http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/votefraud/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:14:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286287/posts Without drastic rationing, how can anyone hope to provide health care for everyone at lower cost − and at the same time allow unlimited immigration? This isnÂ’t a logical plan on which to base national policy. This is an irrational fantasy with which to take control of an additional one-sixth of the economy, as well as take control of peopleÂ’s lives. www.stolinsky.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286287/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284514/posts Politics: The former Stuart Smalley becomes the 60th Democrat in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the community organizers at Acorn and the little-known Secretary of State Project. Is the system being rigged?Politics: The former Stuart Smalley becomes the 60th Democrat in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the community organizers at Acorn and the little-known Secretary of State Project. Is the system being rigged? Incumbent Republican Norm Coleman conceded defeat in the mother of all recounts in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race after the state's Supreme Court unanimously rejected his lawsuit. Arguably, his seat may have been lost the day in 2006... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284514/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:26:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283534/posts The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat. The unfortunate lesson is that you don't need to win the vote on Election Day as long as your lawyers are creative enough to have enough new or disqualified ballots counted after the fact. Mr. Franken trailed Mr. Coleman by 725 votes after the initial count on election night, and 215 after the first canvass. The Democrat's strategy from the start was to manipulate the recount in... Wall Street Journal (Original Source) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283534/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:18:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279222/posts Felony charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued for a well-known Orange County political activist suspected of committing election and voter registration fraud, the California secretary of State's office announced Wednesday. Investigators in the agency's election-fraud unit said Nativo V. Lopez, 57, of Santa Ana leased office space in Boyle Heights and registered to vote using that address although he lived with his family in Orange County. They also say Lopez, president of the Mexican American Political Assn., cast an illegal ballot in L.A. in the 2008 presidential primary. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office, which is... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279222/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts The National Republican Senatorial Committee spent almost $1 million last month on Republican Norm Coleman's attempt to win last year's U.S. Senate race. Coleman is attempting to overturn Democrat Al Franken's slender lead. The former senator's appeal of a trial court's decision that Franken won is awaiting a ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court. That ruling could be issued any day. Last month, the NRSC spent $937,917 to help Coleman in that effort. Minneapolis law firm Dorsey & Whitney, home to Coleman attorney Jim Langdon, received $350,171 of that and Washington, D.C., law firm Patton Boggs, Coleman legal spokesman Ben... Twin Cities Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274985/posts Editor's note: The following are firsthand accounts that were solicited by Journal assistant editorial features editor Bari Weiss. Some were translated from Farsi. Surnames have been omitted to protect the writers. Don't Accept This Coup By Kaveh from Tabriz Ahmadinejad has taken revenge on the students of Iran during these violent days. The regime's aim is to damage universities, since they are the first base of change, movement and protest. I live in the dorms at Tehran University. I was asleep when Basij militiamen entered my room early Monday morning, demolished everything and started beating us. A man with a... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274985/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:55:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274033/posts LIMITS ON VOTING. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Prohibits citizens from voting at the polls unless they present a government-issued photo-identification card. Establishes provisional voting for citizens at the polls who fail to present government-issued photo-identification. Requires that provisional and mail-in ballots be deemed invalid unless the accompanying envelope is marked with the last four digits of a citizen's California driver's license, state identification card or social security number. Eliminates the right to vote for citizens on probation for a felony offense. Establishes that ballots from absent military personnael are timely if postmarked by election day. Vote Safe Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274033/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271143/posts A Carroll County grand jury has charged a Jackson man with voting for President twice in November's general election, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office. Authorities said Christopher Luke Fithian, 31, of 44 Spruce Mountain Lodge Road, faces one felony and one misdemeanor charge of wrongful voting. The Class B felony charge stems from the allegation Fithian voted twice. The misdemeanor charge stems from the allegation he asked for a ballot in Jackson to cast a second vote. In its June 5 indictments, the grand jury charged Fithian voted for President in Gorham using a ballot for the... The Union-Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271143/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:50:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts Just having the appearance of someone who might possibly vote for an opponent of Barack Obama could land them on the President's enemies list where proxies do the dirty work. Political appointees in the Justice Department killed a six-month investigation by career DOJ lawyers into the most blatant voter intimidation case in 40 years. Last November, jack-booted, uniformed, baton-wielding thugs from the New Black Panther Party calling themselves "security" obstructed a Philadelphia polling location and behaved in an intimidating manner toward white voters. Days after dismissing charges against the menacing thugs, the Justice Department moved in the opposite direction by... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265354/posts The U.S. Department of Justice seal bears a Latin phrase: "Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur." The motto refers to the attorney general, "who prosecutes on behalf of Lady Justice." But under President Barack Obama's politically corrupt DOJ, Lady Justice is getting the shaft. To wit: Let's examine the uproar over Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to protect hate-mongering thugs who harassed and bullied precinct workers and voters on Election Day in Philadelphia. Oh, wait. There's been no uproar. Let me tell you why. Two weeks ago, in a highly unusual move, Holder dismissed default judgments his department had won against... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265354/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264636/posts A review of Minnesota’s statewide database of registered voters revealed at least 2,812 deceased individuals voted in last November’s general election, according to a new report by the “traditional values” advocacy group Minnesota Majority. After obtaining the list of voters who participated in November’s election, the group hired an independent firm who specializes in “death suppression” for direct mailing lists to review the data. The process, which involved matching names and addresses to state death records, bore troubling results. According to Minnesota statute 201.13, the commissioner of health is to report monthly the name, address, date of birth, and county... Redstate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264636/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:59:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264011/posts <p>Sometimes news is stranger that fiction. Lisa Rasmussen, who represents the extremely partisan ACORN, said that election fraud charges laid against the group in Nevada are motivated by politics, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.</p> <p>"The politically motivated charges, such as those brought by the attorney general and secretary of state, just highlight the voter registration system that is broken," Rasmussen said in a Las Vegas courtroom.</p> American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264011/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263707/posts A Minnesota group claims they’ve uncovered thousands of votes that were registered in deceased people’s names and say the Secretary of State left them on the voting rolls. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS took the names of a handful of dead voters and tried to find out why they're listed by the state as having voted and found tired election workers, long hours, and confusing rules may be more to blame than outright fraud. Julie Webster died in August 2006, but she voted two years later on Nov. 4, 2008. Her widow Henry Webster did not know until 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS told... KSTP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263707/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:34:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262509/posts “ACORN is a criminal enterprise.” These are the five simple words that every conservative candidate officeholder should be repeating often and loudly. It’s about the fraud. It’s about the coordinated corruption. It’s about the effect on housing, the economy, and the entire electoral landscape. Does the GOP get it yet? At least one Republican candidate does. Kris Kobach, the former Bush administration national security/immigration enforcement official and constitutional lawyer, announced that he will run for Kansas Secretary of State last week. His prime motivation: stopping the ACORN racket: Kris Kobach’s desire to be Kansas Secretary of State can be summed... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262509/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:37:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts Facefwd.com <> The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force - one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon. The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the last days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz allegedly held a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 11:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254726/posts WASHINGTON - One out of every four ballots requested by military personnel and other Americans living overseas for the 2008 election may have gone uncounted, according to findings released at a Senate hearing. Sen. Charles Schumer, chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, said the study released Wednesday, while providing only a snapshot of voting patterns, "is enough to show that the balloting process for service members is clearly in need of an overhaul." The committee, working with the Congressional Research Service, surveyed election offices in seven states with high numbers of military personnel: California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,... Military.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254726/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 15:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254367/posts Tuesday - Is a conservative savior coming? Former U.S. Rep. John LeBoutillier(R-NY) explains why he thinks the noxious mix of Obama's radical leftism and the McCain-ification of the GOP could be fertile ground for a conservative rebound... ACORN defector Anita Moncreif tells details of how the NY Times killed her story- and why... Senate Dems refusing to fund Gitmo closing/ terrorist relocation program- they're calling it "irresponsible"- can you believe that?... GM bankruptcy to result in "quick sale" to the government- anyone else thinking "Volkswagen circa 1933"?... and MORE on Evil Conservative Radio at 10 PM EDT is now LIVE... Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254367/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 01:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251238/posts Perhaps more analysis is needed on the merits and methods of grass roots democracy - for conscience votes. Mechanisms exist (speaking as an engineer) to make it possible if the will of the people were there to support it - for conscience issues. As salt and light in the checker/reversi board of life, the most we can do is preserve and inform/educate so nothing would be lost by it. Conservative and liberal constituencies might have their preference shown as a group using those mechanisms if necessary, a little like with other forms of voting - for conscience issues. Either a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251238/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 01:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248868/posts Seven employees of ACORN Pittsburgh-area were charged with fraudulent voter registration forms. The group said they were only trying to meet a 20 per day quota of voter registrations, but Scott Levinson national spokesman for ACORN, denied the quota exists. My question is. Why would these people fake these documents? Were they too lazy to hit the streets and recruit new voters? I bet they just filled out these registrations while sitting in the comforts of their own home while getting paid. Kind of makes you wonder how much other voter fraud has been committed. ACORN “ the nation's largest... Bluffton Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248868/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 23:34:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247375/posts Democrats are split on how to deal with Acorn, the liberal "community organizing" group that deployed thousands of get-out-the-vote workers last election. State and city Democratic officials -- who've been contending with its many scandals -- are moving against it. Washington Democrats are still sweeping Acorn abuses under a rug. On Monday, Nevada officials charged Acorn, its regional director and its Las Vegas field director with submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms last year. Larry Lomax, the registrar of voters in Las Vegas, says he believes 48% of Acorn's forms "are clearly fraudulent." On Thursday, prosecutors in Pittsburgh, Pa.,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247375/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 03:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246865/posts PITTSBURGH (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania have accused seven people who worked for the community group ACORN of falsifying voter-registration forms. The seven have been charged with either forging, illegally soliciting or illegally filling out voter-registration cards in the lead-up to the 2008 election. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. announced the charges at a news conference Thursday. Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246865/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 13:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246834/posts The Association of Community Activists for Reform Now (ACORN) is still racking up indictments and convictions for voter fraud across the nation. ACORN is closely tied to President Obama, he having worked for them when he lived in Chicago and they having heavily supported his candidacy. Additionally, former ACORN members have flocked to the Obama administration since his win in November last. For instance, in Obama's old home state of Illinois, a woman that works for an ACORN offshoot group has been charged by Lake County officials (the County just north of Chicago's Cook County) with filing fake voter registration... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246834/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 12:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246394/posts Where ACORN goes fraud follows. The non-profit activist group formally known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is the subject of vote fraud investigations in at least 12 different states. Charges were filed in Nevada on Monday. And today six ACORN workers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania were charged with falsifying voter registration forms. The local DA implied that there may be some higher ups getting charged also. Newsday/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246394/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:00:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts [T]he House Judiciary Committee chairman's May 4 statement exonerating ACORN couldn't have come out at a worse time. "Based on my review of the information regarding the complaints against ACORN, I have concluded that a hearing on this matter appears unwarranted at this time," Conyers said in a statement aired that night on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." Just hours earlier his fellow Democrats in Nevada, Secretary of State Ross Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto dropped a bombshell. ACORN and two former senior ACORN employees in the state, they announced, had been charged with a total of 39 felony... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 20:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245233/posts LAS VEGAS — A prominent antipoverty organization that drew criticism from Republicans during last year’s presidential race was charged by Nevada officials Monday with engaging in voter registration fraud. Two former leaders of the group’s Nevada branch were also charged in connection with the submission of thousands of bogus voter registration forms. The organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, is accused of paying canvassers only if they registered at least 20 voters per shift and providing bonuses of $5 for registering more than 21. Under Nevada law, it is illegal to attach incentives to such... nytimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245233/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 12:21:56 GMT