and that be able to count. I don’t know the outcome of that vote — what if it was opposite of what I voted? Then it cancels my vote out.”
But Miner’s situation could have been avoided if New York wanted to have an ounce of integrity in their elections. The Empire State is one of 14 states that do not require voters to show ID in order to vote.
...And New Yorkers can thank the Democrat supermajority in the state legislature for their insecure elections. Assembly Bill 06297 was introduced in April of 2023 and would require voters to provide proof of identity when casting a ballot.
But Assemblyman Anil Beephan, who cosponsored the legislation, confirmed to The Federalist that the bill did not make it out of committee because the Democrat supermajority prohibited the bill from being voted on, thereby preventing it from a full floor vote.
The solution is simple, and right in front of our eyes, within the grasp of logical, fair-minded citizens--but Democrats fight tooth and nail against purging rolls of fraudulent voters, and refuse to require ID, usually on the shaky, woke footing that for socioeconomic reasons, some voters can't figure out how to obtain proper identification. Which is of course nonsense, as studies have shown.
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) has forced a meeting of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, scheduled for tomorrow. The issue at hand? Noncitizen identification cards.
The cards are issued to people such as illegal aliens, of which Wisconsin is estimated to have 75,000. That would account for 1% of the state population. Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 by 0.77%.
Steil is seeking better guidance for poll workers on what can be accepted as valid identification for Wisconsin voters, as reported by The Federalist:
The temporary visitor IDs generally issued to noncitizens can be used to vote, according to proposed guidance from members of the Elections Commission. So anybody could potentially claim to be a U.S. citizen and vote with the ID, with only their word as proof, Elections Commissioner Bob Spindell explained to The Federalist.
Wisconsin law, according to the WEC memo, “mandates that these identifications must be accepted as a proper form of voter identification.”
“However, possessing a valid identification does not necessarily mean the holder of the identification is eligible to vote,” the memo states.
As the guidance notes, Limited Term and Non-Domiciled ID holders, or “temporary visitors,” generally are not lawful permanent residents — green card holders — or U.S. citizens at the time the IDs are issued.
Noncitizens are strictly prohibited from voting in U.S. elections, so why would the temporary visitor IDs be cleared for use to vote in elections?
Spindell tells The Federalist that a cardholder could have become a naturalized citizen after the issuance of the ID. But the individual doesn’t necessarily have to show proof, such as a naturalization certificate, to cast the ballot.
WEC’s proposed guidance lays out a challenge process. If an individual presents a Limited Term or Non-Domiciled ID card, state law demands the election inspector “examine whether the individual’s qualifications to vote should be challenged.”
“These challenge procedures must be followed in full,” the guidance states.“Clerks or election inspectors cannot deny someone registration, or refuse to permit them to cast a ballot, without following the proper challenge procedures.”
The election official must first place the individual under oath and then ask, “Are you a United States citizen?”
“If the individual answers that they are not a U.S. citizen, the election inspector shall not issue the ballot, and shall not permit that individual to vote,” the guidance states.
What if the individual claims to be a U.S. citizen? The individual receives a ballot. The vote can be challenged. In that case, the voter must swear under oath that he is a U.S. citizen and meets all of the other requirements to vote.
In other words, it reduces the security of Wisconsin's election to the honor system. Before four years of Kamala Harris' open border policy, that issue might have been less fraught.
