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I have been having a few issues with leaving comments on your blog, could you please look into it ? [[User:Dvergne|Dvergne]] 10:50, 4 May 2013 (EDT)
I have been having a few issues with leaving comments on your blog, could you please look into it ? [[User:Dvergne|Dvergne]] 10:50, 4 May 2013 (EDT)
== New Jersey primary issues ==
Dear Mr. Hurlbut,
This section pertains to [http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/06/01/teaparty/new-jersey-primary-issues/ this CNAV article by Mr. Purpura]. He writes, in relevant part,
<blockquote style="background-color:#CCC; margin: 10px; padding: 10px">
TeamNJ candidates will sponsor legislation that will make it compulsory that photo-identification is required prior to casting any vote. Let it be known, the Supreme Court of these United States has ruled that voter identification is by law, Constitutional. You can be sure the Democrats will never accept voter identification because if they did, they would never win another election.
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Multiple voting has become commonplace in many Democratic dominated urban areas across the various states. Do you think NJ is any different?
</blockquote>
In ''Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd.'' (2008), the Supreme Court analyzed Indiana's 2005 voter ID law against a facial challenge. The challengers did not present evidence of the hardships that would be created by voter ID, as other challengers to other voter ID laws have done (see ''Frank v. Walker'' [Wisconsin] and''Applewhite v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania''). The Supreme Court did not say that any voter ID law would automatically satisfy constitutional requirements.
Next, some Democrats have supported voter ID, even photo voter ID. Illinois has a law dating back to 2005 requiring early voters to present photo ID. Rhode Island has a voter ID law that passed with Democratic support. [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/rhode-island-primary-tests-new-voter-id-law/]. North Carolina Democrats proposed their own voter ID bill this year. [http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H253]
Further, Democrats have won elections with voter ID. Leaving aside the numerous congressional and state elections won by Democrats in stict voter ID states, Obama won Indiana in 2008 and New Hampshire and Rhode Island in 2012.
Finally, I know of only one instance (the Cincinnati poll worker who allegedly voted for Obama six times [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/11/cincinnati-poll-worker-charged-with-voting-half-dozen-times-in-november/]). Although I think one instance of fraud is one too many, I trust that Mr. Purpura has evidence that multiple voting is "commonplace" in urban areas and in New Jersey. I would like to see such evidence for myself so that I can evaluate it.
In conclusion, if you could please post this on CNAV as a comment (as I still have not been able to get my CNAV account to work) or otherwise forward it to Mr. Purpura, I would appreciate it. Thanks, [[User:GregG|GregG]] 11:08, 1 June 2013 (EDT)