The spirit of Ronald Reagan is alive and well.... "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story"
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The spirit of Ronald Reagan is alive and well.... "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story"
LMAO.....So let me get this straight.....The same folks who can't get the active military absentee ballots out to our Armed Forces in time, are going to check the felony status of incarcerated voters after they submit thier ballots? That's rich ! Give 'em all ballots and someone will sort it out........
And why not....convicted felons seem to be an important part of the democratic constituency. Ask Acorn.
Dane Co. Sheriff Says He Won’t Stop Felon Voters
http://mediatrackers.org/wp-content/...ey-300x297.jpg Sheriff Dave Mahoney, Photo Credit: Capitol Times
By: Brian Sikma
In a battleground state where voter fraud has been an issue in previous presidential elections, one leading county sheriff is saying his office won’t stop ineligible felon voters from casting a ballot. An internal memo from the Dane County Sheriff’s Office instructed deputies and other staff assigned to the county jail to facilitate the absentee ballot requests of inmates. Sent from Lt. Mark Twombly, the memo specifically instructed law enforcement officials to not check on the felony status of inmates and to help everyone vote regardless of their criminal record. In Wisconsin an individual serving jail time for a felony or under parole or supervision for a felony may not cast a ballot.
Checking on whether or not an inmate is a felon would require a quick and simple check of the county law enforcement’s computer system. “It is going to be up to their polling location to research whether they are allowed to vote based on their criminal record, not the DCSO [Dane County Sheriff's Office],”Twombly wrote in a memo distributed to staff.
The decision by the sheriff’s office to ignore felon status for inmate voters means that law enforcement officials will not be working to prevent further legal violations on the part of those in their custody.
During an in-studio radio interview with a Madison talk show host on Monday, Sheriff Dave Mahoney attacked the whistleblower deputy and the Milwaukee talk show host who blogged about an e-mail the deputy sent him. Mahoney called the whistleblower and talk show host “unethical” and said he couldn’t believe one of his officers would release the internal memo. The sheriff suggested that the deputy acted in an unprofessional fashion.
Mahoney vigorously denied that his office is facilitating possible voter fraud. “Absolutely not, we are not,” he told the radio show host. But by not checking an inmate’s potential felony status, Mahoney is shifting his own responsibility to enforce the law on to municipal clerks. In the aftermath of Wisconsin’s hyper-intense political season of the past 18 months, many local clerks’ offices are worn down.
When Mahoney does not enforce the law in his own jail it adds a burden to the workloads of strained municipal clerks.
An official with the Madison City Clerk’s office told Media Trackers that it was possible for the office to check a list of those who request absentee ballots against the State Voter Registration Service. The SVRS is run by the Government Accountability Board, which attempts to cross-reference the database with Department of Corrections’ records.
The GAB came under scrutiny lately after it was found that the board, which serves as the top election oversight agency in the state, missed an important federal deadline for mailing absentee ballots to oversees voters, including military personnel from Wisconsin.
According to the Madison Clerk’s office, if a voter is listed as inactive at a particular address the absentee ballot will not be mailed. Newly registered voters who ask for absentee ballots immediately after registering are not immediately a part of the voter database system the clerk’s office said.
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus told Media Trackers that if a crosscheck of absentee requests against the state voter file turns up an inactive registration, clerks in her area would not send an absentee ballot. This assumes that the state database is always up to date.
In defending his decision to let potential voter fraud slip through, Mahoney said his present policy does not differ from that of previous sheriffs in Dane County. Mahoney has suffered repeated criticism from conservatives for his ongoing unwillingness to enforce the law on liberal protesters who harass and intimidate political opponents and staff in and around the state capitol in downtown Madison.
Dane County is the second most populous county in the state and has the highest proportional percentage of Democratic voters.
Lt. Twombly, the author of the memo prohibiting Sheriff’s Office officials from enforcing state election law, signed a petition to recall Governor Scott Walker from office.
The Dane County Sheriff may insist that his office does not have a role in enforcing election law, but local law enforcement officials around the state have been involved in enforcement efforts before. Earlier this year the Racine County Sheriff’s Department was called upon to investigate allegations of suspect election activities related to the June recall election. During the 2004 presidential campaign the Milwaukee Police Department played an active role in enforcing election laws.
Yet the new voter laws only address in-person voter fraud which demonstrably never happens but in a blue moon. At the same time these laws disenfranchise millions of legitimate voters. Don't be one of them. Get your documentation. Help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and vote.
Ohio Republicans announced today they're ready to go all the way to the Supreme Court to outlaw early voting in their state.
Get me Roberts on the phone.
Vegas oddsmakers had Romney with a 15% chance of winning the election last week, this week it's up to 30%
Would some of you Republicans put some cash down on Mitt? I need a new car.
And don't worry, when Obama wins everyone is still allowed to send four or five grand a year to Rich People. They need your help to create jobs.
Help Chloe save Big Bird. VOTE
Voter fraud?
Not sure of the "1 in 1mil" portion of that Prosp. 2008 state wide election in Minnesota, 1,099 ineligible voters, (felons), cast ballots. Thats 1,099 out of 2.9mil. Voter fraud is very real, not sure id is the solution. But definitely not something to scoff at. No matter which side your on. Both sides would sell their young children to get elected.
Not true. Indeed it's a lie. It has been alleged that 1099 etc., but the State only found enough evidence to bring 243 to trial and of those won only 66 convictions, none of which (as far as I'm aware) was for in-person voter fraud which is the only type of fraud targeted by the GOP laws. As Pennsylvania republican Turzai says, the new voter ID laws are designed to suppress the democratic vote and put Romney in the White House.Quote:
Originally Posted by Faldur
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.
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Uh-oh....Another O'keefe Vid this time from an actual employee of the DNC......but at least her heart was in the right place ! :dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=q_iJfnbMzI0#!
Got a new campaign slogan for you Trish...."We're glad Brietbart is dead and GM is in debt".
Thanks for the bump.
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.
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Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.
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and remember what you're voting against....Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
You forgot quite a few ProsperoQuote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
Disgraceful post Faldur. It is utterly disgraceful to suggest that voting democrat is a vote in favour of terrorism. You should be ashamed of yourself. An insult to the memory of the democrats among others who died in 9/11.
NB: I did not remove your post. This was done by the site administrator i believe.
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.
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Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
Biden laughs at Ryan's jokes, but Ryan didn't know he was joking.
Fox wheels out grieving Benghazi Mother to silence laughs.
The System works.VOTE!!!
PRO CHOICE IS PRO LIFE. VOTE YES ON AMERICA.
I think I'm going to vote this year.
Don't listen to those misleading Democratic TV ads-
Six Multi-Billionaires CAN't be wrong!!!!!
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Remember that if you cannot vote because Republicans have worked so hard to make it difficult for you to be part of the franchise you have all the more motive to find a way.
There's no denying it. They are using voter fraud to purge people from voter rolls, they are using the id issue, a seemingly sensible requirement to discourage the poor and the working class. But this only acknowledges that they're losing their grip on the public. There's a limit to what they can do and in time their efforts will be thwarted in the courts. In the meantime do anything you can to cast a vote against their underhanded and racist attempts to silence you.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...71a_story.html
This ruling is about a week and a half old but I haven't been following too closely. Federal law makes it illegal to purge voters within 90 days of an election. I imagine this is done so that if people are mistakenly purged they have the opportunity to correct the error. Here, a federal judge said that Florida election officials can remove 198 people from the rolls because they are suspected of being non-citizens. Personally, since this is a federal law that states voters should not be purged within 90 days it should not matter the reason. While I don't want non-citizens to vote, the risk that Florida, a Republican run state misidentifies individuals and suppresses votes is significant. Note that they initially had a much larger list of voters to purge until numerous obvious mistakes were found in it. They could have acted more than 90 days out when any mistakes they made could be corrected. That is not their intent. Voter suppression is. And the Judge? A Reagan appointee. I hope to read the actual opinion soon.
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
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Why do we even have to discuss this?
The Republicans DESTROYED the economy of the entire World four years ago!!
end of story!
Did half the country sleep through that?
How many times do you have to say it?
VOTE!!!!
In Rhode Island where ethnic minorities and Democratic lawmakers are disproving the notion that voter identification laws are really about “voter suppression” and “racial discrimination.”
In response to multiple voter fraud complaints from his own constituents in Providence, Sen. Harold Metts, a black Democrat, led the charge in favor of a new photo voter identification law that is now operative in the Ocean State. Metts is far from alone, however. In fact, despite what the media would have you believe, minorities are more likely to support identification laws than white Americans.
However the legalities play out with regard to Gemma’s allegations, there is no getting around the hard fact that there is a long history of voter fraud in Rhode Island that calls out for serious reform, Sen. Metts, the lead sponsor of the voter ID bill, said in an interview. Although voter ID laws have stirred controversy in other states, the weight of evidence demonstrates that they are necessary, but must be carefully crafted, he noted.
“We always need to be concerned about potential disenfranchisement, and as lawmakers, we want to be mindful about becoming overly restrictive,” Metts said. “But we can no longer ignore the voter fraud issue. It would be a disservice to the citizens of Rhode Island to ignore either voter fraud or disenfranchisement; we had to bring balance.”
Rhode Island’s new law was tested for the first time during April’s presidential primary, when voters were asked to show drivers’ licenses, passports, birth certificates, or health club IDs. Voters who did not have the necessary identification were permitted to cast provisional ballots. Beginning in 2014, only a photo ID will be accepted, but the state will provide free IDs to anyone who needs them, and provisional ballots will remain in effect for anyone who lacks an ID on Election Day.
“I do feel validated by what has transpired recently, and I think everyone who supports voter ID should feel validated,” Metts said. “I had my own constituents come to me and complain about voter fraud, so we know it happens. Other states should look to Rhode Island as a model for voter ID laws. We did it right, and we did it in a way that was fair.”
Since 2011, Rhode Island is the only state with a Democratic legislature to pass a new voter ID requirement. The laws tend be more controversial in states where both parties are politically competitive and where a few votes could swing close elections, Metts suggested. There is no danger of the law “upsetting the apple cart” and turning Rhode Island into a Republican state, he said.
While there may valid concerns about some of the restrictions attached to certain Voter ID laws, Metts sees room for common ground.
“The keyword is balance,” he said. “There’s always a concern about disenfranchisement, and we should make every effort to ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote can vote. But it has gotten to the point where there is such fear over disenfranchisement that people just buried their heads when it comes time to deal with voter fraud, and that is not healthy for our democracy.”
By raising the bogus specter of racism to undermine and discredit new ID laws, the news media is doing a great disservice to those Americans who are victimized by voter fraud. The list includes Democratic Rep. Anastasia Williams, an African-American from Providence, RI, who was turned away from the polls after someone illegally voted in her place.
While it is fair for the news media to point out that Republicans have been the driving behind most of the new voter ID laws, it routinely fails to inform readers that a broad cross-section of Americans across party and racial lines support those same voter ID laws. In doing so, the NYT, and other liberal-leaning outlets, do a great disservice to those who are the victims of voter fraud.
In fact, polls show that minorities actually favor voter ID by a slightly higher margin than white Americans. John Fund, a senior editor for the American Spectator, who has authored several books on voter fraud, told audience members gathered at the “True the Vote” Summit in Houston earlier this year that those polls results should not be surprising.
“I believe the biggest victims of voter fraud today are minorities,” Fund said. “They obviously support [voter ID]; they think voter fraud is a more serious problem than anyone … Their leadership has failed them by yelling racism in a crowded little theater and by dividing us rather than uniting us. Their entire edifice is built on fraud and misrepresentation.”
You libs are probably winning the argument in here, but this place is hardly a cross section of society, it's a den of left wing inequity in here...sorry to break that to ya. .....but you're losing in the courts and in the court of public opinion. By next election, almost all states will have some form of voter ID requirements. Sorry, but you lose. My work here is done. :loser::loser:
In-Person Voter Fraud is non-existent. The only kind of voter fraud addressed by GOP lawmakers is In-Person Voting Fraud.
Don't be turned away at the polls. Find out the voting requirements of your State. Get the documentation in order. Help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs in order. Then go out and VOTE.
Any effective law should be rationally related to a legitimate government purpose. On its face requiring identification seems like a rational means of preventing voter fraud, a legitimate government end. However, when the side effect of remedying voter fraud is voter suppression of a much larger quantum, the legislation is what is called over-inclusive. It might be upheld in the long run but then we will develop more effective ways of getting out the vote. Either way, it's transparent how the law is being used and people won't forget what the Republicans stand for by taking such a tack.
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Is this a fair analysis of US voters?
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/wo...ll-vote-romney
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by martin48
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed. Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
I plan to do my part helping the job creators by allowing Romney to refile his 2011 tax returns to pay only 9% instead of 14% on Nov. 7.
Can't wait to see his Fox Show on varmint hunting saturday mornings.
Tune in tuesday to see what a world leader does when his back is to the wall.
Political theatre at it's best.
VOTE VOTE VOTE
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...rtisement.html
This is classic. Now a mere billboard stating the obvious is offensive and likened to Jim Crow. Is there anything that isn't racist anymore?
I think you libs need to worry about voter depression (with Obama) and stop this foolishness about voter supression. :loser:
Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed.
Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.
Thats some funny stuff there..Quote:
Originally Posted by Willie Escalade
Thanks for the bump. Don't forget...Whoever your choice, make sure your vote isn't suppressed.
Get your papers, help your family, friends and neighbors get theirs and then vote.