Influencing the Election Outcome

The following reports are coming in regarding the upcoming elections across the country:

Some voting machines in Maryland and Illinois were switching votes from Republican to Democrat.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/10/28/voting-machine-in-maryland-changes-votes-for-republicans-to-votes-for-democrats-n1910991

In Arizona, a liberal activist was caught on video stuffing a ballot box with hundreds of ballots.
http://www.inquisitr.com/1572639/2014-election-results-democrat-voter-fraud-caught-in-arizona-maryland-and-illinois/

Reports of thousands of illegal immigrants voting.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/01/driver-licenses-id-cards-for-illegal-immigrants-causing-voting-concerns/

Promises of 'no photo ID required' on signs outside of polling places.

Recent data has shown there was massive voter fraud in North Carolina in 2012 - 765 people voted in NC and voted in another state (name, DOB and SS# matched up). As many as 35,000 people matched up with name and DOB but not SS# (that needs further investigation).
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/10/dick-morris/dick-morris-theres-proof-over-1-million-people-vot/

In an egregrious attempt to acquire more 'favorable' votes, Colorado has just instituted some very troublesome laws for voting.

1. Every eligible voter is receiving a ballot in the mail (this is done in Oregon and Washington state too). Once they are filled in, they need not be mailed back, they can be walked back. But the precarious element to this, is that one individual can collect the ballots of up to 10 people to deliver. This has spawned ballot harvesting groups, who go around door-to-door, looking to collect ballots. Of course, who will know if that 'harvester' will drop off the ballots they collected?

2. The state has instituted same day registration, which has no photo ID requirement to vote; only signatures are required, however, there are no assurances that the signatures being provided are valid.

3. Every registered voter will get a ballot, whether or not they have voted in many years. There have been reports that voters have received ballots for people who have never lived at that address.

These new election laws have been passed by a Democratically controlled state legislature. Will these new laws make a difference in election results? Certainly in a tight race it can.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/31/colorado-new-controversial-ballot-system/

For years now, we've heard Democrats complaining that voter ID laws are racist, and that poor minorities can't get access to photo IDs. But the Democrats simply choose to ignore the necessity of requiring legitimate identification of the individual who is about to cast a vote. Without the ID, the vote is open to all kinds of fraud, including impersonation, voting by non-citizens or felons, and multiple registrations in multiple jurisdictions. But to say that minorities can't get photo ID is not only untrue, it is quite condescending to them...one may even say it's racist.

The following are some of the things a photo ID is needed for:
driver's license
union voting
library card
passport
auto insurance
traffic stop
public school entrance
court
benefits like unemployment insurance
banks
credit card
buying certain OTC medications
boarding a plane
and many more....
http://godfatherpolitics.com/7374/why-is-photo-id-required-for-everything-except-to-vote/

As an ironic sidenote, a photo ID was needed at a recent NAACP convention.

These examples are only some of the disturbing trends going on during election cycles. Seriously, who can argue that requiring a valid ID isn't necessary to maintaining the integrity of an important American right? For those who do argue, we must believe it is they who must be looking to influence the outcome.