Opinion: Voter fraud disenfranchises black Americans. It’s time to put a stop to it

This commentary is by Christopher Arps, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network and president of Americans for Citizen Voting.

In its Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America,” the Project 21 black leadership network offers recommendations to “remove barriers blocking African Americans from reaching their full potential and ensuring the American dream for all.” This includes protecting election integrity and the hard-fought right for blacks to vote for the candidates of their choice.

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When 5%, 10% or 15% of the vote in a community is made up of dead people, former residents or people ineligible to vote, blacks are disenfranchised.

As a Project 21 member and president of the Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV), one in particular especially appeals to me. That is “Restoring the Right of Self-Determination of Black America”:

One of the key goals of the Civil Rights Movement was to ensure that every black citizen had a voice in selecting elected officials at the federal, state and local level. That was the intent of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Today, black citizens are still being thwarted in exercising their right to determine or decide the policies they will live by — only now it is being done through less direct, more subtle schemes to dilute their vote. When 5%, 10% or 15% of the vote in a community is made up of dead people, former residents or people ineligible to vote, blacks are disenfranchised.

To thwart voter fraud, Project 21 recommends requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and proof of identity to cast a ballot. Of course, the left is crying foul. But noncitizens are voting — even National Public Radio admitted it.

Opponents also claim a photo ID requirement is racist and amounts to voter suppression. But ACV commissioned a poll of 1,011 likely Michigan voters that found more than 75% of Michiganders support requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote. Black support is even higher at 79%. So much for racism — blacks want their votes to count!

I’m helping SecureMIvote.org gather signatures for a ballot initiative to amend Michigan’s state constitution to require voter ID. Because of the strong support, opponents are spending enormous sums of money and pulling dirty tricks to defeat voter ID.

Along with the usual suspects like liberals and poverty pimps, there’s a surprising anti-integrity constituency:

The Washington Free Beacon found a group of Republican operatives is taking dark money from arch-liberal megadonor George Soros to help derail the proposed initiative:

“Over the past year, liberal dark money group Sixteen Thirty Fund has spent $2.5 million opposing a Republican-led petition drive to expand Michigan’s voter ID requirements, ” the Beacon reported. “Nearly $400,000 of that money has gone to Groundgame Political Solutions, a shadowy consulting firm that a trio of Republican operatives—including Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R., Mo.) son, Andy Blunt—privately launched in May 2021.”

“Opponents of an effort to expand Michigan’s voter identification requirements orchestrated a ‘scheme to pay off’ petition circulators in violation of campaign finance laws,” The Detroit News alleged.

Dustin Wefel, a Michigan petition gatherer, claimed [the anti-initiative] Protect MI Vote worked with a consulting firm, Groundgame Political Solutions, to compensate petition gatherers, in part, so they wouldn’t assist the Secure MI Vote initiative, making it difficult for the group to advance its proposal.

The payments weren’t properly disclosed in fundraising reports, the complaint alleged. The filing cited text messages and a $50,000 contract between Groundgame and Wefel.

2022 could be very bad for Biden and his allies. A president generally loses congressional seats among his supporters during midterm elections, and this cycle looks to be no different.

That’s why liberals appear willing to resort to unscrupulous tactics to thwart voter integrity efforts and subvert the will of the people. They should not be allowed to game the system.

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5 thoughts on “Opinion: Voter fraud disenfranchises black Americans. It’s time to put a stop to it

  1. We cannot live in fear, and run a nation, being in fear of being called names!

    We have been -and look at where it’s gotten us.

  2. This guiy’s great:

    “Opponents also claim a photo ID requirement is racist and amounts to voter suppression. But ACV commissioned a poll of 1,011 likely Michigan voters that found more than 75% of Michiganders support requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote. Black support is even higher at 79%. So much for racism — blacks want their votes to count!”

    You have to be really dumb, really low IQ…or a Democrat voter… to believe the lie that needing an ID to vote – is somehow racist…..duhhhh. Because if that were true you can SUE the Federal Gov’t now – for RACISM! Because to get any kind of Welfare, Social Security, food stamps, Medicare or MediCaid or federal job…etc….you MUST show photo IDENTIFICATION. If a black person looks young, you need an ID to buy Alcohol. So alcohol racist? To open ANY bank account – you need legit ID. Sue all the Banks for racism! Want a mortgage? Need an ID! To get on ANY airplane or go thru ANY airport, you need a PHOTO ID. Sue allo airlines for racism.!. Need a job? Show an ID at HR dept…. For all Federal buildings these days? YOU NEED VALID PHOTO ID TO GET INSIDE (as well as a metal dector!). Want to buy a car at a dealer? Show an ID!. Democrats tell us over and over that many Blacks don’t have the wherewithall, or are totally UNABLE, to get any ID ? Well, there it is Democrats are calling Blacks too ignorant, too dumb & too stupid – to get one. That is really racist 🙂
    . It’s a lie Democrats made up, spread, repeated & now most believe! ….”A lie will circle the earth, before the truth can cross the street.”

    • Jeffrey-
      Thank you!
      That was quite a rough rant but it needed to be said….
      I believe that most blacks are aligned with you and are insulted by the insinuation that they are incapable of the simple task of providing a valid ID.

    • “A lie is as good as the truth if somebody believes it”. – Flip Wilson as Geraldine

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