http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/howtostealanelection/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:50:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417880/posts ...Mayor Bill White on Tuesday announced a 21-member commission to study Houston's term limits and make recommendations by July 1. Any changes to the current limit of three, two-year terms for Houston's mayor, controller and 14 City Council members would be subject to approval by the council and by voters... In November 1991, after Kathy Whitmire had completed 10 years as mayor and some council members had served continuously for decades, 56.9 percent of Houston voters approved term limits that took effect in 1993. The panel appointed by White represents the first serious effort to change this system. “Houston has... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417880/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416027/posts Veteran Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher Coates is no longer chief of the Voting Section, according to the division’s Web site. There was no official announcement of the personnel change in the long-troubled section, which most recently has been embroiled in the controversy over the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. Main Justice noticed the change on the Voting Section Web site. Taking over for Coates in an acting role is Chris Herren, a deputy chief of the section, according to the Web site. Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the Civil Rights Division, wasn’t available for comment Sunday. Coates... MainJustice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416027/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413843/posts A retired Florida couple would appear an unlikely source to have given $83,000 in campaign donations over a five-year period to members of Congress from all over the country. Both in their 80s, they lived in a $118,000 Daytona Beach house they didn't own; they each voted only twice since 1992; and they seemed to lack the financial means to make the contributions. Yet, both were listed as having given dozens of donations to lawmakers, nearly half of which went to members of the House Appropriations Committee - legislators who were especially important to their then-son-in-law, superlobbyist Paul Magliocchetti, who... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413843/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403009/posts Burglars took two computers and other equipment during a break-in at an early voting station in northeast Houston, but appeared to have left electronic voting machines untouched, Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman said Monday. A skeptic of voting machine security said the break-in underscores how vulnerable the county's electronic ballots are to tampering. “It's very easy to do this in a surreptitious fashion. No tooling required, no screwdrivers, nothing fancy,” said Dan Wallach, a computer science professor at Rice University who was hired by the state of California to study the same Hart Intercivic machines used by Harris County. “If... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403009/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397878/posts Embattled Athens County, Ohio Democratic Chairwoman Susan Gwinn was indicted Monday on two counts of election-related bribery, special prosecutors announced today. Gwinn, who last month was charged with six felonies for campaign finance crimes and money-laundering, became the subject of a voter fraud investigation after an email from College Democrats Vice President Kellie Galan surfaced in which students were promised a cash bounty for every voter brought to the polls. "Remember, if you bring a friend from 4th ward they are more then [sic] a friend, they're 5 bucks!" Galan wrote to fellow College Democrats in the email. Athens' 4th... RedState http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397878/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:07:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390118/posts GOUVERNEUR, NY - The computerized voting machines used by many voters in the 23rd district had a computer virus - tainting the results, not just from those machines known to have been infected, but casting doubt on the accuracy of counts retrieved from any of the machines The Gouverneur Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390118/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384834/posts Barack Obama is to reject all of the options outlined for increasing troop numbers in Afghanistan in favour of revised plans which include a clear exit strategy, it has been claimed. The report came from a senior administration official close to the high-level deliberations Mr Obama is holding with his war cabinet over the refocusing of the Afghan war effort. The President is said to have raised questions at a meeting on Wednesday that could alter both the size of any possible troop increase and the length of time they are in the country before they can hand over to... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384834/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384129/posts For the first time, in a long time, there is actually some tangibility to the abortion debate in this country. Yes, after years of Democrats dodging around the issue by saying they don't approve of abortions, but favor a woman's right to choose (the same way they supported the troops but still were rooting against them in Iraq and Afghanistan) Democrats in the House were forced to vote whether they would support government-subsidized abortions as part of the new health care bill. In an amendment to the House's health care bill, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) proposed an amendment which essentially... The Cleveland Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384129/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382199/posts A top House Democrat said Monday she's "confident" that a conference committee will strip language in the House health bill on taxpayer funding for abortion. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-choice lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions. "I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there," Wasserman Schultz said during an appearance on MSNBC. "And I think we're all going to be... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382199/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:29:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379381/posts Sen. David Vitter's bid to require the 2010 Census to ask all respondents about their citizenship was killed today when the Senate voted to invoke cloture and end debate on the Commerce spending bill without having to consider the Louisiana Republican's amendment. The Democratic leadership, which had been trying to block the Vitter amendment since early October, eked out a victory with the bare number of votes needed to invoke cloture, prevailing 60 to 39. Vitter's Democratic colleague, Sen. Mary Landrieu, who had been caustic in her criticism of Vitter's measure, voted with the majority. Vitter intended the citizenship count... Nola.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379381/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:46:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378709/posts Memory cards in seven voting machines were unintentionally left in Atlanta precincts Tuesday night, in a poll worker error that election officials say is not expected to affect the outcome of any race. Fulton County Board of Elections Director Barry Garner says he expects to gain access to the memory cards Wednesday morning and tally the remaining votes. Garner says poll workers in the seven precincts were in a hurry and did not ensure that all the cards were removed from the machines. He called the oversight unacceptable and said his office would put procedures in place to prevent such... 13 WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378709/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376882/posts Big Government’s open about the fact that this is an issue: Will Corzine Allies Steal the Election in New Jersey? ACORN, Dirty Tricks and Absentee Ballot Fraud New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is locked in the political fight of his life. With just hours left before voting, polls show a neck-and-neck race between Corzine and GOP candidate Chris Christie, with Independent candidate Chris Daggett pulling significant support. Obama and VP Biden are making last ditch pitches for the embattled governor. But evidence is building that Corzine’s campaign may see its only salvation is in rigging the election. What can you... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376882/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375158/posts Is there one, (one?!) honest Democrat? C'mon, New Jersey! NJ-GOV: Jon Corzine’s Absentee Ballot Slush Fund NRO via Redstate National Review’s Jim Geraghty has a tremendously important story. Jon Corzine is trying to build an absentee ballot slush fund to win a recount in the New Jersey Governor’s race. Basically, the Democratic Party has asked the Secretary of State to send provisional absentee ballots out to people whose signatures on their absentee ballot requests don’t match: In a development that is depressingly predictable, the New Jersey Democratic party is asking the state to provide provisional ballots for all these voters.... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375158/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374327/posts This year, New Jersey’s registered voters can request a mail-in ballot for any reason. (Before 2005, voters needed to provide a reason for why they needed an absentee ballot.) The state received about 150,000 absentee-ballot applications this year. On about 2,300 of those applications so far, the signature on the request form does not match the signature on the voter’s registration forms with the state.In a development that is depressingly predictable, the New Jersey Democratic party is asking the state to provide provisional ballots for all these voters. Those ballots could, presumably, be used to overcome any narrow lead by... Dr Bulldog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374327/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:46:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373954/posts Thursday, October 29, 2009 Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched Signatures on Absentee-Ballot Requests This year, New Jersey’s registered voters can request a mail-in ballot for any reason. (Before 2005, voters needed to provide a reason for why they needed an absentee ballot.) The state received about 150,000 absentee-ballot applications this year. On about 2,300 of those applications so far, the signature on the request form does not match the signature on the voter’s registration forms with the state. In a development that is depressingly predictable, the New Jersey Democratic party is asking the state to... National Rewview Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373954/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:36:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373841/posts <p>Prominent Houston attorney John O'Quinn was one of two men who died this morning when their SUV slammed into a large tree on Allen Parkway after the driver apparently lost control, police said.</p> <p>"I'm stunned. The community lost one of its biggest assets," said Rick Laminack, who worked with O'Quinn from 1987 until 2006. "He was a great lawyer who shared a lot of his wealth with people who needed help."</p> Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373841/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373677/posts BizJournals April: Vitner: Worst of the recession is over Forbes May, The Recession Is Over http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/04/recovery-indicators-unemployment-opinions-columnists-recession.html Bloomberg June, Treasuries Drop for 3rd Day on Signs Worst of Recession Is Over: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=as7n0AWDEzuQ&pid=20601087 Newsweek July, The Recession Is Over: http://www.newsweek.com/id/208633 FoxNews August, The Recession is Over! http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/25889935/recession-is-over.htm WSJ September, US Stocks Slightly Higher As Bernanke Says Recession Is Over Sep http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090915-711042.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373677/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373365/posts The Democrats have beaten the Republicans to court in NY-23, obtaining an order to show cause that requires the impounding of voting machines for what is expected to be another tight congressional special election. "Most of the time, you don't bring this until the day after the election, and then only if you think the race will be close," said attorney Frank Hoare, whom I reached on his cell phone as he was driving back to Albany after filing the order in Elizabethtown. "The Republicans usually play games and start the action the day of the election; in an effort... nydailynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373365/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371364/posts So now the cat is well and truly out of the bag. For years, as the number of immigrants to Britain shot up apparently uncontrollably, the question was how exactly this had happened. Was it through a fit of absent-mindedness or gross incompetence? Or was it not inadvertent at all, but deliberate? The latter explanation seemed just too outrageous. After all, a deliberate policy of mass immigration would have amounted to nothing less than an attempt to change the very make-up of this country without telling the electorate. There could not have been a more grave abuse of the entire... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371364/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369313/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is defending his decision to endorse a liberal Republican candidate in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District even though she is a Margaret Sanger Award winner and supporter of same-sex "marriage." New York Republican congressional candidate DeDe Scozzafava not only has the backing of Planned Parenthood and The Daily Kos, but her campaign has also received financial endorsements from the Republican National Committee and Republican leaders such as House Minority Leader John Boehner, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Gingrich recently said Scozzafava's election could be the... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369313/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:11:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365410/posts <p>TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.</p> WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365410/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:33:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364108/posts Let's not mince words here: The entire finance and real-estate "industry" is filled with massive, pernicious fraud, and we now have only one question remaining - will The Government do its lawful and mandated job, that of prosecuting the bad actors, or has it joined with the fraudsters, become one with them, and thus, declare itself as a gang of mobsters rather than a legitimate government? The latter, of course will beg only the question of what should be an ordinary American's response. Let's start with what may be one of the most outrageous yet least-actionable examples: Alan Greenspan. Alan... market ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364108/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357565/posts John McCain's campaign is still being audited by the Federal Elections Commission, while Obama – the only presidential candidate in history since the public finance system was established to decline public funds during the general election – may have escaped similar scrutiny by the FEC. An FEC spokesman told WND that the commission is obligated to complete an audit of McCain's campaign because he received public funds during the general election. "Under regulations, that is automatically audited by the FEC once you receive public funds," he said. "For the Obama committee, there's a possibility, just like with any other committee,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357565/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356769/posts ACORN wants people to register to vote – as long as they’re Democrats. Republican registrations go into the trash. Here is a first-hand account of how it happens. In February 2008, Fathiyyah Muhammad of Jacksonville, Florida, heard that ACORN was paying people three dollars for each voter they could register. ACORN paid her three dollars for each voter she registered, but Fatiyyah Muhammad says that the group threw out her votes and fired her when she brought them registrations of Republican voters. Fathiyyah Muhammad voted for Obama. “I’m a Republican,” she says, “and this was the first time that I... BigGovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356769/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356088/posts BUFFALO, NY--The Erie County district attorney yesterday fired a long-time assistant who complained in media reports that the office had failed to properly investigate alleged 2007 election law violations. District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said in a statement that he would not tolerate an assistant prosecutor, Mark Sacha, who violated "appropriate standards of professional behavior with impunity." In an interview last month with the Buffalo News, Mr. Sacha accused the office of giving a "pass" to Democratic operative G. Steven Pigeon for alleged election law violations during the 2007 campaign for Erie County executive. In his statement yesterday, Mr.... New York Law Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356088/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:38:21 GMT