LOL
I can just hear them "we are here to ask you to support a true hero and candidate for President":
Posted on 10/05/2007 4:19:51 PM PDT by buccaneer81
Immigrant pleads guilty to voter fraud Friday, October 5, 2007 . 12:10 PM By Bruce Cadwallader THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Claudel Gilbert, left, with his attorney, Eric J. Yavitch, in court today. Tom Dodge | Dispatch Claudel Gilbert, left, with his attorney, Eric J. Yavitch, in court today.
A man with two residences who thought he had to vote in two counties last fall pleaded guilty today to two counts of illegal voting.
Claudel Gilbert, 38, a citizen who moved from Haiti in 1994 with his family, said he had an apartment in Franklin County before he bought a house in Licking County in 2006. He registered to vote in both counties.
Boards of elections in both counties sent him voter verification cards, and Gilbert thought his vote would not count unless he voted twice, said defense attorney Eric Yavitch.
An investigation was launched after the Nov. 7, 2006, election when his name showed up on a statewide database of all those who voted, officials said.
He pleaded guilty to voting in Franklin County, where he does not live anymore, and to voting twice — both felonies. He will be able to vote in Licking County next month.
Gilbert works as a COTA bus driver.
Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard A. Frye sentenced Gilbert to probation for one year and fined him $500. He suspended a six-month prison sentence.
“He did not have any illegal intent, but instead was trying to protect what he thought were his property rights,” Yavitch said. “He is embarrassed and humiliated to be standing before an American judge in front of the American flag, admitting to his mistake.”
bcadwallader@dispatch.com
He pleaded guilty to voting in Franklin County, where he does not live anymore, and to voting twice — both felonies. He will be able to vote in Licking County next month.
Felons can vote?
Anyone want to guess which political party he voted for?
You get three guesses, and the first two don't count.
WTHeck?
Depends on the state laws. Some states forbid it, some don’t.
If you're a Democrat, you usually think "why limit it to only TWO?"
This is far more common than ever is admitted, and is very seldom prosecuted OR reported. ACORN personnel make a living conjuring up voters (even levitating the DEAD, cartoon characters, etc.)
They did it in Ohio in 2004, and they will do it in 2008.
I had the pleasure off throwing one of them off my property just prior to the '04 election.
He called me a "white racist cracker." I laughed so hard I nearly fell over.
More proof that border security ranks right up there with the War on Terror and the Supreme Court as the most important issue of 2008.
Yep! Two Felonies will make a Hero with the Demo_rats! Does anyone know if he will be permitted to vote with these two felonies under his belt? Maybe there is hope that Philadelphia won’t have 800,000 dead and/or fictious voters in the next Election, afterall.
LOL
I can just hear them "we are here to ask you to support a true hero and candidate for President":
So why didn't he just vote in the second polling center?
I thought that a new immigrant lost their citizenship when the commit a felony. Are does that only apply to ones that vote the wrong way.
I’m going to start off assuming he made an error, absent malicious or criminal intent.
Not one a lifelong citizen would make, but believable given his age upon arrival, his country of origin, and that he did in fact plead guilty.
If anyone has additional negative information regarding his legal citizenship status and voting experience, I would obviously be interested in hearing it.
Absent facts to the contrary, I would grant him just a little bit of leniency,just as the judge apparently did.
Where’s my tiny wee violin when I need it?
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