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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

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Check out this article about the Democrat sponsored "Count Every Vote Act of 2005" -- a minority party wish-list that appears intended to weaken and undermine existing voting laws and requirements in this country, making it even easier for either party, any party, to scream Fraud! whenever the results aren't to their liking.

Haven't we had enough of that already?

Get a load of this: Take, for example, a provision requiring states to allow anyone to register to vote on Election Day itself, and then vote, and then "have that vote counted in the same manner as a vote cast by an eligible voter who properly registered during the regular registration period." That would give state officials virtually no time to determine whether an applicant was in fact eligible to vote.

Or how about this: Another feature liable to abuse is the provision requiring states to allow anyone to cast a provisional ballot anywhere in the state, regardless of where that person may — or may not — be registered to vote. That could allow someone who is not registered to cast provisional ballots at as many poll locations around the state as he could physically visit in a day...

Read it and weep, and then contact your representatives in the House and Senate.

Voting in this country isn't just a civil right, it's also a civic responsibility. Voting regulations should be strengthened and enforced according to the level of gravity with which we approach such a responsibility, rather than watered-down into a semblance of fast-food convenience -- easy and tasty, but ultimately bad for the body as a whole.