[EL] Massive vote fraud defined

[Abigail Thernstrom]

	And when two unappealing members of the New Black Panther Party  
showed up at a single Philadelphia polling place in November 2008, one  
of them slapping a night stick against his palm, there was "massive"  
voter intimidation, although no voters who had actually felt  
intimidated in that heavily black neighborhood could be found.

	Abby

Abigail Thernstrom
Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
www.thernstrom.com


On Jul 31, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Chandler Davidson wrote:

> The adjective I see most often applied by those making a fuss about  
> the existence of vote fraud is "massive."  In such descriptions,  
> it's difficult to get a sense of what massive fraud consists in, as  
> distinct from mere  "significant" fraud.
>
> I now have a pretty good implicit definition of "massive," thanks to  
> the article cited in the Daily Caller.  The author is Matthew Vadum,  
> described as " a senior editor at Capital Research Center, a  
> Washington, D.C. think tank that studies the politics of  
> philanthropy with a special focus on left-wing advocacy groups".     
> The article begins:
>
> While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws  
> requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison,  
> sentenced for carrying 	out a massive voter fraud scheme.
>
> In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County,  
> Miss., jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts  
> of fraudulently casting 		absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on  
> an NAACP website as a member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive  
> Committee. . . .
>
> Sowers was found guilty of voting in the names of Carrie Collins,  
> Walter Howard, Sheena Shelton, Alberta Pickett, Draper Cotton and  
> Eddie Davis. She was also 	convicted of voting in the names of four  
> dead persons: James L. Young, Dora Price, Dorothy Harris, and David  
> Ross.
>
> Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/29/mississippi-naacp-leader-sent-to-prison-for-10-counts-of-voter-fraud/#ixzz1Th32w9za
>
> If ten instances of  fraud by one person constitute massive fraud,  
> one  is entitled to ask what adjective would apply in the event that  
> the perpetrator voted the names of twenty people rather than ten:   
> Humongous?  Mind-boggling?  Overwhelming?  Of biblical proportions?   
> Apocalyptic?
>
> I suppose those who believe the national photo ID movement is  
> essentially a disfranchisement movement should feel free to adopt  
> similar terms to describe its effects, assuming as many as ten  
> people are unfairly kept from voting.
>
> Chandler Davidson
>
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