Tea Party Vows to Police Voter Fraud

Wow, scary thought. Here's the article.

Pretty much they're welcoming McCarthyist tactics to the polling booths. These people are encouraging individuals to "turn in" those who vote illegally--whatever that means. Probably the most common will be for illegal aliens getting paid to vote. So, they're going to pull over every Hispanic they can, because these people don't have the specialized training to be able to accurately tell an illegal from a legal. Tea Party authorized racism in action--and they wonder why so many people disagree with their practices.

I'm sorry, but I believe in a free country. Which means that individuals are free, in my book, to sell their votes. Why? For a few reasons:
1: Secret Ballot. Imagine how much money you can make off people buying your vote (dozens of people if you wish) and then you step into that booth you can choose for yourself--you can lie all you want about who you voted for and no one but you will ever know.
2: Of those who do vote, most sell their votes without even realizing it. They vote for the name they know better and that's the person who's better able to get their message across--which normally means that they've spent the most money on TV ads. Ever notice that positive relationship between amount of money a candidate spends and their chance at winning. Only when they've done something really stupid do they lose, normally.

Don't go after the people voting--that's impossible at best for the average American to do effectively. But anyone, including myself can be vigilant about REAL voter fraud. Cases where your vote isn't secret--times where there is tangible negligence of the voting processes.

If you want to stop those not eligible to vote then you need to get the police manpower into the field to stop identity theft--easiest way to get legal information into the hands of those who misuse it. It's not just about stealing the retirement savings of little old ladies, but gets terrorists onto planes, helps murderers escape, you name it.

I wonder how many innocent people will be terrorized by these "do gooders"? As my own personal judge of the effectiveness of this idea (in other words, how it's obviously not just blatant racism), would be if they pulled me over for being to young to vote. I really don't look like my 22 years.