Re the Supreme Court ruling in Ohio, my understanding is that Republicans demanded that Ms. Brunner, a Democrat, match Soc. Security numbers on her registration sheets to those with the Federal government's. Her position was that she had no control over any mistakes made in typing the numbers in Washington. Because of the Supreme Court ruling, 290,000 more people are eligible to vote. Whether they actually do so is irrelevant.
What I do disagree with is that in Michigan, people are asked if they are citizens. The clerk is not allowed to ask for proof.
Veronica----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:28 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Poe Fraud Theory
>>I forgot to add that there's a difference between registration fraud and voter fraud.Yes, to begin with, they are different phrases, but fraud's tradition. One theory about E.A. Poe's death in Baltimore was that he was kept heavily drunk so he could vote several times during an election there.Here's Left and Right fraud: __________________________________ LEFT http://www.nypost.com/seven/09052008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_organizer_joke_127550.htm?page=0* Last week, Milwaukee's top election official announced plans to seek criminal investigations of 37 ACORN employees accused of offering gifts to sign up voters (including prepaid gas cards and restaurant cards) or falsifying driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers or other information on voter-registration cards.<SNIP>* Also in July, a massive, nearly $1 million embezzlement scheme by top ACORN officials was exposed.ACORN's political arm endorsed Obama in February and has ramped up efforts to register voters across the country. Meanwhile, completely ignored by the mainstream commentariat and clean-election crusaders, the Obama campaign has admitted failing to report $800,000 in campaign payments to ACORN. They were disguised as payments to a front group called "Citizen Services, Inc." for "advance work."Jim Terry, an official of the Consumer Rights League, a watchdog group that monitors ACORN, noted: "ACORN has a long and sordid history of employing convoluted Enron-style accounting to illegally use taxpayer funds for their own political gain. Now it looks like ACORN is using the same type of convoluted accounting scheme for Obama's political gain."alsoLast July, ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in Washington state history. Seven ACORN workers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter forms. According to case records, they flipped through phone books for names to use on the forms, including "Leon Spinks," "Frekkie Magoal" and "Fruto Boy Crispila." Three ACORN election hoaxers pleaded guilty in October. A King County prosecutor called ACORN's criminal sabotage "an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls."The group's vandalism on electoral integrity is systemic. ACORN has been implicated in similar voter-fraud schemes in Missouri, Ohio and at least 12 other states.http://www.nypost.com/seven/06262008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/acorn__os_ugly_ally_117189.htm ____The United States Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's ruling that Ohio must adopt stricter issues to prevent voter fraud. The highest court in the land has ruled in favor of Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, in the ongoing battle over Ohio's voting laws.A federal judge and the entire United States court of appeals for the sixth circuit had previously sided against the Ohio secretary of state. They had agreed with the Ohio GOP, ruling that Secretary Brunner must give county election boards the chance to determine whether new voter registrations are fraudulent or not.The federal judge in the original ruling specifically cited questionable activity from the group ACORN as a reason for his decision. Secretary Brunner, declaring victory, says that by reversing the ruling, the Supreme Court has protected the voting rights of all Ohioans._http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440764,00.html _ RIGHT http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/republican-voter-registration-chief-arrested-fraud-california/ Republican Voter Registration Chief Arrested for Fraud in CaliforniaThe head of a signature-gathering firm hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address to to vote in the state.More details here: GOP registration firm leader arrested for voter fraud http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/016266.htmlThe owner of a firm hired by the California Republican Party to register thousands of voters this year was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly registering himself to vote at a home in California where he does not live.Secretary of State Debra Bowen, a Democrat, announced the arrest on Sunday -- while the California Republican Party decried the move as an effort "to play politics with the public's perception of political parties."Mark Jacoby owns the voter registration firm Young Political Majors, or YPM, which was the subject of a story in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, which reported the group was duping voters into re-registering as Republicans.Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions for tougher penalties against child molesters. Some said they were told that they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Others had no idea their registration was being changed.Jacoby and the party denied any wrongdoing.The state Republican Party pays the firm $7 to $12 for each new party registrant it signs up.But on Saturday evening, it was Jacoby himself, not his firm, at the center of an inquiry.Under California law, signature-gatherers must be either registered to vote in California or sign a statment saying that they are eligible to do so.Bowen's office, in announcing his arrest, reported, "Jacoby allegedly registered to vote at his childhood address to meet this legal requirement."------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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