In Some States, for Every Voter Registered, Two are Lost
originally posted 2008-10-08 22:05:34 -- lots of news stories about this happening, see related pieces of Avahome's Nevada ACORN Raid info and Jamess Voter Register commentary, bumped cho
The massive effort to register new Democratic voters appears to be losing ground faster than it's being gained. The significant lead Obama has in the polls makes it appear unlikely the election could be lost to the GOP. But take a few of those votes away - say, a few tens of thousands - and you don't have a safety margin anymore, just theft . Again.
State's Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
Oct. 8, 2008. The New York Times.Although much attention this year has been focused on the millions of new voters being added to the rolls by the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, there has been far less notice given to the number of voters being dropped from those same rolls.
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rba
October 9, 2008 - 09:49
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Everywhere
Max Fisher/TNR: Silencing the Students covers the problems students have registering in Virginia. Via ElectionLaw News Wire.
avahome
October 9, 2008 - 11:50
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Voters names that are flagged...
Okay I can see that identification would be helpful...and voters especially in this election cycle throughout the states should carry identification....
Yet here we go again with Georgia,USA:
Justice needs to move their butts on this one....
luaptifer
October 9, 2008 - 12:32
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Electionline Today
from the Pew Center on the States, appears to be a great source for daily updates on national election news but as important a resource for state-by-state news everyday.
Here's a sample from states A through C:
Check it out at Electionline Today
"So your party is the only party that can save the country from the mess that your party created?" - attrib. Jon Stewart
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." - Thomas Jefferson
cho
October 9, 2008 - 13:53
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Over on MyLeftNutmeg
Aldon Hynes is reporting in with similar tactics in Bridgeport... where he says that 7000 out of 9000 voter registration cards were tossed. Be interesting if anyone is around to do follow up to see if say even half of that 7000 show up to vote and discover that they are not registered. What would that be... 3500 votes lost in one city?
avahome
October 9, 2008 - 18:45
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AP has a rebuttal......
I don't know that I feel any better...Lord knows what they have done in Texas!
Elections officials deny illegally purging voters
avahome
October 11, 2008 - 10:46
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TX-Waller County admits voter error
WooooooHoooo...the KKK must be livid! And to boot this county will be watched until 2012 by the state AG and I do believe the Feds.
If court agrees, Prairie View A&M students' forms must be processed
BTW Waller County's voting age population is 52% white & 31% black, per the federal lawsuit. The predominantly black college of Prairie View A&M is their big gag in the county. You'd think they'd appreciate the amount of tax dollars this brings into the county!
luaptifer
October 11, 2008 - 11:39
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Tax dollars yes, decisions on who allocates them, no!
Love news like this, thanks avahome!
"So your party is the only party that can save the country from the mess that your party created?" - attrib. Jon Stewart
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." - Thomas Jefferson
cho
October 11, 2008 - 12:17
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Avahome
It would be cool if you could start adding all these nice finds into a commentary ... !
avahome
October 29, 2008 - 18:31
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Court: ‘Flagged’ citizens may vote
Why does it take a court order to make things right?
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/27/voters_verificiation_ruling.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13
Georgians whose eligibility to vote has been questioned must be allowed to cast a ballot in the Nov. 4 election, a panel of federal judges ruled Monday.
The court also ordered Secretary of State Karen Handel to “make diligent and immediate efforts to notify, in a uniform manner, every person whose voter registration presently remains flagged.” Those voters must be told that they can vote by a “challenged ballot,” if necessary, and that there is a discrepancy in their registration information, the court said. Challenge ballots are typically cast on paper and are set aside and not counted until the discrepancy is cleared up.
avahome
January 5, 2009 - 17:05
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Ill. woman charged with voter registration fraud
http://www.adn.com/nation/story/643182.html
ST. LOUIS - An Illinois woman has been charged with submitting false information on voter registration cards, including turning in cards from nursing home residents without their knowledge.
A federal indictment released Monday says 44-year-old Deidra Humphrey of East St. Louis forged voter registration cards to election officials in St. Louis city and county. It charges her with two felony counts of voter registration fraud.
U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway's office says Humphrey worked for ACORN and the Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition between June and August 2008.