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10-09-2012, 06:53 AM | #17 |
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Umm, yeah ... why are people pointing fingers and claiming Republican voter fraud? They (the local Republicans) hired a company to do a legitimate job (sign up unregistered voters), then outed and fired them when they turned in fraudulent voter registration lists. What's the problem?
I agree with Bruce - in my experience working poll booths in a heavily Democratic town (back when I was a registered Republican - now I'm an Independent), all the election officials were Democrats. Fine, except they refused to work within the rules. There was immense hostility to the 2 of us Republican observers even turning up (they hadn't had to cope with our bothersome presence for some years, having run off Repub volunteers previously). I'm not accusing them of voter fraud, but procedures weren't followed and the local judge and inspector of elections didn't care. I think voter fraud is far more common than arrest and conviction stats show. Just like taking office supplies home.
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10-09-2012, 08:51 AM | #18 |
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When I was a Democrat I would show up at the polls and routinely the Republican poll workers couldn't find my name on the rolls, directed me to the wrong district, etc. I changed my registration to Republican and since then I've had no trouble at the polls. Funny that.
I don't really see the point of registering anyway. It's not like the primaries matter. It's bad enough we have a two party system, but the choices within either party are Hobson's choice.
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10-09-2012, 09:12 AM | #19 |
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Heh. Yeah, that's what the Republicans are running around telling everyone..."we discovered and reported it". Bull.
Cheryl Johnson, Lee County's voter registration director, noticed irregularities and asked for an explanation from Strategic Allied Consulting (and actually met with them and a Republican official), who never got back to her with a response. She notified law enforcement. After the media broke the story, the RNC fired SAC and "reported" it to election officials. To top it all off, the founder of SAC, Nathan Sproul, is notorious for having done the EXACT SAME THING back in 2004 (changing registrations, ripping up Democratic registrations, etc). He told the LA Times he was specifically asked by the RNC to create Strategic Allied Consulting in order to distance themselves from his previous actions. Clearly, they knew who and what they were hiring. And why. LA Times I really hate when the truth gets twisted around.
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10-09-2012, 09:32 AM | #20 |
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Fair enough. We all have our experiences with polls and local political parties, and it's not news that political misbehavior gets misreported. Neither party has the corner on it; they both stink enough that I refuse to have anything to do with either anymore.
eta - thanks for the extra info, Stormie. And foot3 - yep, Hobson's choice. As for primaries, don't even get me started. During the time I was registered, the candidate had always been decided on before PA got to vote. There wasn't even the insult of a Hobson's choice.
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10-09-2012, 09:39 AM | #21 |
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Um... I've never run across a report like this about the Bull Moose party, or the The Rent is Too Damn High party. But those Whigs ....
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10-09-2012, 10:33 AM | #22 |
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I agree, Orthodoc. Neither party is without blemish or misbehavior.
But I don't think this excuses whitewashing or manipulating the facts. By either party. I'm an intelligent person, just give the the facts and I'll decide where to go from there.
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10-09-2012, 03:48 PM | #23 |
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Whitewashing the facts? Oh. I thought you said fence.
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10-11-2012, 07:22 AM | #24 |
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Let's mention the hot case in Voter Fraud in Minnesota.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrez...-to-reduce-it/ Democrat Al Franken won his senate seat, by a mere 312 votes, out of 3 million+ votes cast. Now, there are 243 people who have been convicted, or charged with voter fraud in this election. If Al Franken had lost the election, then Obama's health care bill would not have passed. Al Gore lost the Presidential election because he lost the state of Florida. He lost Florida by less than 500 votes. Damn right voter fraud is an important issue! |
10-11-2012, 10:36 AM | #25 | |
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10-11-2012, 07:16 PM | #26 |
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Dear America,
WTF is wrong with you idiots? You let registered members of political parties staff the bloody ballot station and run the sodding election??? That's like leaving John Dillinger in charge of the cash box, or letting Wall Street regulate itself. (... oh, wait...) OK, listen up and take notes. There will be a test. Elections are to be run by the The AEC begins by setting electorate boundaries, keeping them all about the same population, trying to keep them roughly convex in shape, and IGNORING ("let the chips fall where they may") the political interests involved in doing this. The AEC creates the electoral rolls. All adults' names are on a list somewhere, and when you vote, your name gets marked. Afterwards, these are checked to make sure everyone voted once and once only. The AEC is in total control of the ballot station: queuing to vote, name checking, ballot issuing and collecting, security, and counting. All registered political parties (yeah, I know ... both of them) are entitled to have properly accredited observers inside the polling place, during set-up (to check the ballot boxes are empty at the start), all day, and during counting ... but they are not allowed to touch a bloody thing nor approach any voters. If they have concerns, they call one of the officials. Party members are allowed outside the poling place, but not within six metres (twenty of your quaint "feet") of any entrance or window. This is where they display their banners and offer last minute "how to vote for us" cards. Any questions? It's not bloody rocket surgery, people. A high school civics class could have come up with this. Love, Cousin Australia P.S. Say hi to Canada for us, thanks.
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10-11-2012, 07:27 PM | #27 | |
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We did not CHOOSE to have anyone from either party, commit voter fraud. Are the facts not good enough to convince you? |
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10-11-2012, 07:29 PM | #28 |
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*waves hand* Can I come live in Australia? Pretty please?? I've been swept off my feet by the magnificent logic of your electoral practices.
P.S. Thanks, Canada says hi back. Incidentally, Canada's electoral/voting practices are just as messed up as America's. Different details, same result.
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10-11-2012, 07:36 PM | #29 |
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Hey ZenGum,
It's a special American disease I believe. It's either: * We truly believe everybody is pure as the driven snow, and would NEVER think to commit voter fraud. * The dead need to be represented and vote, too! * Zombies are REALLY good at voter fraud, and we're helpless against their cunning, rotting flesh stink, and great make up! * Once is never enough, when it comes to good voting, by golly! * Yeah, we're as dumb as it gets on this - and God alone knows why. Hello, Canada. Glad you caught your Russian spy! |
10-11-2012, 07:44 PM | #30 |
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Z, all State and Federal elections in Oregon are via mail-in ballot.
(County-only measures are usually timed to go out on the same ballot, and are only rarely a stand-alone election... because it's too expensive) Our Secretary of State's office is in charge creating (truthful bill titles and descriptions, and mailing our Voter Information Pamphlet, of mailing ballots to registered voters, receiving marked ballots, checking the ballot envelope signatures against the registered signatures, tracking changes of address, counting the ballots, and certifying the results. There are volunteer "political observers" present at the opening and counting of the mail-in ballots, but the Sec of State employees have primary say over the validity of ballots, unless an issue actually goes to court for a legal decision. Oregon is sort of famous for NOT having voter fraud or dirty politics. Of course, we're keeping all this secret, watching with knowing smiles all the other State continue spending their $ all the crazy battles at each election. |
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