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Old 14-10-08, 08:30 AM   #1
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Judge Stephen J. Murphy:GOP's voter purge a 'violation of federal law'


The American Civil Liberties Union is trumpeting a judge's decision in Michigan which brings to a halt the practice of eliminating voters from rolls if their mailing address is found to be invalid.

Recently, the GOP chairman in Macomb County, Michigan, detailed a plan to use a list of foreclosed homes to challenge voters. His pronouncement drew an immediate backlash, with predictions that the plan would "backfire."

It has.

The suit, filed by ACLU national and ACLU of Michigan, along with the Advancement Project, aimed to protect voters whose registration cards were returned to government offices by post as 'undeliverable.' Judge Stephen J. Murphy of the U.S. District Court of Michigan's Eastern District concluded that the program of eliminating these voters from rolls is in violation of federal law.

The voter purge program, better known to elections integrity experts as 'voter caging,' is a long-storied GOP tactic employed against minority, student and low-income voters. In September, the Obama campaign filed a lawsuit in Michigan challenging the illegal tactic.

"You essentially send a first-class letter to a hoursehold where you suspect that that person no longer lives there but where they're still registered to vote," explained Allen Raymond, a convicted GOP elections fraudster who spent time in prison after the discovery of a phone-jamming scheme during the 2002 elections. "That letter comes back. ... Somebody [at the local polling place] then challenges that vote if that person comes in to vote."

"This is a very significant ruling for Michigan voters," said Matthew Lund, the ACLU cooperating attorney and a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP who argued the case, in a release. "The court recognized – and repeated several times – that the state of Michigan is conducting unlawful voter purges that clearly violate the National Voter Registration Act. Michigan voters who were removed from the voting rolls for no reason other than failure to receive their ID card in the mail will now be allowed to vote in November.”

"More than 1,400 voters in that category have been disqualified so far in 2008," reports the Associated Press. "The judge says it's unclear how many cancellations actually are wrong but it's a violation of federal law. Murphy says those people shouldn't be prevented from voting if they can produce more proof of residency at the polls."

"This program has a very detrimental impact in minority, low-income and student communities across Michigan," claims an ACLU advisory. "These communities tend to be more transient and to live in multi-family housing."

“This is a major victory for Michigan voters and the integrity of our democratic process,” said Meredith Bell-Platts, staff counsel with the ACLU Voting Rights Project, in a release. “Today’s decision brings us one step closer to restoring confidence in a electoral system that has been poisoned by illegal disfranchisement policies. As a result of the judge’s decision, fewer Michigan voters will be illegally purged and wrongly disfranchised – and that’s good for everyone.”
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Old 14-10-08, 09:18 AM   #2
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When it comes to voting, the Republicans only have one talking point: ACORN

Acorn registers voters. Sometimes the registrars have targets or 'quotas' to fill to show they are making the effort. Sometimes those registering new voters are either lazy, greedy, or a combo of the two. They have been caught submitting erroneous registrations, multiple registrations, even sitting in a library making shit up. That is all wrong, sure enough, and sometimes fraud, but it means little/nothing to the election. To actually vote you have to prove who you are, so unless someone shows up saying they are 'Mickey Mouse', and can prove it, they ain't votin'.

But the Republicans love this stuff and can really get their teeth into it, especially if it drives their voter suppression efforts, and it certainly play to that meme. They LOVE to try to link Obama directly with Acorn and to demonetize him and the Democratic party for any involvement with the group.

Involvement with Acorn is, in their view, un-American.

Okay then, fair is fair I suppose, even when it isn't, so have at this bastard openly supporting Acorn and other commie groups like Unite Here, SEIU, and PAW no less!

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Old 14-10-08, 10:09 AM   #3
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I think if one more of their accusations gets turned back on them McCain is going to blow a gasket
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13 Million Voters Purged -- and Counting!


"If Democrats are to win the 2008 election, they must not simply beat McCain at the polls - they must beat him by a margin that exceeds the level of GOP vote tampering."
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So you are saying that America is not capible of counting votes honest?
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CA GOP Vote Registration Contractor Arrested for Registration Fraud, Perjury

Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election
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Voters allege ballot trouble
More say machines changing their votes

"WINFIELD - Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week.

This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, three voters in Jackson County told The Charleston Gazette their electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain."

In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections. Both county clerks said the problem is isolated."

http://wvgazette.com/News/200810180380
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McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud

According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of "registering voters." The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket. ...more


Analyst: GOP voter fraud scandal 'really serious'

The story began last summer, when California Democrats noticed sudden, unexplained turnarounds in Republican registration in certain counties and obtained a list of the new registrations from the San Bernardino County registrar's office. They found that more than 75% of the phone numbers given were invalid, and of those voters who could be reached, over 80% said their registrations had been switched to Republican without their knowledge. ...more

RNC On New Mexico "Voter Fraud": Never Mind

In other words, it looks like the RNC had scheduled a call to tout evidence of voter fraud -- not voter registration fraud, mind you, but actual voter fraud -- being perpetrated by ACORN in New Mexico. But when ACORN appeared to come up with compelling evidence that no such fraud had occurred, the RNC held the call anyway, simply shifting the focus to other vague allegations against ACORN -- then refused to address the New Mexico situation when asked ....more
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