Parent of Mentally Disabled Son offerred Payment to Vote in Newport Oregon

Newport News Times | Feb. 1, 2003

[skinkinthegrass]

Yeah ! Then the dimRATs will NEVER win another election :)

[Coleus]

fyi

[Jhoffa_]

"He was told by someone, I don't know who, on the staff that he would have more money for Nintendo games if he would register to vote," she said. "He doesn't know if it was to vote yes or no."

OMG (gosh)

Someone ought to be shot for this.

[nitetrax]

If you have normal intelligence, it is good that you have assistance in these matters. TBI is entirely different from autism.

My autistic son is extremely brilliant. Brilliant beyond his years. He knows things that most people don't, but he is not of normal intelligence. He has uneven intellectual development. He memorizes rather bizarre facts that interest him.

Fascinating, but ...

He would vote for the person with the best watch, or for anyone who promised him a clock -- just like this kid registered to vote so he could play more nintendo.

This isn't much different from state workers who buy life insurance for these people and then make themselves the beneficiaries. (They often pay it from the disabled person's own SSI checks too). There is widespread corruption in these programs.

It's exploitation of the disabled and it's wrong.