do I really have to say it???
Posted on 10/14/2011 11:49:16 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
SOUTH BEND - Minus suspected fakes, then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama likely fell short of the number of signatures needed to appear on the 2008 Indiana primary ballot, and it's possible his opponent, Hillary Clinton, did as well, according to information obtained by The Tribune as part of an investigation into suspected ballot petition fraud.
Trent Deckard, Democratic co-director of the state Election Division, in an e-mail Thursday told The Tribune Obama's 2008 petition for primary ballot placement in the state contained just 534 certified signatures in the 2nd Congressional District. Clinton's petition contained 704 certified signatures, he said.
Presidential candidates must collect at least 500 signatures in each of the state's nine congressional districts to appear on the statewide primary ballot in Indiana.
As reported Sunday, The Tribune, in conjunction with Howey Politics Indiana, has uncovered scores of fake signatures on both the Obama and Clinton petitions in the 2nd Congressional District and specifically St. Joseph County. ~ snip ~
Responding to the ballot question, state Republican Party Chair Eric Holcomb said in a statement Thursday: "I've consistently said Barack Obama earned his narrow victory in Indiana. If these new allegations are true, that's no longer the case. He wouldn't have visited the state 48 times and aired countless commercials because he wouldn't have even been on the primary ballot."
Holcomb, who has called on the Department of Justice to investigate the Clinton and Obama petitions, also responded to a report that the suspected fake Obama petition pages passed through the county voter registration office on days when the Republican member of the office was out.
"The evidence currently suggests this was clearly not a clerical error or simple oversight," Holcomb said. "Multiple crimes have been committed in a brazen violation of the public trust against the people of Indiana and our electoral process."
Will the people of Indiana remember this and get even on November 6, 2012?
Lake yes; and Marion voted 105% in certain precincts. Perfect Storm, and it won’t happen again in another 30 years. Enjoyed your story!
Bigger question. Why are they admitting or even aDdressing this now? Preemptive strike at the fraud being made known?
No. The Dems have been doing this for decades up here in MN. You don't think we actually voted FOR Mondale/Ferraro do you?
Bump
This is going nowhere.
I suspect the RATS have hundreds of people working a lot of hours to plan the voter fraud for 2012.
From your keyboard to God’s ear.
do I really have to say it???
Going NO WHERE ! Bingo. Real cops, investigators would have presented lots of proof, and arrest would have taken place by now.
Going NO WHERE ! Bingo. Real cops, investigators would have presented lots of proof, and arrest would have taken place by now.
Going nowhere because Holder will not allow it. Just like he didn’t allow prosecution of the New Black Panthers.
How did an Indonesian school kid living with his grandmother in Hawaii end up with a social security card issued in Connecticut?
The word “brazen” seems perfect.
Indiana’s SOS at the time, Todd Rokita, did such a good job ensuring honest elections and legal candidates, that we made him a congressman.
'Brazen', yet acceptable in America 2012.
If THE AMERICAN PEOPLE don't care, they deserve whatever they get.
People get--and deserve--the kind of government they demand.
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