Armando Said:

How does a question I asked about global warming, voter fraud, and welfare and crime statistics turn into?

We Answered:

People are idiots.

Terry Said:

Post Constitution Day question about upcoming election: How many illegals will vote; and how many should vote?

We Answered:

The question is really dealing with several issues, isn't it? How many illegal aliens is our country trying to manage, provide for, and occasionally employ (while assimilate might sound appropriate here, their utter disregard for the land they’ve come to lends to a widespread belief that that would be anathema to the Mexican illegals determined to write their own rules), and ultimately then, how many are currently registered and likely to vote.

Your communication with ICE appears to have provided solid support for numbers offered on sites which claim to have researched the numbers more thoroughly and extensively than any census report, thus far. For obvious reasons, it's typical for illegal aliens to resist providing specific information for the government, which might lend to more clear documentation of their collective numbers living amongst our populace. The Immigration Counters website describes very thorough methodology used for its estimates, which appear in-line with and supportive of your ICE Agent’s claims of well over 20 million. My feeling for some time has been that the overall numbers of illegals would be in the low to mid-twenty million range, so the Immigration Counters’ estimate suggesting slightly over 23 million seems altogether likely.

How many will vote, and how many should vote? The second question is easy, because, of course, anyone other than the most underhanded, manipulative progressive liberal types, or illegals themselves, should be adamant about none being the only acceptable answer. It won't be how many will vote, though. Your local voter registration drive image in the flickr posts was a nice touch. How can anyone argue that it's going on? Furthermore, LaRaza's registration drive activities which included mailing voter registration cards to a million prospective new and previously unrecognized voters off their rolls before the last election was a direct attempt to defraud and overwhelm the election process for real American citizens. If I were to offer an estimate of that liberal manipulation of the 2010 vote, it would probably fall in the range of 6 to 8 million illegal non-citizens voting. It probably wouldn't shock many of us if it turned into more than 10 million, though. Of course, the larger number becomes progressively more damaging as it gives leadership positions to more so-called Progressives whose leftist policies appear to be driving the Democratic Party's agenda.

Can we stop the madness? That's not likely to happen until the problem is recognized for precisely what it is. Ben Franklin obviously understood the potential for misuse and abuse of the elective process, as did the other two wise men quoted above. Our elections must be open to living, breathing, real citizens only, and when some argue a form of qualifier for inclusion such as verifiable payment of taxes or some rudimentary test for civics or understanding of the political process, it would be hard to discount the basis for why such arguments are offered. We need to do a better job of keeping massive numbers of outsiders who have no assignment of rights under the Constitution or any governing document from distorting the will of the People who have every right to elect our leaders!

Beth Said:

Why do people refuse to believe things are TRUE even when backed by statistics and facts?

We Answered:

Because they don't like what it means. Ignorance is bliss.

Martin Said:

Choose the main reason why you dont vote from below?

We Answered:

6. None of the above. I vote every election, every time. I may not vote in every race. If there is no candidate worthy of my vote, and no truly lesser evil, I won't vote a race. But I absolutely vote on every issue.