http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/voterfraud/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417702/posts Christopher Coates, the man who approved the civil rights complaint against New Black Panther Party for its behavior at a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 election, has been removed from his post as chief of the Voting Section of the Justice Department. Reportedly he is being transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina. BillLawrenceOnline.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417702/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417315/posts Even in an economic recession, Americans in urban areas continue to buy second homes in rural parts of the country, frequently helping to revitalize depressed areas. Inevitably, though, political operatives have also been seizing on weekend residents as a way to change the political complexion of rural communities. Nowhere is the battle being more fiercely fought than in New York's Columbia County, a two-hour drive up the Hudson River from New York City. Local Democrats have encouraged weekend residents to register and vote on the theory that their ballots aren't needed in New York City, where Democrats already hold an... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417315/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:51:03 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/2411823/posts The United States Civil Rights Commission, an eight-member agency that investigates accusations of discrimination, has launched a new offensive against a most unusual target: the Justice Department. The commission is investigating why the Justice Department dropped charges in May against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in a voter intimidation case that the government won. The Justice Department has defended its actions, saying it obtained an injunction against one member while dismissing charges against the others "based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law." But that explanation hasn't satisfied the commission or Republican... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411823/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411834/posts A small town battle over fewer than 70 ballots from November's election could decide if downstate New Yorkers, most of them Democrats, can vote from their weekend and vacation homes upstate, a Republican outpost that can be shaken by a few strategically placed voters. In the town of Taghkanic in Columbia County , some 100 miles north of New York City, a handful of local elections - highway superintendent, town justice and two town council seats - are on hold until the courts decide whether final ballots can be counted. The winners are supposed to take office Jan. 1. A... Times Herald-Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411834/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts With a mere investment of $780,000 Soros and his allies were able to suborn free elections in the states of Montana, West Virginia, Missouri, Oregon, in 2008, and in Minnesota, Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada and Iowa, in 2006. How did he achieve so much with so little? He founded a 527 group which funded candidates in one kind of race in which the victor has the most influence over election integrity, and in which there is so little political competition: the Secretaries of State. In each State the SoS job is entrusted with overseeing the protection of free and fair... post and email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the US Commission on Civil Rights. The commission last week subpoenaed at least two Justice Department lawyers and sought documents from the department to explain why the complaint was dismissed just as a federal judge was about to punish the New Black Panther Party and three of its members for intimidating voters. Joseph H. Hunt, director of the Justice Department's Federal Programs Branch,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407143/posts The dispute between the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Justice Department is starting to look like the legal equivalent of World War II's Anzio campaign, which represented a major escalation late in the war. The battleground is the controversy about the department's decision to drop voter-intimidation cases against members of the New Black Panther Party. The commission is mounting a massive legal assault; Justice is refusing to be budged; and the casualties could be high. The shame of it is that the department itself would be well-served if it would merely cooperate. That's what it would do if... WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407143/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:43:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry........ The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September. Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403559/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled. David P. Blackwood, the commission's general counsel, said Tuesday in a letter to the Justice Department that efforts since June to obtain an explanation had proceeded "without any success" and the "dearth of cooperation" had prompted the commission to issue subpoenas. "We are both mindful of the sensitivity of the subject matter involved and... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403559/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402205/posts Over the last few months we've talked about several instances of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) committing vote fraud in elections for in-home helathcare workers to chose a union. We have also reported on the shaky UHW election in Dec. of 2008. (Here, here, and here) Even with those instances extant we have more SEIU vote fraud to report. The SEIU is still perpetrating fraudulent elections, intimidating union voters, and trying to strong-arm members into accepting SEIU dominance despite what they may want. Recently the Wall Street Journal had another story detailing the SEIU's un-democratic actions... Read the rest... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402205/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:01:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402127/posts The "independent" investigation of ACORN promised by Bertha Lewis and ACORN management(and paid for by ACORN)was released today, and it was a complete whitewash. Scott Harshbrger former Massachusetts Attorney General who wrote the report concentrated on the governance and management practices of the Democratic Party's favorite community organizing group. The report concludes that systemic shortcomings – including lax oversight and governance, lost focus on its core mission and growth beyond its means - set the stage for the video controversy that erupted this year and threatened to envelop the progressive grassroots organizing and advocacy group. Proskauer Rose/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402127/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401116/posts History's most notorious Georgian-turned-Russian, the politically astute Joseph Stalin once remarked, "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." The lesson has not been lost on the increasingly notorious Hungarian-cum-American George Soros. A group backed by Soros is gearing up to steal the 2012 election for President Obama and congressional Democrats by installing left-wing Democrats as secretaries of state across the nation. From such posts, secretaries of state can help tilt the electoral playing field. This is, of course, the same Soros, the same hyperpolitical left-wing philanthropist who makes no secret of... Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401116/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:04:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400426/posts DALLAS (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department made the right call in dismissing a voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and recent questions about that ruling are a "political witch hunt" to discredit Attorney General Eric Holder, the party's leader said this week. Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, told The Associated Press the civil lawsuit filed by the federal government had "no merit" because the party doesn't condone voter intimidation. Shabazz said he was speaking publicly about the issue for the first time because he wanted to set the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400426/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400404/posts Wade Rathke, founder of the much besieged and scandal-plagued activist group ACORN, will be speaking at a Blue Wave NJ event this Saturday (12/5) in Montclair. From Blue Wave's website: Learn about the history of the organization and its massive voter registration drives and why the organization became the target of Fox News and other right-wing commentators. Participate in a frank discussion on the organization's recent scandals and possible lessons for other community organizations and concerned citizens that want to build a strong progressive movement. The event will be moderated by longtime ACORN chronicler John Atlas, who has a book... Baristanet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400404/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in one state had illegally intimidated blacks during a voter-fraud investigation. But division supervisors refused to “approve further contact with state authorities on this matter,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office auditing the activities of the division from 2001 to 2007. Congress is set to release that report, which did not identify the state in question, on Thursday as the House of Representatives takes up its first oversight hearing of the Civil Rights Division... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398463/posts People shouldn't think that all ACORN does is help pimps and hookers buy houses, they serve the community in so many other ways, including embezzlement of donated funds, voter fraud, and using tax exempt dollars to help get liberal candidates elected. Yesterday the Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a forum to discuss ACORN and urge the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Democratic Party's favorite criminal enterprise. Congressmen Smith and Issa presented documentation indicating that ACORN already transferred many of its resources to several other left-wing advocacy and political groups... House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform/the Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398463/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:47:37 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-news/2397212/posts The USCCR is something of an oddity. Created in 1957 as part of the Civil Rights Act, it conducts investigations, holds hearings, and publishes reports--about four a year--on the key civil rights issues it decides the nation is facing. (Half of its eight commissioners are appointed by the president, half by Congress, with not more than four allowed from the same party.) It has a minuscule budget ($9 million) and no power to enforce legislation. As Marcus explains, "Its sole power is the power of the bully pulpit. ... It is the power to shame." Today a majority of commissioners... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397212/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395805/posts A top House Republican today blasted a (ruling by the Justice Department) that allows the Obama administration to pay ACORN for services provided under contracts signed before Congress passed a law banning the community advocacy group from receiving taxpayers money. Republicans have been on the warpath against ACORN since its voter registration efforts came under scrutiny during the 2008 presidential campaign. After conservative activists, who posed as a prostitute and pimp, released videos appearing to show ACORN staffers advising them how to skirt the law, Democrats joined in the outrage, leading to the congressional funding ban that Obama signed on... Political Intellignece http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395805/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:07:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394037/posts New Hampshire Attorney General Michael A. Delaney has refused the request of NH State Representatives Rappaport and Vita, to investigate the election fraud which occurred in his state in 2008, saying that it is a Federal matter. Rep. Laurence M. Rappaport has led the effort in New Hampshire to move the State Government to action regarding the evident violations of NH Statutes regarding the application of Barack Hussein Obama for admission to the State Ballot in the 2008 Presidential Election. On September 10th he brought his initial complaint to Mr. William Gardner, the NH Secretary of State. Gardner subsequently declined... The Post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394037/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395065/posts Before Media Matters starts hurling childish invective about how we here at Big Government aren’t “real journalists” because we don’t follow the ridiculous guidelines they set up and then fail to adhere to themselves, it brings me great pleasure to back-up today’s post about “Bon Bon” Hurd with a second source: None other than Roseanne Barr. Thanks to a tip from “Jim C,” a reader of Big Government, Rosanne’s interview from earlier this year at the Huffington Post reveals that it’s pretty common knowledge within the power structure of ACORN that they did, indeed, work to get President Obama elected:... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395065/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394072/posts ACORN’s San Diego office isn’t the only place its been careless with sensitive documents. Late last year, ACORN abandoned an office in Oklahoma. In its haste to vacate the office–and skip out on the landlord’s claim of back-rent–ACORN abandoned piles of documents, as well as a computer. Below is a copy of ACORN’s “Oklahoma Power Plan,” a long-term political plan to reshape politics in the Sooner State. (Document at link) The “Power Plan” is a very interesting document. First, it provides another example for how ACORN’s political operation thinks strategically. The plan is focused on impacting state legislative races to... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394072/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393333/posts A former field director for the political advocacy organization ACORN was sentenced today in district court to up to three years of probation. Christopher Edwards, who in August pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime of compensation for registration of voters, a gross misdemeanor, received a suspended jail sentence and a $500 fine. He has agreed to testify against ACORN and one of its former regional directors, Amy Busefink. The Nevada attorney general’s office has accused ACORN and Busefink of operating an illegal bonus system. Tying money to or setting quotas for collecting voter registration cards... Lasvegassun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393333/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392458/posts It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact. In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392458/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:12:54 GMT