GOP FRAUD

In several battleground states across the country, a consulting firm funded by the Republican National Committee has been accused of deceiving would-be voters and destroying Democratic voter registration cards.Sproul declined to name the states in which his company conducted registration drives. His political consulting firm was founded last year and has received nearly $500,000 from the RNC since July, according to federal election records.Former canvassers such as Banse have come forward in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Oregon in the past two weeks alleging they were told to register only Republicans and to ``walk away'' from people who said they intended to vote for Democrat John Kerry.It is illegal to tamper with voter registration cards, which are numbered and issued by local election officials. In some states, including Oregon, such acts are felonies.

So, on one hand, you've got a massive campaign of voter fraud perpatrated by a multi-state organization taking money directly from the GOP.

By the way, since when are the NAACP and ACORN not large, multi-state organizations ?

why shouldn't every single person in the US be allowed to vote?

Aside from the fact that it's unconstitutional and illegal ?

The NVRA requires state agencies to register citizens to vote when they get drivers' licenses (hence "motor voter"), Food Stamps, Medicaid, AFDC and WIC as well as at agencies that provide services to people with disabilities.Although the NVRA has proven to be a great opportunity to expand political participation, some politicians still see it simply as a threat. The lines have been drawn for a partisan battle.Elected officials across the board fear changing the composition of the electorate that put them in office, but the attacks on motor voter have come almost exclusively from members of the Republican party. Many Republicans fear that new registrants will tend to vote Democratic. Some NVRA opponents have introduced bills to repeal the NVRA outright, others have refused to implement the NVRA in their states, and still others created plans to implement the law in minimal, ineffective ways.
On the first day of the 104th Congress, four Republicans introduced bills that would block implementation of motor voter: Sen. Coverdell (GA) introduced S. 91 to block implementation unless Federal funds are made available; Rep. Livingston (LA) and Manzullo (IL), each introduced separate bills (H.R. 60 and H.R. 326) to make the NVRA "voluntary;" and Rep. Stump (AZ) introduced H.R. 370 to repeal the NVRA. Rep. Linder (GA) later introduced H.R. 736, companion legislation to the Coverdell bill, and Sen. McConnell (KY) later introduced S. 218, another repeal effort.