Ohio GOP Pre-Challenges 35,000 Voters

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 10/22/04 | Erin Brezsnyak

[kattracks]

(CNSNews.com) - The Ohio Republican Party officially filed challenges Friday to approximately 35,000 registrants in 65 counties where voter fraud is believed to have taken place.

The state's Republican Party is pre-challenging these registrants' right to vote in the 2004 presidential election because mail to the new registrants was returned as undeliverable by U.S. Postal Service authorities.

"Our goal in filing these pre-election challenges is to protect the integrity of Ohio's electoral process," said Bob Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. "We want to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised by fraud in this election. This is an effort to clarify questionable registrations in advance so they don't become an issue on Election Day."

Earlier in the week, Bennett was joined by Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie at a news conference where he showed thousands of pieces of undeliverable mail to newly registered voters. Concern was raised when the rate of return was at an unprecedented higher rate than in the past.

At the previous news conference, Bennett cited that the normal rate of return on new registrations in less than 1 percent. However, this year the rate of return has ranged from 2 percent to 11 percent in Ohio counties.

Bennett also called on the Democratic Party to help in ensuring a fair and honest election this November, instead of making outrageous claims that the Republican Party is trying to suppress voters.

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[BenLurkin]

GOOD!

[Mo1]

35,000 huh ... Those 527's and college student sure were busy

[conservativepoet]

Way to go GOP!!!!!!

[StJacques]

This is frightening.

After we win this election we are going to have to undertake a major effort to control voter fraud in the next congressional session.

And I guess I'm wasting my time asking why the media isn't making a bigger deal out of this. It's okay to steal an election if you're a Democrat, that is the rule isn't it?

[Woogit]

Finally...The GOP starts acting like an elephant instead of a mouse and kicking some donkey a**!!

[JesseJane]

YESSSSSSS!! NO MORE GIRLY MAN RESPONSES...STRONG ANGRY LETTERS WONT CUT IT, PRE-EMTION HAS ARRIVED.....

[Socratic]

"...ensure that voters are not disenfranchised by fraud..."

This is a good line and should be used repeatedly to combat the criminal element.

[kattracks]

It's okay to steal an election if you're a Democrat, that is the rule isn't it?

The Dims, and the world's sleazy dictators have yet another thing in common.

[YaYa123]

I hope Ohio is just the first pre=election day challenge the Republicans mount. We know this has been going on, a story the MSM is hiding.

[KB4W]

is it me, or would this voter fraud mess all be taken care of if you just had to show your dam photo ID when you went to vote? just a thought.

[rawcatslyentist]

35,000... how many Kilos of Crack is that? JoKe being the tough guy prosecutor should know, if not his Master/Boozehag wife will.

Shut down the Alphabet Channels (ABJazerra & Her Sister Stations)!
Vote with your Remote!

But, I Have A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes

I have my view, and my view is my view. I can't tell you in 20 years or whenever, if someone made a persuasive argument, the world changes. ... So I don't predict the future. What I tell you is that my position is what it is." --John Kerry

[Principled]

I hope there is a stiff penalty for attempting vote fraud... anyone know the penalty if there even is a penalty?

[jwalsh07]

They are on the case. Great!

[Luircin]

Up to five years, as far as I know.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

YeeeHaaah! The GOP has launched the first strike against George Soros and his ACT campaign. I Love It!

[Principled]

Thanks.

I want the cheaters to know what they'll face. I become very angry when a privilege so many died for is abused.

[GatorGirl]

You'd think that requiring identification to vote would be a no-brainer. At least Florida requires photo ID, unless you don't have it, then you have to sign an affidavit.

And absentee ballots should be notarized.

[Two Dawgs]

I am listening to John Bachelor on WMAL radio and he just had someone on who seemed fairly reasonable ...didn't catch his name. They were talking about the electoral college and he said he thought Bush knew he was losing in Ohio because of the economy.

Any thoughts?

This makes me sick.....sick....sick!

[rawcatslyentist]

I hope there is a stiff penalty for attempting vote fraud... anyone know the penalty if there even is a penalty?

The PENALtie is nightly doses of Viagra and Marriage to Tuuuuuhhhhrazeuuuuhhh

Shut down the Alphabet Channels (ABJazerra & Her Sister Stations)!
Vote with your Remote!

But, I Have A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes

I have my view, and my view is my view. I can't tell you in 20 years or whenever, if someone made a persuasive argument, the world changes. ... So I don't predict the future. What I tell you is that my position is what it is." --John Kerry

[westmichman]

Now, if we can get the GOP off their butts in Floriduh we may get somewhere.

[MWS]

All I know is that the Democrats are going to accuse us of trying to suppress the vote when we defend ourselves like this...

This is going to be a very messy election. We must stay firm.

[Socratic]

"We know this has been going on, a story the MSM is hiding."

Or trying to spin. I live in Ohio and one explanation being given for the new added voters causing an area's population to be greater than the census states, is that people are kept on the voter rolls long after they move. In other words, it's just an accounting artifact. There REALLY is NO fraud going on!

[JesseJane]

Some people's ID in Florida's is a rock.

[JesseJane]

Juuuuuuust kidding... :)

[rampage8]

Finally!! A preemptive war in on the DNC... love it!

[raptor29]

"All I know is that the Democrats are going to accuse us of trying to suppress the vote when we defend ourselves like this....."

Who the f$#k cares what they think or say? I am so tired of our actions and responses being influenced by what these anti-American a$$&oles say. Screw them. It's all about results right now.

[airborne]

Looks like we have better lawyers!

[sheikdetailfeather]

YES!!!! (Dancing in the living room!)

[westmichman]

And I would like to sell them a piece of the bridge over Lake Erie/

[Bosco]

The GOP does have some pretty good lawyers, and plenty in reserve. They just don't flash them around like the Dems do.

[GatorGirl]

sorry, you lost me?????

[Mia T]

It's hard to argue that systematic, massive election fraud is an aberration.
How about JAIL TIME for the leftist bums?
Flip the slobs doing the dirty work to get the engineers of this grave threat to our democracy.
As Peggy Noonan said the other day, election fraud is treason.

[newzjunkey]

Whoa! Someone woke up! It's about time! Get out the vote so the Dems can't STEAL this election.

[conservativepoet]

Now, I expect the Texan named Bush to take it to the outlaws. This state ain't big enough for the both of 'em.


I believe Bush has learned his lesson about reaching out to Washington Democrats, they bite.

[Socratic]

"...piece of the bridge over Lake Erie"

LOL

[Radix]

"...mail to the new registrants was returned as undeliverable by U.S. Postal Service authorities."

New registrants?

One might ordinarily surmise that new registrants would have valid mailing addresses. There is a serious war going on here, and the enemy seems to be without honor.

[westmichman]

You nailed it!! I could never understand why he tried to get along with the demokooks in Washington, guess he had better luck in Texas. If you take a cold snake into your bosom it will soon warm up and bite as you said.

[Radix]

"...this voter fraud mess all be taken care of if you just had to show your dam photo ID when you went to vote?

The Democrats would then never win another seat in the House, Senate, or elsewhere.

[Bush gal in LA]

35,000??!!! Hope weve got some good lawyers packing for Florida as we speak!

[airborne]

VOTE PRO-CHOICE. IT"S YOUR RIGHT.

SEE YOU SOON!

[AndyJackson]

The state's Republican Party is pre-challenging these registrants' right to vote .. because mail to the new registrants was returned as undeliverable.

Why don't I believe this story? No self-respecting Republican would do something like this. Republican officials just roll. We all know that.

[westmichman]

"Some peoples ID in Fla. is a rock"
How bout "a crock"

[Miss Marple]

And, as we all learned long ago in "Miracle on 34th Street," the delivery of mail by the US Postal Service (as an arm of the US Government) certifies that someone is who he says he is.

And when it CAN'T be delivered, then that person is not at that residence and does not exist! Voila!

[MWS]

Unfortunately, those anti-American assholes make up a good portion of the population, and are most likely looking for ways to stir up violence after the election...

I'm not saying that we shouldn't do the right thing. But I am saying that we ought to prepare ourselves for what will be the result... we are most likely entering very scary times.

[KB4W]

The Democrats would then never win another seat in the House, Senate, or elsewhere.

ahhh...that'll be the day

[JesseJane]

:)... that works too!!!!

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

...you just had to show your dam photo ID when you went to vote...

I'd say photo ID and Social Security number. Then simply see that the same SS number never voted twice. I would think that this would be pretty easy...

[livius]

In other words, it's just an accounting artifact.

I believe there's a formula for sorting out the percentage of people who move every year, change their names, etc. And from what I have seen, it does not give a result anywhere near as large as this.

[KB4W]

You'd think that requiring identification to vote would be a no-brainer. At least Florida requires photo ID, unless you don't have it, then you have to sign an affidavit. And absentee ballots should be notarized.

sign an affidavit?!? polling stations are relatively close to where you live...GO HOME AND GET IT! how do people get to polling stations? drive? without your license? I know I don't leave the house without my wallet/license...you can get in alot of trouble if you get pulled over and don't have your license with you. rant off