Tea Party Vow to Deter Voter Fraud Is Called Scare Tactic

Members of the Tea Party are accusing citizens of casting fraudulent votes around the country. These accusations have been going on for years now, and even though most have been proved false the accusations still occur. The goal for some Tea Party members is to now question voter registration applications, and then question individual voters who they believe may be ineligible. The group is also pushing to set up "surveillance squads " and other measures to ensure the eligibility of voters. This idea by the the Tea Party is extremely controversial and in many ways counter productive. Voting numbers are declining and the last thing voters want to have when they go vote is someone who is interrogating them about their voter eligibility. It also should be mentioned that voter fraud is not a overly large problem in the more modern day United States. For the "swing states" it is imperative that the votes are collected and counted correctly, but questioning the eligibility of voters should not be the main priority. The United States needs to find a way in which to get more Americans to cast their vote, and the Tea Party is trying to find ways to decrease the amount of people voting.

Tim McEniff
www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/us/politics/27fraud.html?pagewanted=2&hp