Back in July I wrote concerning the voter fraud that took place during the hotly contested Minnesota Senate race. As more and more time passes we are becoming aware of the extent of the crimes involved, not only in Minnesota but in states all over this great country.

Recently an amateur citizens group in Houston uncovered rampant voter fraud. They determined that "Houston Votes", a voter registration group headed by Steve Caddle, who also works for the SEIU, was engaged in massive voter fraud. Why is it that it is always the amateurs who manage to uncover what the professionals seem so oblivious to? Anyway, among the findings were “that only 1,793 of the 25,000 registrations the group submitted appeared to be valid. The other registrations included one of a woman who registered six times in the same day; registrations of non-citizens; so many applications from one Houston Voters collector in one day that it was deemed to be beyond human capability; and 1,597 registrations that named the same person multiple times, often with different signatures.”

This is nothing new. In the past, both SEIU and ACORN have proved to be the “shock troops” of phony registrations which have led to voter fraud. During the 2008 election, both groups were instrumental in delivering fraudulent registrations and have been charged across the country in connection with fraudulent voting.

Now we have this gem coming in from the Federal Government itself. In October 2008, the National Right to Work Foundation (NRWF), filed a complaint alleging that SEIU violated election law when it required local affiliates to contribute to its political action fund. The union amended it’s constitution that required each local to contribute $6 per member to the international's political action committee. Those locals that didn't comply would be charged the difference between what they owed and what they raised plus, a 50 percent penalty. Locals would then pay the penalties from their general funds to the political action committee. However, these funds are not allowed to be used for political purposes.

A clear cut violation of the law, right?

The Federal Election Commission's general counsel thought so and found the union to be guilty of violating election law when it required the local affiliates to contribute to its political action fund. However, the FEC's full board nonetheless voted to overrule its staff attorney and subsequently dismissed the original complaint. As a result the union has now been allowed to amass a $9 million war chest for the next election. On top of that, they failed to provide the complainant (NRWF) with a detailed finding until well after the time had lapsed to allow for an appeal.

This coming on the heels of Christopher Coates, former voting chief for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, testifying about the dismissal of charges against members of the New Black Panther Party who carried truncheons at a polling place in Philadelphia. Coates testified that the Black Panther case was dismissed “following "pressure" by the NAACP and "anger" at the case within the Justice Department itself.” Coates explained that “That anger was the result of their deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of white voters who have been discriminated against." Mr. Coates is hardly a poster child for the right. Previously he served as counsel to the ACLU.

Just ask yourself these rhetorical questions:

Which political party generally benefits from Voter Fraud?

Which political party has worked to prevent Voter ID Law?

Which political party has close ties to both SEIU and ACORN?

Not sure if this qualifies as “Change that Matters.” Sounds more like politics as usual to me.

This is not an indictment of any one political party, this is an indictment of the political system which believes that the right to free and honest elections is secondary to the interests of those with enough money or power to alter them.