Saturday, February 4, 2012

Voter Fraud Found Just Where You'd Expect It

The Republicans are notorious for accusing their opponents of committing wrongdoings that they themselves are the real culprits.

Whether it's the misuse of government property or voter fraud:
Indiana's top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state's most powerful positions.

Republican Secretary of State Charlie White has held on to his office for more than a year despite being accused of lying about his address on voter registration forms.

A Hamilton County jury found White guilty of six of seven felony charges, including false registration, voting in another precinct, submitting a false ballot, theft and two counts of perjury. He was acquitted on one fraud charge.
And even though caught red-handed, the scumball won't stand down. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

And while we're on the subject, what the heck is Scott Fitzgerald doing, sending out postcards to the people who signed the petition to recall his sorry butt?

That sounds suspiciously like voter caging to me, and I'm doubt that I'm the only one.

41 comments:

  1. then you should be happy we have a voter ID law now. Right?

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    1. It only proves that the voter suppression law does nothing but suppress voters, doesn't it?

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  2. he sent the postcards out to see how many come back undeliverable.

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    1. That's how voter caging works.

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    2. These postcards are to addresses on a recall petition, not to voters in an election, so how could it be considered voter caging? Its not the same thing.

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  3. The problem with that theory is that you had to go to a different state to find voter fraud on the republican side, there have been far more examples on the democratic side here in Milwaukee.

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    1. Funny. No one, including former US Attorney Steve Buskupic, could find it.

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  4. its also a way to prove the recall petitions are falsified

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    1. So says the voter cager. Sorry, voter caging is illegal. He runs a good chance of getting indicted himself. Now wouldn't THAT be fun?!

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    2. This is a recall petition, not an election. There was no registration to sign the petition, so there should be some kind of verification process to validate the petition. Are you afraid they might find some kind of fraud?

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  5. Terry Moulton has sent out postcards also. I have talked with people and they find the postcard intimidating.

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  6. It is not illegal. But it will require you to have prove your address if your card is returned in order to vote. Kinda sucks when the other side gets organized, huh? unions?

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    1. Sample ballots for this month's primary elections are posted at GAB website. View ballot and verify your registration here: http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/voters/registration-voting

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  7. You think sending out postcards is organizing? Try collecting one million signatures in the middle of winter. 30,000 citizens did that and
    THAT IS organizing. I know it's painful watching boy wonder Walker swirling down the drain but don't worry, he'll have plenty of bent Republican friends where he's going.

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    1. It's going to take more than a million votes to beat him in an election. Good luck, you're going to need it...ohhh, and if you think there are a million VALID voter signatures on those petitions you've been drinking too much kool-aid.

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    2. We'll have more than one million votes, don't you worry. What you should be worried about is just one though: John Doe.

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  8. Wanggaard is doing the same thing in Racine.

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  9. Voter caging = finding illegal voters, no wonder your against it.

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    1. Voter caging = selectively eliminating voters in a certain geographic area or demographic group by calling routine clerical errors or recent address changes evidence of fraud.

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  10. Voter caging = selectively eliminating voters who live in gas stations, fast food outlets and cemeteries.

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  11. Homeless people should be allowed to vote. But, somehow I don't think that many signatures will be from homeless people this time around. The problem for the anti-recall people is that there are a million people who DID sign.

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  12. Nobody loses their vote. they are allowed to vote but must return with proof of residence for it to be valid. Maybe there is someone out there who cant prove where they live, and apparently you think that person is just as able to inform his or herself as to who is best to run this country. Or maybe your counting on the "what do I get for free" vote.

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  13. Nope, I am not counting on any free votes. I am saying that most of the signatures are legit.

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  14. Voter caging is illegal and that is what they're trying to do. But another question is what are they afraid of. If their track record is clean and they've been following "the will of the people" as they claim, they should easily win their seats back. Instead, we get more trickery and oppression. That says a lot.

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    1. Everybody not living in a cave knows that there are large numbers of signatures on these petitions that are fraudulent. Why would you have a problem with verifying signatures if you were confident that you had enough valid ones? It's not trickery to try to verify if these signatures are valid. The trickery here is trying to include fraudulent signatures.

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    2. No, they should be verified, but through legal means. Is that asking too much?

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    3. This is a legal means. The law applies if voters are disenfranchised. Nobody is disenfranchised because they are checking ALL addresses. Secondly, this is a petition, NOT an election. There is nothing illegal about this.

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  15. Oh, puh-lease. It's a preliminary stage of voter caging. They'll try to bring it up again when they're facing recalls. Don't try to tell lies here, it won't work.

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  16. We just want valid signatures and votes. Is that too much to ask?

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  17. Ohh, and exactly what was I lying about?

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    1. Sigh. That this isn't voter caging, when it fits the very definition.

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  18. They are doing it legally.

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  19. @Anon 3:23 pm -- You don't "just" want valid signatures and votes. Your Republican "representatives" (Moulton, Fitzgerald, Wanggaard), if not you personally, want to get people upset and nervous about signing the recall petition, and thus about the recall. This is disgusting.

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  20. I'm not sure why you would have a problem with sending out postcards to verify addresses. I would think any constituent signing the petition would be able to give a valid address.

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  21. @JB ...why would anyone be nervous or upset about signing a petition for a recall?

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  22. @Anonymous3:42 and 3:37
    People already did put down their addresses. I have no problem with verifying addresses.

    Someone might be nervous about signing a petition for recall in the future because the Republican supporters (not many, just a few) have already harassed petitioners and there have been Facebook pages with burning houses etc.
    It is fine to check the signatures, it does make a moderate person question the motive of a postcard with the idea of "we know where you live" combined with the other actions (harassment) that were not condemned by the GOP.

    We know we have legitimate signatures because we either worked to collect them ourselves or saw others collecting the signatures and we checked them as they came in.

    By recalling Gov. Walker, we feel we are doing the right thing. You feel you are doing the right thing by supporting him. That is fine, this is a democracy, but let us try to be respectful of one another. We probably have more in common than we have differences. Hate is not good and will ruin us all if we are not careful.

    I speak for myself, Anonymous only, when I write this.

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    1. Please halt this boards Anonbomb! Face-off & duel 'mously --> loser is sissiest Anon


      If you dress like Halloween, ghouls will try to get in your pants.
      ~ Castor Troy

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  23. You speak for Anonymous, only?

    But, but, but . . . <cue up soundtrack for Spartacus? . . . I am Anonymous!

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    1. We'll see if you think it's funny when forty more sign on to say the same.

      Heck, it'd drive up your bloghits even more, Capper. C'mon, my sistren and brethren Anonymi -- let's go for it.

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