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Justice Department to monitor South Carolina 1 congressional election Sanford v Colbert-Busch
Reuters ^ | May 6, 2013 | Ian Simpson and Harriet McLeod

Posted on 05/06/2013 11:03:17 PM PDT by Steelers6

Reuters) - The Justice Department will monitor voting in Charleston County, South Carolina, in Tuesday's special election to fill a House of Representatives seat, the department said on Monday.

Former South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford is facing Democratic newcomer Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of television political satirist Stephen Colbert, in the First District House race.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: election; elizabethbusch; marksanford; monitoring; sanfordcolbert; southcarolina; stephencolbert; tuesday
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To: Steelers6

Who monitors the Justice Department monitors?


21 posted on 05/07/2013 3:51:54 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: saganite

No, he is actually up by 1 to 3 points.


22 posted on 05/07/2013 4:19:56 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Steelers6

Really? And when are they going to monitor ANY election in Philly?


23 posted on 05/07/2013 4:25:57 AM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: Steelers6

What team of idiots decided Sanford would be a good candidate for this race? Is there a good reason someone electable was not chosen?


24 posted on 05/07/2013 4:36:20 AM PDT by soycd
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To: Steelers6

This is a political eyesore, no matter who ends up winning, unless Coons can win as a write-in.


25 posted on 05/07/2013 4:43:47 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: Steelers6

Justice Department to monitor South Carolina 1
congressional election Sanford v Colbert-Busch

This means democratic sections will get carte blanche with no checks of illegal voters, while pubbie districts will get the full court press. One shouldn’t be surprised to see armed Black Panthers at pubbie polling places.


26 posted on 05/07/2013 4:48:56 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: saganite

“Sanford is behind 10 points in polls. There’s nothing to be fixed. He’s toast.” Well no, actually he has surged to a +1 as per PPP.


27 posted on 05/07/2013 4:49:30 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Steelers6

Just voted - two observations:
1. The voting seemed heavier than I expected. 2. There was not a single black in the voting area. Generally, one would expect to see 15 to 20% blacks.


28 posted on 05/07/2013 5:01:39 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Steelers6

This just means doj will help stuff the ballot box


29 posted on 05/07/2013 5:17:07 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: soycd

Sanford by 5 points minimum. The primary voters, Repubs, picked Sanford. You got a problem with that?


30 posted on 05/07/2013 5:23:45 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: iopscusa

I have a problem with the democrat being anywhere near winning over a Republican in a heavily GOP district. This thing should not even be close.


31 posted on 05/07/2013 5:41:07 AM PDT by soycd
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To: Steelers6

We aneed cameras at polling places to get the faces of people getting off buses and vans.


32 posted on 05/07/2013 5:53:46 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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To: Steelers6

“monitor” = Protect liberal vote fraud...


33 posted on 05/07/2013 6:03:44 AM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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To: soycd

So you want one of the no-name candidates that lost to Sanford in the primary to run against Colbert’s sister and their unlimited campaign $$s? Sounds like one of Rove’s sure fire losing props.


34 posted on 05/07/2013 6:20:58 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: iopscusa
The primary voters, Repubs, picked Sanford.

I'm not sure you can say that in an open primary state. That is one thing we really need to fix.

35 posted on 05/07/2013 7:13:33 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Steelers6

They want to make sure no one witnesses the voter fraud.


36 posted on 05/07/2013 7:17:02 AM PDT by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: iopscusa

An improvement would be anybody with a clean, conservative record to waltz into the position. In a GOP stronghold district, this tax sucking democrat nimrod should not even be close.


37 posted on 05/07/2013 7:49:07 AM PDT by soycd
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