[Sursum Corda]

Yikes! I hope the Colorado Republican Party is paying close attention to this. There are a number of close races in Colorado which could be lost due to this kind of fraud.

Sursum Corda

[randita]

In PA, you can't just call and ask that a ballot be sent to someone. You can call and ask that a "Request for Absentee Ballot" be sent to someone other than yourself, but not a ballot itself.

Upon receipt of the "Request for Absentee Ballot", the person who wants the ballot has to fill it out and attest to its validity with a signature. Then it is returned and the ballot itself is sent.

I followed the above procedure in 2000 for my two sons, who were attending college out of state. I wanted to be sure W got their votes.

The absentee ballot system, the way some states have it set up, is very easy to game. I hope that gets tightened up.

[metesky]

Mary Portillo said the couple likes to vote at home because she is ill and her husband cannot read or write and needs help with the ballot.

Um, yes, the Republic needs more illiterate voters in order to survive.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Why is it that I haven't read a single story about the GOP being involved in election fraud schemes? Our election system is broken and in need of a complete overhaul. Clearly, these absentee ballots are a case of fraud and not simply an honest mistake. I don't know what the answer is but we cannot run our elections like they do in the 3rd world fer cryin' out loud!

[varon]

Mary Portillo, 67, said her grandson's girlfriend called and requested the ballots for the couple.

She said she asked the girlfriend to do it because she was worried she would find it too complicated.

These type of voters are a real danger. Anyone finding the process of making a phone call to ask for "Request for Absentee Ballot" too complicated must not have a clue as to any issues or candidate. Aren't mentaly impaired disqualified from voting? If so, so should people like the Portillos.

[RippleFire]

BUMP

[SkyPilot]

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is happening there in Colorado!!!

[slimer]

Signing someone else's name is voter fraud.

Is that illegal? ;) Oh yeah, only if you get caught.