Raunerian ethics and voter fraud. Here and in North Carolina.

Moral Monday protests in North Carolina.

Man. Did I catch it when I accused Republican candidate for the 17th Illinois House District of voter fraud. She is running against Democrat Laura Fine.

The Sun-Times had reported that Kathy Myalls was registered to vote for many years in Illinois and in Wisconsin, where she has a second home in Fontana.

Although you can only have one primary residence for the purpose of voter registration, Kathy will pick one home or the other as her primary residence to fit her political desires.

“‘In violation of the intent of the law.’ Go home. You’re drunk!” wrote one reader.

“I am home. Not drunk. Yet,” I responded.

I knew I was home because I know where my home is.

I only have one home. 

I am part of a large section of the American working class that is second-homeless.

That’s not to say I don’t have friends who have second homes. They’re not rich by any stretch. Mostly very nice and modest places. They invite us to visit. Sometimes we get to stay.

Some Myalls’ defenders excused this scamming of the electoral system by pointing out although she was registered in two states – claiming two primary residences depending on whether she wanted to vote for Scott Walker or not – she wasn’t voting in the same election in two states.

That made it legal.

Of course, we don’t know if she voted twice in the same election. There is no national data base that cross checks such things.

This is perfect  example of Raunerian Ethics.

One man, one vote has been replaced by many houses, many votes. A privilege of the wealthy.

Raunerian Ethics are those that tip-toe on the edge of the law. It’s the ethics of fudge a little but don’t get caught.

Take the issue of primary residence. Bruce Rauner has nine homes (the last time I counted). His primary residence was on the north shore.

Until he wanted to get his kid clouted into CPS’ selective admission Walter Payton. So he bought a condo in the City.

Voila!

Who knows in how many places Bruce is registered to vote. Maybe nine. But who checks?

In North Carolina Republican voter fraud has taken a different, and even more anti-democratic form.

A few days ago, the Koch money-backed advocacy group, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) mailed out incorrect voter registration information to hundreds of citizens in North Carolina.

Despite hundreds of complaints from North Carolina voters who received misleading official-looking voter registration forms, the North Carolina State Board of Elections has not yet investigated this attempt at voter suppression. According to the board’s public information officer, misinformation about voter registration can be a felony if it is intentionally misleading and is proven to suppress voters.

These forms (from the conservative group Americans for Prosperity) misled voters about the deadline for registration and the address to which the forms should be mailed, both of which could result in people thinking they had registered to vote when they had not.

You can sign a petition here asking the North Carolina Board of Elections to investigate AFP’s attempts at voter fraud.

In the 17th District race in Illinois you can send Kathy Myalls a message by making sure she fails at her attempt to circumvent residency requirements for voting.