Washington State House democrats live up to “scum” label.

Last night, Washington State's House democrats, hoping the voters of this state will confuse “motion” with “action,” shot down every Republican attempt to add true reform and accountability to our current system of voting.

Democrats in the House oppose even the most rudimentary standards of proving eligibility to vote, or identification of a voter for purposes of determining their eligibility.

In short, you have to show ID to cash a check, but not to vote.

And having listened to the debate last night, it’s clear to me that a large majority of House democrats favor liberalizing (what else?) the standards even more, FURTHER diluting the efforts of American citizens to properly exercise their franchise, unimpeded by the concern of having that vote contaminated by the efforts of others… others either illegal to vote in this country… or the democrat party efforts to secure that fraudulently obtained vote.

And make no mistake here… that is what this is all about. I repeat: the democrats have made a strategic decision that they win the illegal vote. As a result, the democrats will do everything they can to protect the illegal vote.

Tip of the hat to orbusmax.com.



House passes election reform bill over Republican objections

4/15/2005, 2:18 a.m. PT
By RACHEL LA CORTE
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — House Democrats rejected Republicans' attempts to wipe the voting rolls clean and require voters to prove their citizenship during a contentious debate over election reform bills that carried over into early Friday morning.

After delaying a vote on the controversial bills for a day, the House passed a bill dealing with voter registration record-keeping on a 54-42 vote after a 2 1/2-hour debate on the floor that started Thursday evening. Since the bill was amended from the Senate version, it must go back to the upper chamber. After an additional 1 1/2-hour debate, it also passed an omnibus bill that standardizes election procedures.

The two bills are the crux of an election reform package introduced this session in response to the contested governor's race.

Republicans argued that the only way true election reform would result would be to tighten up the voter registration and voting process. Democrats said the burden to voters would be too great if forced to reregister or to produce a birth certificate or passport when registering to vote, among other Republican amendments.

"It is our goal to be sure that all voters have no interference in their freedom to exercise their right of suffrage," said Rep. Kathy Haigh, D-Shelton, and chair of the House State Government, Operations & Accountability Committee.

But Rep. Bill Hinkle, R-Cle Elum, said the only way to clean up the system is to purge the voting lists and have everyone reregister by Aug. 1, 2006.

"I think it's pretty clear from the news we hear — it seems on a daily, if not weekly, basis — that there's a problem with our voting system," he said.

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