Socialist Students "illegally" helping Wellstone

drudge ^ | 10/16/02

[pollwatcher]

"Send A Student To Minnesota! DSA’s national electoral project this year is the Minnesota Senate Election. Together with YDS, DSA’s Youth Section, we are mobilizing to bring young people to Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the few states that allow same day voter registration. We will therefore focus our energy on registering young Minnesotans. Wellstone will need a high percentage of young people to register and vote for him if he is to stave off the campaign that Bush, the Republicans and the Greens are waging against him. He is the Right’s Number One electoral target.

Because we are focusing on issue-based voter registration, this electoral work can be supported by tax-deductible contributions. The DSA FUND is soliciting tax-deductible contributions to support this project...."

[terilyn]

Excellent questions! Send them to Mary Kiffmeyer and to AM1500 morning show, Joe & Jason. They've been all over this all day.

If we let up on it now they'll drop it. I'm sick of playing nice.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

What these "newsies" don't seem to "get" is the fact that the DSA is directly affiliated with the PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS of the CONGRESS of the USA.

officers
Member/Position/District	Address	Phone	Website
Peter DeFazio (OFFICER, OREGON-04)	2134 RHOB	225-6416	WEBSITE
Dennis Kucinich (Chairman) (CHAIR, OHIO-10)	1730 LHOB	225-5871	WEBSITE
Barbara Lee (Vice Chair) (OFFICER, CALIFORNIA-09)	426 CHOB	225-2661	WEBSITE
Cynthia McKinney (OFFICER, GEORGIA-04)	124 CHOB	225-1605	WEBSITE
Major Owens (OFFICER, NEW YORK-11)	2309 RHOB	225-6231	WEBSITE
Bernie Sanders (OFFICER, VERMONT)	2135 RHOB	225-4115	WEBSITE
Paul Wellstone (OFFICER, MINNESOTA)	136 HSOB	224-5641	WEBSITE

members
Member/Position/District	Address	Phone	Website
Neil Abercrombie (MEMBER, HAWAII-01)	1502 LHOB	225-2726	WEBSITE
Tammy Baldwin (MEMBER, WISCONSIN-02)	1022 LHOB	225-2906	WEBSITE
Xavier Becerra (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-30)	1119 LHOB	225-6235	WEBSITE
David Bonior (MEMBER, MICHIGAN-10)	2207 RHOB	225-2106	WEBSITE
Corrine Brown (MEMBER, FLORIDA-03)	2444 RHOB	225-0123	WEBSITE
Sherrod Brown (MEMBER, OHIO-13)	2438 RHOB	225-3401	WEBSITE
Michael Capuano (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-08)	1232 LHOB	225-5111	WEBSITE
Julia Carson (MEMBER, INDIANA-10)	1339 LHOB	225-4011	WEBSITE
William "Lacy" Clay (MEMBER, MISSOURI-01)	415 CHOB	225-2406	WEBSITE
John Conyers (MEMBER, MICHIGAN-14)	2426 RHOB	225-5126	WEBSITE
Danny Davis (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-07)	1222 LHOB	225-5006	WEBSITE
Rosa DeLauro (MEMBER, CONNECTICUT-03)	2262 RHOB	225-3661	WEBSITE
Lane Evans (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-17)	2211 RHOB	225-5905	WEBSITE
Eni Faleomavaega (MEMBER, AMERICAN SAMOA)	2422 RHOB	225-8577	WEBSITE
Sam Farr (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-17)	1221 LHOB	225-2861	WEBSITE
Chaka Fattah (MEMBER, PENNSYLVANIA-02)	1205 LHOB	225-4001	WEBSITE
Bob Filner (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-50)	2463 RHOB	225-8045	WEBSITE
Barney Frank (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-04)	2252 RHOB	225-5931	WEBSITE
Luis Gutierrez (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-04)	2452 RHOB	225-8203	WEBSITE
Earl Hilliard (MEMBER, ALABAMA-07)	1314 LHOB	225-2665	WEBSITE
Maurice Hinchey (MEMBER, NEW YORK-26)	2431 RHOB	225-6335	WEBSITE
Jesse Jackson, Jr (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-02)	313 CHOB	225-0773
Sheila Jackson-Lee (MEMBER, TEXAS-18)	403 CHOB	225-3816	WEBSITE
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (MEMBER, OHIO-11)	1516 LHOB	225-7032	WEBSITE
Marcy Kaptur (MEMBER, OHIO-09)	2366 RHOB	225-4146	WEBSITE
Tom Lantos (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-12)	2217 RHOB	225-3531	WEBSITE
John Lewis (MEMBER, GEORGIA-05)	343 CHOB	225-3801	WEBSITE
Jim McDermott (MEMBER, WASHINGTON-07)	1035 LHOB	225-3106	WEBSITE
James P. McGovern (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-03)	430 CHOB	225-6101	WEBSITE
Carrie Meek (MEMBER, FLORIDA-17)	2433 RHOB	225-4506	WEBSITE
George Miller (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-07)	2205 RHOB	225-2095	WEBSITE
Patsy Mink (MEMBER, HAWAII-02)	2210 RHOB	225-4906	WEBSITE
Jerry Nadler (MEMBER, NEW YORK-08)	2334 RHOB	225-5635	WEBSITE
Eleanor Holmes Norton (MEMBER, D.C.)	2136 RHOB	225-8050	WEBSITE
John Olver (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-01)	1027 LHOB	225-5335	WEBSITE
Ed Pastor (MEMBER, ARIZONA-02)	2465 RHOB	225-4065	WEBSITE
Donald Payne (MEMBER, NEW JERSEY-10)	2209 RHOB	225-3436	WEBSITE
Nancy Pelosi (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-08)	2457 RHOB	225-4965	WEBSITE
Bobby Rush (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-01)	2416 RHOB	225-4372	WEBSITE
Jan Schakowsky (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-09)	515 CHOB	225-2111	WEBSITE
Jose Serrano (MEMBER, NEW YORK-16)	2342 RHOB	225-4361	WEBSITE
Hilda Solis (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-31)	1641 LHOB	225-5464	WEBSITE
Pete Stark (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-13)	239 CHOB	225-5065	WEBSITE
Bennie Thompson (MEMBER, MISSISSIPPI-02)	2432 RHOB	225-5876	WEBSITE
John Tierney (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-06)	120 CHOB	225-8020	WEBSITE
Tom Udall (MEMBER, NEW MEXICO-03)	502 CHOB	225-6190	WEBSITE
Nydia Velazquez (MEMBER, NEW YORK-12)	2241 RHOB	225-2361	WEBSITE
Maxine Waters (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-35)	2344 RHOB	225-2201	WEBSITE
Diane Watson (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-32)	2413 RHOB	225-7084	WEBSITE
Mel Watt (MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA-12)	2236 RHOB	225-1510	WEBSITE
Henry Waxman (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-29)	2204 RHOB	225-3976	WEBSITE
Lynn Woolsey (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-06)	2263 RHOB	225-5161	WEBSITE

Congressional Progressive Caucus

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/politics/4285132.htm

VOTE 2002: Taxpayers League says group backs voter fraud
BY TOM WEBB
Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON — It's all in how you interpret the words: Is it a little campaign help or "one of the most transparent attempts to steal an election since the Daley machine ran Chicago politics"?

The national director of the Democratic Socialists of America says a press release about the group sending as many as two dozen young people to Minnesota this month to help the campaign of Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., has been misinterpreted.

The group says it intends to register young Minnesotans to vote, and to get them involved in the political process. Here's how it describes the Minnesota project on its Web site at www.dsausa.org/dsa.html:

"…We are mobilizing to bring young people to Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the few states that allow same-day voter registration. We will therefore focus our energy on registering young people. Wellstone will need a high percentage of young people to register and vote for him…"

But to the Taxpayer's League of Minnesota, those words suggest possible voter fraud. The league lashed out Monday at what it interpreted as an effort to import non-Minnesota students to falsely register as Minnesota voters. A league statement called it "one of the most transparent attempts to steal an election since the Daley machine ran Chicago politics."

"That's pretty ludicrous," replied Frank Llewellyn, national director of the Democratic Socialists of America. "We don't do illegal things. … We're not asking people from outside Minnesota to move to Minnesota, change their registration and vote. We're encouraging people who already live in Minnesota to register and vote."

Llewellyn said he wrote the Web site blurb, and scoffed at the Taxpayers League interpretation of a voter-registration effort. "I'm not used to having people deconstruct every word for the worst possible interpretation," he said.

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Tom Webb can be reached at twebb@krwashington.com or (202) 383-6049.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Hey - check this one out. I figured the above-quoted articles kept mentioning the "Taxpayers League" so I thought I'd go to their website to see what they had to say, and sure enough, look what turned up:

http://www.taxpayersleague.org/issues/pr_display.php?rid=44

Democratic Socialists of America Plan to Steal the Minnesota Senate Election

“Send a Student to Minnesota” Program a transparent attempt to import voters to Minnesota

Author: David Strom
October 14, 2002

763-249-5952
651-503-7443

PLYMOUTH—A visit to the website of the Democratic Socialists of America (www.dsausa.org) will treat you to one of the most transparent attempts to steal an election since the Daley machine ran Chicago politics.

A popup ad on the site invites visitors to contribute to the “send a student to Minnesota” program—the DSA’s “national electoral project” for the year. The program is intended to “bring young people to Minnesota” because “Minnesota is one of the few states that allow same day voter registration.” Wellstone, the Democratic Socialists explain, “will need a high percentage of young people to register and vote for him if he is to stave off the campaign that Bush, the Republicans and the Greens are waging against him.”

“I have heard of dead people voting in elections,” quipped David Strom, “but at least they were residents of the state in which they voted!” Strom is the Legislative Director of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota.

The “Send a Student to Minnesota” plan is being funded by the DSA Fund, a tax-deductible organization supposedly prohibited from politicking.

“This is a transparent attempt to steal this election by using Minnesota’s liberal election laws to register out-of-state students to vote for Wellstone.

“What a novel strategy—if you can’t win with eligible voters, import some from states where their votes aren’t needed. Plans like this remind us that ‘democratic’ and ‘socialist’ should never be used in the same sentence,” Strom added.

“Do Paul Wellstone and the Democrat party approve of this plan to steal the election? Do they think it is appropriate for the Democratic Socialists to use tax-deductible funds to commit election fraud? To preserve the integrity of the election, Wellstone should disavow the socialists and ask that this program be investigated,” Strom asked.

“This is one more reason why we need stringent voter fraud laws, including requiring picture IDS to vote,” Strom concluded.

The Taxpayers League is Minnesota’s largest taxpayers advocacy organization.

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www.dsausa.org/news/minnesota.html

[greggery_peccary]

Thanks for the "usual suspects" list of the lunatic fringe. And to think people wonder why I left Minnesota many years ago and have never returned...LOL.

[terilyn]

I think the Taxpayers League is the "Right Wing" publication he was referring to LOL!

These links are great, thanks for your help.

[alaskanfan]

If your candidate can't win the election on issues, it forces you to be creative or unprincipled.

[timestax]

bttt= back to the top, for u newbies!!!

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WELLSTONE must BE DEFEATED!!!!

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We've got to weed out those illegal vote NOW,or it's too late!

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bttt

[gore_sux]

Have you seen this:

Voter drive may bring trouble to socialists

BY BILL SALISBURY

Pioneer Press

The Democratic Socialists of America may have gotten themselves in a legal jam with their effort to "bring young people to Minnesota" to help Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone's campaign.

U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger has received a complaint alleging the group is attempting voter fraud. As is his policy, Heffelfinger would not confirm or deny that he is investigating the matter, but he acknowledged Friday that he has discussed it with Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer's staff.

State Rep. Dennis Ozment, R-Rosemount, filed a complaint with Kiffmeyer on Tuesday asking her to "investigate this outrageous manipulation of our freedom." Kiffmeyer forwarded Ozment's complaint to Heffelfinger, along with objections her office received from 30 other citizens.

In a message posted on its Web site, the DSA said: "We are mobilizing to bring young people to Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the few states that allow same-day voter registration. We will therefore focus our energy on registering young people. Wellstone will need a high percentage of young people to register and vote for him …"

Ozment interpreted that message to mean the DSA was attempting to send non-resident young people to Minnesota to "register and stuff the ballot box."

The national DSA director said earlier this week that the message was misinterpreted. Frank Llewellyn said they were not advocating anything illegal. They were not asking nonresidents to move to Minnesota, register and vote. They were asking young people to encourage Minnesotans to register and vote.

The controversy also prompted a congressional inquiry into DSA's tax status. The organization solicited tax-deductible contributions to pay for the voter-registration drive. Tax-deductible groups are barred from advocating the election of candidates.

In response to a request from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staff, Kiffmeyer said she also forwarded the complaints about the DSA to Congress. That committee has jurisdiction over tax law.

In addition, Kiffmeyer said she will mail letters to county attorneys and auditors on Monday urging them to be vigilant for attempts at voter fraud on Election Day.

I'm also running with the DSA - Progressive Caucus - Paul Wellstone Connection at:

http://www.wellstonemustgo.com/socialism.html

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The national DSA director said earlier this week that the message was misinterpreted. Frank Llewellyn said they were not advocating anything illegal. They were not asking nonresidents to move to Minnesota, register and vote. They were asking young people to encourage Minnesotans to register and vote.

Great find! Glad to hear this matter hasn't just quietly died off!

To the above, I would state that their plans involve "encouraging" Minnesotans to vote - probably more than once - by "vouching" for them on the day of the Election. That's their strategy. I can just smell it.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I also just now saw this important piece of information:

The controversy also prompted a congressional inquiry into DSA's tax status. The organization solicited tax-deductible contributions to pay for the voter-registration drive. Tax-deductible groups are barred from advocating the election of candidates.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! This is gonna tie their hands for a while - a good, LONG while, I hope.

FYI flag to another concerned FReeper.

[backhoe]

Cross-link:

-The Vote Fraud Archives--

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

FYI heads up to this tidbit mentioned above:

In response to a request from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staff, Kiffmeyer said she also forwarded the complaints about the DSA to Congress. That committee has jurisdiction over tax law.