I was a beneficiary of voter fraud once. Or, more accurately, was told that I was. Way back when, I put my name in for a trivial short term student committee position at UK. My motivation was to build my resume. I asked friends, classmates and others to vote for me, but there wasn’t any sort campaign on my part or, to my recollection, on the part of others seeking this position. In fact, I only know of one other person who ran for the position and like me, he was elected.
When I mentioned the results to some friends they said, of course you won. We stuffed the ballot box. It wasn’t secured. There wasn’t any election supervisor and we figured we should do it because others would do it as well. Gosh, what could you say other than thanks, have an Iron City.
I ran for a couple of other trivial posts before and after that election and am certain there was no fraud involved.
There was also a time that I committed a type of voter fraud. I moved out of Denver just before a midterm election in the 80’s. I knew I should change my address and vote in a different district, but I wanted to vote against Pat Schroeder one last time. So on Election Day I drove the short distance to Denver and voted against her. I savored the bittersweet moment.
In my defense I note that I did not vote on a tax increase since I no longer lived in Denver.
My amusing personal experience, along with the stories from the 1960 presidential election, LBJ’s first election, and more recent reports coming from various places around the country lead me to believe voter fraud is probably more common than we would like to think. A situation which should make all citizens angry. Take a look at a recent sample of reporting and opining on election fraud. You have to appreciate what the group in Houston did. I will have to look into that around here.
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