Political Quotes

“this news release will give a small idea of some of the work that has been done by law enforcement officials. I also point out the Missouri secretary of state reviewed 1,300 judge-ordered registrations on election day in Missouri. Of those 1,300, 97 percent of them were illegal. We have set up a provisional voting system that allows the election authorities, if somebody is not registered and believes they are registered, to cast a provisional vote. This provisional voting system should help those who are legitimate voters who registered where the election authority messed up. It will help make sure their votes are counted. Those who try to vote without being properly registered will be discovered and their vote will not be counted; it will not be placed in the ballot box. For those who say vote fraud does not occur, the April 4, 2002, Houston Chronicle headline reads: ``2,000 Voted Illegally in City Polling'': More than 2,000 people voted illegally in the local November elections in the Houston mayoral runoff in December, including 712 who cast ballots in city races and don't live in the city. . . . There could be a major impact in close elections. That is my point. We want to make sure the system works for those who have difficulty getting registered and those who have voted in the past have an opportunity to vote and those who have voted once do not try to vote twice.”