Monday, October 29, 2012
Say No To The UN!
If the Federal government was doing their job right by upholding the laws of the nation, the UN election team would never have been called into Texas. What a shame that the Texas Election Code is not honored as a worthy tool of voting. We have our own poll watchers that are appointed by our own citizens which are both from the Republican and Democratic parties. Why did Project Vote reach out to the the UN? Texas did what they thought best by trying to pass a vote ID law to prevent voter fraud but the law was shot down once again by the power of the Federal government. What kind of government do we have now that cannot control its own voting and must have the United Nations step in to control things? Do we really want to start relying on the UN to protect the citizens of Texas? You give some people a little power and that is not enough. Watch out Texans, if the UN poll watchers show up in your neck-of-the woods the next time they come they will be dressed in blue military uniforms with guns and besides losing your voting integrity you will be losing your right to be free. What has caused all the voting concerns in Texas that demands the United Nations to step in? Perhaps that is the issue that demands our attention. Close the borders, clean up the voter registration rolls, and help elevate racial tensions that plagued our State and start demanding less Federal government and more state government. Stop the voting problems before it reaches the polls!
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Your basic argument was that inviting UN officials to participate in poll watching in would lead to the downfall of the freedom of US citizens. I think this is more than a little far fetched and extremely alarmist.
ReplyDeleteYou begin with the assertion that it is against Texas Election Code to have UN officials watching the polling locations. While it is true that TEC states that only registered voters of that precinct are eligible for poll watching, it is also true that the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution states that federal law, statutes, and treaties are the supreme law of the land. The UN's OSCE involvement in poll watching is part of the treaty (or commitment) by the US as a member of the UN that establishes this as within their conflict resolution scope. Therefore, as it has been accepted by the US Federal Government, the states must also abide by it. I would like to add that the UN poll watchers, the only actually actual non-partisan watchers, would be better suited to the job than Democrats or Republicans appointed to the position.
Next, you state that Texas attempted to pass a voter ID law that was struck down in federal court, but imply that the federal government overstepped it's bounds in doing so:
Texas did what they thought best by trying to pass a vote ID law to prevent voter fraud but the law was shot down once again by the power of the Federal government.
The federal government was doing it's job. It was protecting the rights of its voters from unconstitutional legislation passed by the state of Texas. Voting is a right in the US for US citizens. The law that Texas was attempting to pass would be putting more barriers between voters and the voting booth. It was designed to block lower income voters by putting what is essentially a tax on voting by requiring certain people to purchase voter ID cards. All of this is of course, to help prevent voter fraud, which has been proven time and time again to be somewhere between .001% at the highest to .000004% at the lower end. Furthermore, most of the voter fraud that does actually happen is perpetuated using absentee ballots, which does not require a photo ID present.
The next part of your post, however, is my real problem. It is based on the slippery slope argument that if we are to let UN officials watch some of our polling places, the next logical step is full scale invasion.
Do we really want to start relying on the UN to protect the citizens of Texas? You give some people a little power and that is not enough. Watch out Texans, if the UN poll watchers show up in your neck-of-the woods the next time they come they will be dressed in blue military uniforms with guns and besides losing your voting integrity you will be losing your right to be free.
Whoa there, Wolverine. This is one of the most extreme cases of the slippery slope argument that I have encountered. It is pure fiction. There is no evidence that anything remotely like this has or will happen in the US, and if you have evidence of such, you should probably cite it. It seems to me that this type of extreme rhetoric is not based on factual evidence, but is an intended to create a fearful response in the attempt to persuade others to agree with them, and should be called out as such.
In conclusion, I find that this argument falls flat because there is no factual evidence presented to support the your claims. All of your assertions are based on extreme rhetoric and I think that if you want to help people see your point of view, a couple of facts, cited evidence, or better presented arguments would go a long way.
Where's your link to the article you are talking about for "Say No to the UN"
ReplyDeleteSamantha Jacks, "Blog Stage Five is an original editorial or commentary about Texas state and local government."
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