Reader Thomas Chiappetti sent us a link to this piece by Mark Belling on the groundwork that the Democrats are laying to commit voter fraud on a massive scale in Wisconsin:

An outfit called the "New Voter Project" claims to be nonpartisan but is being bankrolled and staffed by leftists. The organization is already active in Wisconsin and already involved in trouble. Thousands of "voters" registered by this group in the last few weeks have submitted registration forms without the legally required proof of identification. This has forced village and city clerks all over the region to send out notices asking for the information.

Virtually none of the forms sent out by the local clerks to the shady registrants have been responded to. The only plausible explanation for that is that the "voters" not only aren’t voters but aren’t real people, either.

Here’s the method to the New Voter Project madness. In Wisconsin, you can register to vote at the polls on Election Day. You have to produce identification when you register. But sending in a phony registration in advance puts you on the voter list before the election. Already-registered voters don’t have to show any identification. By putting perhaps thousands of fake names on the voter lists, it will be possible for fraudsters to show up at the polls and simply claim to be the person who was already "registered."

One former employee of the New Voter Project has told me that many staffers simply took names out of the telephone book to fill out their daily quotas. He quit his job in fear there’d be a criminal investigation.

Now, the New Voter Project is turning in thousands of dubious voter registration forms and the organization is run by a woman who has already been linked to election fraud. Bush better get 52 percent of the actual vote in Wisconsin because at least 2 percent of the Kerry vote is going to come from cheaters.

This may be the election in which voter fraud plays such a decisive role that it can no longer be ignored or tolerated. If President Bush doesn't win easily, Democratic fraud will either swing the election to Kerry, or, at a minimum, provide the basis for endless legal challenges to the election's outcome. It has been reported in the mainstream press that the Kerry campaign has already prepared lawsuits in 10 to 15 states, ready to file in the event Kerry loses. Indeed, lawsuits have already been started in some states.

Before long, the issue of election fraud will have to be addressed. The Democrats have consistently blocked efforts at reform, but the reality is that neither the Republican Party nor anyone else has made adequate efforts to assure the integrity of the ballot.

UPDATE: A Wisconsin blogger named Sandi is working on this story. She points out that first-time voters in Wisconsin who registered by mail are supposed to present some kind of documentation to identify themselves before they vote. At the same time, a "voter" who has no identification of any kind can submit a "provisional ballot," which sounds like an invitation to politicized litigation. Sandi writes:

There are thousands of registrations being filed daily, and the Dems are up to no good as usual.

Back in August Kevin Kennedy, executive director of the Wisconsin Elections Board, said he took calls Monday August 30th from irate clerks across the state who are having trouble handling the flood of incomplete applications from the New Voter Project and other groups.

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