Oregon says a "data entry issue" caused it to register at least 306 noncitizens to vote. At least two of them actually voted. That's a problem under Oregon law.
"Elections Division director Molly Woon, formerly deputy director for the Democratic Party of Oregon, told The Oregonian, 'These folks were registered by no fault of their own. They didn’t do anything wrong.' "
There is no Molly Woon in the Oregon State Bar's members' directory, so she was talking through her hat if she was opining on the individuals' criminal culpability for voting as non-citizens. I hope she wasn't reading off of a legal opinion.
Woon set herself up as an easy target. Her position here is yet another example of progressives' double standards for members of historically marginalized groups and the rest of us. Surely that's who Woon imagines were the victims in this debacle. Also, her thinking is characteristic of progressives' lack of respect for the principle of individual accountability under law. When the two factors are operating together, they form a vicious cycle. That was one of the hallmarks of Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt's failed tenure.
All a 'mail in' state needs are names and ballots, unscrupulous actors will take care of the rest. The signature verification process is very loose, verifiers, trained by the SoS office, results in very few signatures rejected by those doing the verification. Once the envelope passes that process it is lost in a sea of other ballots to be tabulated and never be questioned. College campuses are a prime place to find numerous ballots ready to be collected (from the recycle your ballot here receptacle) and placed into the system. For every fraudulent ballot tabulated a legal ballot is cheapened. It's no wonder voter confidence is at all time lows and participation is 30%. Making voting easy doesn't make it honest.
and again: so it goes... Good old Kurt Vonnegut, thank you for the phrase that says it all, even in Oregon politics. the incompetence is notable only in the ability of party leaders to ignore it without consequence.
Did you know nonprofits like taxpayer funded Communities of Color (COC) support and advocate for NON-CITIZEN voting? There’s a whole bunch of local Portland area nonprofits that do. COC is not shy about it. It’s on their website. Here is the list of other local nonprofits and individuals that support giving noncitizens the right to vote. Most of these nonprofits receive tax dollars.
ACLU of Oregon
Adelante Mujeres
APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon)
Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice
Coalition of Communities of Color
IRCO (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization)
Good catch...the racialst nonprofits stand to gain because they have the contacts with immigrants (an age-old way that political machines harvest votes) and are probably bundling mail-in ballots for dumps into the drops. This is akin to "street money" on election day in cities with in-person voting--a phenom I've witnessed myself--to herd voters into the polls. You'd be amazed how many folks will sell their votes for a pittance.
And the only agency able to prosecute is...Ellen Rosenblum and the Oregon Department of Justice.
As in....never.
"Elections Division director Molly Woon, formerly deputy director for the Democratic Party of Oregon, told The Oregonian, 'These folks were registered by no fault of their own. They didn’t do anything wrong.' "
There is no Molly Woon in the Oregon State Bar's members' directory, so she was talking through her hat if she was opining on the individuals' criminal culpability for voting as non-citizens. I hope she wasn't reading off of a legal opinion.
Woon set herself up as an easy target. Her position here is yet another example of progressives' double standards for members of historically marginalized groups and the rest of us. Surely that's who Woon imagines were the victims in this debacle. Also, her thinking is characteristic of progressives' lack of respect for the principle of individual accountability under law. When the two factors are operating together, they form a vicious cycle. That was one of the hallmarks of Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt's failed tenure.
The State of Oregon put those 2 people (or more) in criminal legal jeopardy so they can register people to vote without their consent.
All a 'mail in' state needs are names and ballots, unscrupulous actors will take care of the rest. The signature verification process is very loose, verifiers, trained by the SoS office, results in very few signatures rejected by those doing the verification. Once the envelope passes that process it is lost in a sea of other ballots to be tabulated and never be questioned. College campuses are a prime place to find numerous ballots ready to be collected (from the recycle your ballot here receptacle) and placed into the system. For every fraudulent ballot tabulated a legal ballot is cheapened. It's no wonder voter confidence is at all time lows and participation is 30%. Making voting easy doesn't make it honest.
Nice law on illegals voting. Not so nice is finding one prosecutor to do anything about it.
Or finding a judge that won't dismiss the case simply because it wouldn't be popular, JR's.
So Woon feels that the $500K illegal donation and illegals voting are not major election issues?
I’m sure she would prefer they not be.
and again: so it goes... Good old Kurt Vonnegut, thank you for the phrase that says it all, even in Oregon politics. the incompetence is notable only in the ability of party leaders to ignore it without consequence.
Did you know nonprofits like taxpayer funded Communities of Color (COC) support and advocate for NON-CITIZEN voting? There’s a whole bunch of local Portland area nonprofits that do. COC is not shy about it. It’s on their website. Here is the list of other local nonprofits and individuals that support giving noncitizens the right to vote. Most of these nonprofits receive tax dollars.
ACLU of Oregon
Adelante Mujeres
APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon)
Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice
Coalition of Communities of Color
IRCO (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization)
Latino Network
Next Up
Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
Verde
Susheela Jayapal
https://www.coalitioncommunitiescolor.org/multnomah-county-noncitizen-voting
Yeah, and they nearly got a MultCo ballot measure passed in 2022 allowing noncitizens to vote in county elections.
Yep. The power of these radical nonprofits in Portland is immense. And taxpayers fund them. It’s nuts.
Good catch...the racialst nonprofits stand to gain because they have the contacts with immigrants (an age-old way that political machines harvest votes) and are probably bundling mail-in ballots for dumps into the drops. This is akin to "street money" on election day in cities with in-person voting--a phenom I've witnessed myself--to herd voters into the polls. You'd be amazed how many folks will sell their votes for a pittance.
I was raised in Oregon and started my career there, but I left long ago. Never going back.
And the numbers are growing. 1200 and counting.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/09/23/oregon-dmv-mistakenly-allowed-a-total-of-1259-non-citizens-to-be-placed-on-voting-rolls/
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/09/oregon-dmv-mistakenly-registered-more-than-1200-non-citizens-to-vote-complete-audit-finds.html