Vote Fraud, Intimidation & Suppression In The 2004 Presidential Election(MUST READ!)

American Center for Voting Rights ^ | July 2005 | Mark F. “Thor” Hearne

[kellynla]

The American Center for Voting Rights Legislative Fund (“ACVR Legislative Fund”) is proud to present the following report as the most comprehensive and authoritative review of the facts surrounding allegations of vote fraud, intimidation and suppression made during the 2004 presidential election. Using court records, police reports and news articles, ACVR Legislative Fund presents this “after action report” which documents hundreds of incidents and allegations from around the country, notes whether a factual basis for the charge exists and assesses what actions, if any, were taken by the responsible party, law enforcement or the courts. Most importantly, ACVR Legislative Fund makes eight key recommendations that, if implemented, will secure the American election system so that all voters will have the ability to participate free of intimidation and harassment and no legitimate voter will be disenfranchised by an illegal vote. These recommendations also call for accountability for the political parties and activist groups engaged in the political process by holding them responsible for the actions of their operatives seeking to cast illegal votes or to intimidate or harass voters.

ACVR Legislative Fund found that thousands of Americans were disenfranchised by illegal votes cast on Election Day 2004. For every illegal vote cast and counted on Election Day, a legitimate voter is disenfranchised. This report documents a coordinated effort by members of some organizations to rig the election system through voter registration fraud, the first step in any vote fraud scheme that corrupts the election process by burying local officials in fraudulent and suspicious registration forms.

ACVR Legislative Fund further found that, despite their heated rhetoric, paid Democrat operatives were far more involved in voter intimidation and suppression activities than were their Republican counterparts during the 2004 presidential election.

[pollyannaish]

I'll do my best!

[drjimmy]

The lefty blogs are decrying this as a GOP front group but additional research has contracdicted this claim.

Not exactly. For what it's worth, the general counsel for this organization (Thor Hearne) was also the general counsel for the Bush/Cheney 2004 campaign, and the chairman of the board (Brian Lunde) was national executive director of Democrats for Bush. Lunde is the only Democrat named as making the organization bipartisan. This could explain why some are taking the report with a grain of salt.

[Buggman]

Bump for later. Good stuff.

[traderrob6]

"Brian A. Lunde (1976) served as national field director for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign, as executive director of the Kentucky Democratic Party and as executive director for the Democratic National Committee before becoming a partner in Lunde & Burger, a political consulting and government relations firm in McLean, Va."

Lunde's only campaign contribution in the past four years went to Congressman Mike Ross (D-AR).

[hoosiermama]

Added "repository" to key words... You'll find several articles if you type it into keyword search.

[mmercier]

>> On Election Day, The Columbus Dispatch reported that hundreds of Columbus voters received directions to the wrong polling places after Kerry campaign canvassers “mixed up the precincts in several Columbus neighborhoods.

What up wit this...?

The rats need to give directions to the polls for their constituency...?

No wonder they loose. To bad they can't give out free Marlboro's at the poling location anymore, then they would not need to give directions.

This report will be ignored by the msm.

Good post BTW.

[hoosiermama]

FYI

Rush read part of this today and pointed out the number of blue/red states involved....IMO He needs a Paul Harvey "rest of the story" moment.

[Kluster]

ACVR Legislative Fund just spent a crapload of money and time just so I could say:

"Duh, I coulda told ya that fer free".

[drjimmy]

All that is true. However, Captains Quarters left out the fact that Lunde was also the executive director of Democrats for Bush. It does not serve our side well if we do not know that information, since surely the other side will.

[Graymatter]

Great article! The report barely scratches the surface for my state, PA. Here's a sampling of the PA election irregularities from http://www.ac4vr.com/reports/072005/pennsylvania.html

"The location of polling places in Philadelphia also became an issue as Election Day 2004 approached. In October, Republican ward leaders challenged the location of 63 polling places, which included local bars, unsafe abandoned buildings, a private home decorated with a Kerry sign in the window..."

LOL, that's REALLY pushing the envelope! Vote at a private home with a Kerry-Edwards sign in the window!

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[traderrob6]

Indeed

[jimfree]

Unfortunately, I think the interview jsut ended. Medved's big point was that the MSM is ignoring it...

Yes, but it is in the can and ready to re-release when the dems start lying about past voter disenfranchisement in during the '06 and '08 campaigns.

[kellynla]

Definitely a bookmark.

Surprised that more haven't hit the thread.

[Robert A Cook PE]

OK, so it's have been associated with repubbies in the past.

Does that make ANY of the organization's INFORMATION or CONCLUSIONS incorrect or misleading?

[TASMANIANRED]

Cottage cheese for votes...
Dims used to give away cigs and whiskey.