OH SHIT! Voting irregularities reported by Obama campaign in LA

[wndycty]

After Widespread Reports of Voting Irregularities Obama Campaign Submits Urgent Request for Assistance
By Sam Graham-Felsen - Feb 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm EST

BATON ROUGE, LA— The Obama campaign submitted an urgent request for assistance to the Secretary of State’s Division of Elections today, after receiving widespread reports from Democrats across Louisiana who reported that they were not allowed to vote because their party affiliation had been switched. Hundreds of Louisiana democrats went to the polls to vote in today’s presidential primary and found that they were now on registration lists as Independent or Unaffiliated voters.

What Louisiana voters to need to know:

Democrats who are told at their polling places that they are now registered Independent or Unaffiliated voters and aren’t eligible to vote – but never switched their party affiliation – can still vote in today’s primary by requesting a provisional ballot. The Secretary of State has confirmed that all voters have the right to vote a provisional ballot if there is a problem with the registration lists.

The Obama campaign encourages votes to report all voter registration issues to the Secretary of State Elections division at 800-883-2805.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CyY9

[xultar]

1. How many replies before some one posts that Hillary changed their parties?

[tammywammy]

9. Okay, I read that as

"changed their panties" LOL. :rofl:

[xultar]

13. I do that sometimes too.

[bbinacan]

16. Me too

:toast:

[Beregond2]

64. LA

What I don't understand is, I just heard on NPR that voter turnout in LA is extremely low. Jesus, after what the Repugs have done to that state? And they have a black candidate to vote for? What are they thinking?

[jgraz]

2. Is anybody else sick of the fact that we can't seem to run a fucking election in this country?

It's like it's the fucking student council race.

No, that would probably go better.

[TeamJordan23]

5. Seriously. nm

[stillcool]

25. obviously not...

these people here are interested in one thing, and one thing only. They care about no one, no voter, except for themselves.

[JVS]

29. I blame the South

Although Michigan's assholery is also pretty bad this year.

[AZ Criminal JD]

61. You blame the South?

I thought everyone here was complaining about Ohio in 2004. Forget about that one already?

[JVS]

62. Ohio sucks too, but Florida is the queen of shitty election states.

[Life Long Dem]

42. I think we should take Super Tuesday and go by the winner.

That's as close as we will get to an actual election.

[shadowknows69]

67. They seemed to work pretty well until 2000 didn't they?

[MoonRiver]

3. When you hear BO screaming foul,

you know he's worried about losing. :D

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

11. It's great that you think this is funny.

I'm sure you'd be laughing if it was your vote that had been taken away.

[Hutzpa]

54. Maybe this person don't give a shit,

this person might just be selfish.....:shrug:

[blitzen]

12. Fat chance! Obama by 15+ percent here in Louisiana n/t

[Adelante]

How was it where you are?

Any problems?

[blitzen]

63. No, it was smooth at my precint in Baton Rouge....

The casino referendum helped Obama a bit.

[Kittycat]

14. How pathetic.

[VolcanoJen]

19. Wait a minute... if they can't vote at all, they can't vote for Hillary, either.

You honestly don't see the serious issue here?

[Windy]

24. We better fix this now before the general or we're looking at a McCain presidency!

I'm glad Obama is bringing this to light!

[Baby Snooks]

60. It depends...

It depends on where these irregularities occured in Louisiana. Did they occur in areas leaning towards Hillary Clinton? Or did they occur in areas leaning towards Barack Obama?

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. Agreed...I think Hillary pulled an upset in LA

[Evergreen Emerald]

53. Every state Obama has lost, he says Clinton stole the election.

[Straight Shooter]

58. It's a kneejerk reaction, like the kid who cried wolf.

Obviously the situation requires investigation, but, come on, every single bleeping time? :eyes:

[Egnever]

75. every time crap like this goes on it needs to be pointed out

You seriously don't care if your vote is counted ? WTF is wrong with you Hillary supporters?

[Egnever]

74. He won Louisiana He is fighting for fair elections

Your partisanship is overruling your sense of fair elections in america. HE WON LA. if it was all about him losing he wouldn't argue at all there. Kinda like Hillary who doesn't care if your vote matters unless its guaranteed to be for her.

[Sherman A1]

65. And if a voter cannot cast the vote they choose to,

that is somehow something good for just who? This is not a HRC or BO issue it is a switching of party affiliation by someone and therefore an irregularity that could just as easily affect either candidate.


:banghead:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

72. ROFL!!!!!

[Thrill]

4. Seeing how incompetent the Dem Party is around the country. I'm convinced the Repukes

are going to steal this election again.

[Moh96]

6. here we go again with this crap

let the people vote dam it

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Good lord. Disenfranchisement by our own party.

How far we have fallen.

[Obamaniac]

59. What do you expect?

The Clintons are the Democrats Bushes.

[Baby Snooks]

66. Yes they are...

And of course Obama hasn't benefitted by Nancy Pelosi keeping impeachment off the table. He isn't looking to become the first Madame President. And that seems to be what's behind the decision by Madame Speaker to keep impeachment off the table. God forbid Nancy Pelosi became the first Madame President. Of course if she had a brain, which she doesn't, or a heart, which she doesn't, she might have realized that instead of selling out the American people she might have saved them.

My impression of the Clinton supporters on the blogs is they are either fools or plants on the blogs to keep support going.

If she manages to pull it off, I hope somehow Barack Obama manages to get on the ballots in all 50 states as an Independent and wins.

I'd rather have the first Independent in this case than the first Madame President.

[knitter4democracy]

68. It's no surprise, though.

Florida and Michigan, two swing states, were entirely disenfranchised. I feel bad for those in LA, but at least their votes count once things get straightened out.

[Adelante]

8. Damn

I'm glad to see Obama's on the case with this evil stuff. No wonder Louisiana has a low turnout. :(

[wndycty]

15. I was thinking the same thing

:kick:

[Cha]

26. Getting them way in practice

for the General!

[VolcanoJen]

10. Holy Shit.

What the hell happened?

[Little Star]

17. What the heck is wrong with the LA Dem party to let this happen?

[cbayer]

18. Uh, it's Louisiana. Are you familiar with their political history?

btw, I left Louisiana after 25 years because of Katrina.

[TexasObserver]

20. More Clinton Dirty Tricks. Do they ever play fair?

I am so sick of their inherent dishonesty.

[Windy]

27. Obama's campaign is not saying that at all... please don't degrade the conversation. nT

[TexasObserver]

49. I'm not degrading it and your statement to that effect is total bullshit.

If you don't like my comments, that's too damn bad.

If you want to keep your head in the sand, fine, but I don't have to do likewise. Maybe you're too naive or ignorant about these matters.

[tammywammy]

51. The Clinton's aren't mentioned in the article.

Please, it's not even implied. There's no reason to go down that road.

[comradebillyboy]

55. and where is your evidence? Ken Starr maybe nt

[MonkeyFunk]

70. LOL

And why is this a Clinton dirty trick?

Any evidence? No. Just another fucking smear.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

73. Can You Possibly Be That Stupid?

[UALRBSofL]

21. WOW Obama acuses Clinton of voter fraud

I wonder if he has any proof?

[TeamJordan23]

23. Where the hell does he say that? nm

[stillcool]

31. Do you know how to read?

Do you even care about someone's right to vote? Do you think all these voters are "Obama" supporters?

After Widespread Reports of Voting Irregularities Obama Campaign Submits Urgent Request for Assistance
By Sam Graham-Felsen - Feb 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm EST

BATON ROUGE, LA— The Obama campaign submitted an urgent request for assistance to the Secretary of State’s Division of Elections today, after receiving widespread reports from Democrats across Louisiana who reported that they were not allowed to vote because their party affiliation had been switched. Hundreds of Louisiana democrats went to the polls to vote in today’s presidential primary and found that they were now on registration lists as Independent or Unaffiliated voters.

What Louisiana voters to need to know:

Democrats who are told at their polling places that they are now registered Independent or Unaffiliated voters and aren’t eligible to vote – but never switched their party affiliation – can still vote in today’s primary by requesting a provisional ballot. The Secretary of State has confirmed that all voters have the right to vote a provisional ballot if there is a problem with the registration lists.

The Obama campaign encourages votes to report all voter registration issues to the Secretary of State Elections division at 800-883-2805.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgraham...

[tammywammy]

48. And it says that where?

Link please

[napi21]

22. Is the LA. Sec. of State a Pub? Could this problem have anything to do with

the aftrmath of Katrina (destroyed records or something)? It just doesn't sound like a strategy scheme that would work well for anybody.

[UALRBSofL]

28. Obama accusing Clinton of voter fraud

This could get ugly. You don't make accusations without an attorney around because this is slander if you don't have specific proof.

[stillcool]

32. why are you lying?

After Widespread Reports of Voting Irregularities Obama Campaign Submits Urgent Request for Assistance
By Sam Graham-Felsen - Feb 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm EST

BATON ROUGE, LA— The Obama campaign submitted an urgent request for assistance to the Secretary of State’s Division of Elections today, after receiving widespread reports from Democrats across Louisiana who reported that they were not allowed to vote because their party affiliation had been switched. Hundreds of Louisiana democrats went to the polls to vote in today’s presidential primary and found that they were now on registration lists as Independent or Unaffiliated voters.

What Louisiana voters to need to know:

Democrats who are told at their polling places that they are now registered Independent or Unaffiliated voters and aren’t eligible to vote – but never switched their party affiliation – can still vote in today’s primary by requesting a provisional ballot. The Secretary of State has confirmed that all voters have the right to vote a provisional ballot if there is a problem with the registration lists.

The Obama campaign encourages votes to report all voter registration issues to the Secretary of State Elections division at 800-883-2805.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgraham...

[KittyWampus]

35. why are you trying to stir shit up? Obama has said no such thing. Clinton supporters can't vote eith

either

[OzarkDem]

38. Clinton is not the SoS of LA; Obama is off his rocker

How can he accuse Clinton of "voter fraud" when she's not in charge of the election? That's really bizarre.

[tammywammy]

41. Um, because he didn't accuse Clinton of voter fraud

:crazy: I know, it's soooo difficult to actually read the OP and link.

[OzarkDem]

45. That's the allegation in the thread

read it. The allegation was made by an Obama supporter, if you have a problem, take it up with them.

:think:

[tammywammy]

47. You said

"Clinton is not the SoS of LA; Obama is off his rocker

How can he accuse Clinton of "voter fraud" when she's not in charge of the election? That's really bizarre."

Where did Obama say it was Clinton behind this? Oh wait, is this another one of those where you equate any anonymous supporter on DU to Obama's campaign? And there's only 1 person on this thread saying that.

[Emit]

And we all know what happens with provisional ballots

they get round filed

[OzarkDem]

40. How do we know that?

How do we know these people were registered Democrats to begin with and aren't just making it up when they found they couldn't vote.?

Provisional ballots will allow the BOE to verify their claims and leave an audit trail.

[Emit]

46. According to Greg Palast, provisional ballots are pretty much useless

He says they just get tossed. I honestly do not know for sure whether they get looked at or thrown out -- probably depends on who's running the show. :shrug:

[OzarkDem]

30. Many of Obama's supporters are not registered Dems

So why should they get special treatment? Rules are rules.

[stillcool]

36. did your read the post?

[KittyWampus]

39. this is about REGISTERED VOTERS.

[OzarkDem]

43. How do you know they're registered Dems?

Provisional balloting will at least allow their votes to be counted if it turns out their claims are true. Its fair.

[tammywammy]

44. Do you even read OP or just always make up what you think it says?

:shrug:

[cbayer]

52. Unless you are registered democratic in LA, you can't vote in the democratic primary.

[VolcanoJen]

33. Clinton's camp should join this effort IMMEDIATELY

If they can't vote at all, they can't vote for Hillary, either. I actually expect the Clinton camp to join this effort... this disenfranchised Democratic voters across the ticket.

[xultar]

50. I don't think she has the team down there cuz she'd expected to lose all this month.

[WCGreen]

34. I wonder how much information was lost because of Katrina...

If they didn't in a primary since Katrina, there records may have just been lost...

Who knows...

That would have to be some blatant skulduggery to try and switch a vast number of peoples registration...

[Baby Snooks]

56. A pattern?

There apparently were other "irregularities" in California. As for the Secretary of State telling everyone to go ahead and vote, when did the Secretary of State tell everyone this? An hour before the polls closed?

Dirty tricks? You bet. And you can bet it wasn't the Republicans this time. All eyes turn to whom?

[Pathwalker]

71. Hey stupid - they couldn't vote for Hillary either! Duh!

[cbayer]

57. It's still a big mess down there. We just pretend that it isn't. Easier that way.

[AtomicKitten]

69. There were problems with not enough and inappropriate ballot use across the country.

Mondo problem nationally. At some point I would like American lawmakers to get a clue and homogenize the election process across this country. There is no excuse for this kind of stuff to be happening.

Now three Clinton supporters/election workers taking unsecured boxes of votes home in New Mexico I have a problem with. A huge problem with. WTF is that all about anyway? Have we learned nothing since 2000 or are some people so desperate to win that they deem cheating okay? Feh.