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Letting the Homeless Vote
Try as I might, I cannot really understand how even a minimum standard of voting security can be maintained when, as an Ohio judge did yesterday, you decide to let the homeless vote. If there is no address -- how do you check whether someone has voted before or whether they are using a real ...
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These kittens have gotten a free pass from the MSM!
The Poor Man Institute — ... I get that this kitten is attempting to enable fraud on behalf of [the Obama] campaign — but how does this pass even a minimum test of reasonableness? ...

Lisa Schriffen Bemoans the Enfranchisement of Homeless People
Comments from Left Field — ... Yesterday, Lisa Schiffren posted a lament at The Corner that homeless people are being allowed to vote: ...

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