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Ballot harvesting destroys the secret ballot

Democrats in Congress and in state capitols are pushing for measures that would enable voter intimidation and undermine the secret ballot, under cover of facilitating voting during the CCP Bat Virus pandemic. Earlier this week, the Daily Signal published a list of 15 election results that were tossed over fraudulent...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 24, 2020 11:19 PM

Kathy Taylor confronted over voter fraud

It was disheartening to read that someone I backed for City Council has bought Kathy Taylor's self-serving spin on the Great Plains Airlines bailout. The airport was never at risk. The collateral for the Great Plains Airlines loan was a small piece of the apron on the Air Force Plant...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 10, 2013 9:18 PM

Why we need voter ID: Investigator offered Attorney General's ballot

A member of the Project Veritas investigative journalism team went into a District of Columbia polling place last Tuesday and was offered a ballot by a poll worker who assumed he was U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Man: "Do you have an Eric Holder, 50th Street? Poll worker: "Let...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 9, 2012 5:27 PM

Cleta Deatherage Mitchell: Everyone should run, and why smaller districts are better

Earlier this week, in my entry about the passing of Twyla Mason Gray, I mentioned the fascinating collection of interviews from 2007 that makes up the OSU Women of the Oklahoma Legislature oral history project. Cleta Deatherage Mitchell represented Norman in the State House of Representatives as a Democrat from...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2011 11:49 PM

International observers call British voting system "corruptible"

A team of 11 officials from Third World countries observing last Thursday's British election called the UK's approach to voting "corruptible," too dependent on trust. The observers came from countries where election fraud has often been a problem, with methods that include ballot box stuffing, voter intimidation, voter impersonation, and...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 11, 2010 12:46 AM

Okie ACORN

Until recently, Democratic 1st District Congressional nominee Georgianna Oliver proudly boasted the endorsement of ACORN, the left-wing organization in the news recently in connection with fraudulent voter registration activities in numerous swing states. It was the top of her "professional endorsements" page. Mad Okie noticed that that endorsement had vanished...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 17, 2008 11:08 PM