DU Action Needed: Election Fraud

[justiceischeap]

Nice little post over in GD about the absentee ballots issue: "GOP Absentee Ballot Mailings Called Voter Fraud"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3998770&mesg_id=3998770

Anyhoo, we should try and push this to the M$M.

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[FrenchieCat]

1. I'm on it.

Also sending to the Obama campaign.

[PeaceNikki]

2. It needs to be clarified that these were not absentee ballots mailed, only applications for them

It's not as though someone would send that in and assume they've voted.

[justiceischeap]

3. Um hmm... some people would probably think so.

We've got some folks that are easily confused in the world.

[PeaceNikki]

5. Um hmm...Look at the application. There's nowhere to "vote"

[justiceischeap]

6. Hey, I didn't write the post, I'm just calling out for some action on a different thread.

Does it hurt to push this story to the media???

[PeaceNikki]

7. It's much ado about nothing.

[justiceischeap]

9. How so? (eom)

[PeaceNikki]

10. The wording in that blog is misleading and a lie

"absentee voter forms from the McCain campaign that -- if used -- could cause their votes to be ignored."

There's no way to cast a vote that will be ignored in that mailer.

[justiceischeap]

11. However, I still find this troublesome

Heck says, "I spoke with the Caledonia clerk and learned if we (in Mount Pleasant) used the form and sent it to the pre-printed address they would have to forward it to the right jurisdiction (if they had the time and the people) who would then have to send out the absentee ballot. As the deadline to submit a request is Oct. 30, and the clerks have a deadline of Oct. 31, this bogus form not only gums up and overworks the process to get absentee ballots sent out, it could cause some to not even be mailed."

The election officials Heck spoke to -- Racine County and Caledonia -- said sending the absentee ballot request to the wrong clerk would not jeopardize a voter's registration, but might result in the absentee ballot not getting sent due to overworked personnel, or the possibility of missing the deadline.

Just because it isn't an absentee ballot, they are still trying to suppress votes by taxing the system. Some people are going to use these and votes will be lost because of it.

[grannie4peace]

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[flamingdem]

8. k & r