Heredia Slinging Mud about Voter Fraud

           With regard to Luis Heredia “Election Law Targets Democrats favors Republicans” (AZ Republic July 1, 2013) I don’t know how Arizona’s HB 2305 can favor Republicans.  It prohibits volunteers from any political organization, that’s both Republican and Democrat, from picking up early voter ballots and taking them to the polls.  I have worked the polls and know that members of political organizations drop over 50 ballots at a time in the box at the polls.  There is no record of where they came from or who is authorized to deliver them.  I would think that both Democrats and Republicans would be concerned about truing the vote, unless it’s an open admission that it’s only Democrats that do it.

             Heredia also accused Arizona of having antiquated precinct restriction.  In the last election, voters could vote at any precinct which is one of the reasons that lines were so long.  Poll workers had to have ballots from every precinct to be sure all comers could vote.  It was awkward, expensive, and time consuming, but there were certainly no restrictions.

               Heredia also sees the new law as evidence of Arizona’s “dark history of discrimination.”  It’s the Democratic Party that has the dark history of discrimination.  Republicans have been pushing for voter rights for generations while Democrats have insisted on all manner of restrictions like poll taxes and literacy tests in their attempt to deny the vote.

              As is true of so many pundits on the left, Luis Heredia turns out accusation after accusation, failing to cite evidence in support even one. He subscribes to the rhetorical camp that recommends, “Sling the mud.  Something might stick.”