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UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY :
INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM :
LIBERTARIANISM :
RACISM :
BIGOTRY :
EXTREMISM :
HATE GROUPS :
INTOLERANCE :
DONALD TRUMP :
BLATANT FALSEHOODS:
SERIAL LIARS :
REPUBLICAN WAR ON WOMEN :
RAPE CULTURE :
SEXISM :
NEO-NAZIS :
KU KLUX KLAN :
RELIGION: CHRISTIANS: RELIGIOUS RIGHT:
The Tale of "The Emperor's New Clothes" Perfectly Explains Why
so Many People Believe in Voter Fraud
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The Tale of "The Emperor's New Clothes" Perfectly Explains Why
so Many People Believe in Voter Fraud
WRITTEN BY
Tom Gardu
OBSESSION
2016
November 07, 2016
Quartz
http://qz.com/827794/voter-fraud-and-the-us-election-
the-tale-of-the-emperors-new-clothes-perfectly-
explains-why-so-many-people-believe-in-voter-fraud/
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/jd9zes2
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Americans shouldnt be fretting about voter fraud: The Brennan Center for
Justice recently released a briefing filled with resources and links to
studies showing the rarity of the supposed phenomena; a longer report
details an overall documented electoral fraud rate of 0.000009% in
2004-2005; and a Washington Post article titled Comprehensive
investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of
one billion ballots cast pretty much sums up the fact that its a
non-issue. So why is voter fraud being talked about so much this election
cycleand why do so many intelligent, well-meaning people seem to believe
its a real problem?
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I liken voter fraud to the famous Hans Christian Andersen fable The
Emperors New Clothes. In this tale, a vain Emperor hires two
smooth-talking weavers who promise to make him the finest suit made out of
a fabric that is invisible to anyone unfit for his position or hopelessly
stupid. Everyone around himfrom his closest advisors to the towns
peasantsplays along, as they dont want to admit to themselves or each
other that theyre not intelligent or worthy enough to see the suit.
Finally, a child who is too young to abide by societys pack mentality
cries out that the Emperor isnt actually wearing any clotheshes butt
naked.
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Similarly, voter fraud isnt real. But people act as if its a factual
reality because they dont want to be called out as being stupid or as not
being in on the farce. The blind follow the blind, and soon enough, the
repeated falsehood becomes so real that you forget that you were only
playing along in the first place.
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Lets call our version of the story The Voters New Woes. The cabal of
reactionary forces known as the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) are the two weavers who make the Emperor his invisible suit. The
ALEC is basically a nasty concoction of folk that includes the Republican
Party, the alt-right, the Tea Party, and the Chambers of Commerce. It has
been around for 45 years and is the backbone of the conservative movement
in this country. If you trace back any news story over the past ten years
about voter fraud, youll eventually run into ALEC.
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The answer has a lot to do with the fact that racial and ethnic
minorities, along with queer people and women, are gaining increasing
power in the US. With that change comes the possibility of a more
progressive, inclusive, and liberated Americamaybe even a more socialist
America. When those pesky people participate in elections and other civic
activities, they start to demand accountability and fairness in our
society. They start to ask why so few have so much, and so many have so
little. This is bad for ALEC and their corporate backers.
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For the past 10 years, ALEC has been introducing legislation to restrict
voting laws in nearly every state across the US. Many of the bills are
copycat bills with the exact same language from state to state. These laws
include everything from voter-ID laws to shortening early-voting periods.
These voter-suppression laws are the real problem that the news media and
presidential candidates should be talking aboutnot voter fraud.
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If you are under 40 or over 70, brown or a woman, these folks dont want
you to vote. They dont want a democracy, because it stands in the way of
their profit margin. Thats whats really behind the myth of voter fraud:
money. The only voter fraud being committed on Nov. 8 will be the people
turned away at the polls because they forgot their ID at home or dont have
one, and the people who cant vote because they work all day Tuesday and
have no options for early voting.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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