Posted on 09/27/2004 10:10:08 PM PDT by Byron Norris
Democrats May Steal Election as Voter Registration Grows
A Despite Kerry's lagging polls, the Democrats still plan to win this November.
How?
Perhaps by the old fashioned way: stealing the election.
That's the word from a top Republican strategist in Washington who tells NewsMax the Democrats have put an unusual amount of resources into "voter turnout" efforts.
NewsMax's Insider Report reported weeks ago that the 527 groups supporting Kerry, and backed by the likes of billionaire George Soros, were earmarking most of the $160 million they have raised toward voter registration and "get out the vote" efforts.
Approximately two-thirds of the 527 money - or a $100 million - will go toward these efforts.
Republicans believe many of these voter registration efforts open up the door for qualified and multiple voting schemes on Election Day.
Worse, the 527's are now claiming they will spend three times what has been previously reported to "get out the vote."
One pro-Kerry group, America Votes, told the New York Times that its backers - "labor unions, trial lawyers, environmental groups, community organizations - will spend $300 million on registration and turnout in swing states, a sum that dwarfs the $150 million in public financing the two candidates together will receive for the entire fall campaign."
NewsMax has also reported that only a handful of states were being targeted for this avalanche of cash, notably Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
However, Republicans believe this will lay the groundwork not for a Democratic electoral victory on November 2nd, but for election theft on November 2nd.
NewsMax reports were confirmed this Sunday in the New York Times, which headlined its story "A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States."
The paper said, " A sweeping voter registration campaign in heavily Democratic areas has added tens of thousands of new voters to the rolls in the swing states of Ohio and Florida, a surge that has far exceeded the efforts of Republicans in both states, a review of registration data shows."
As it turned out in 2000, Bush won Florida by less than a 1000 votes, and Ohio by about 30,000 votes.
Republicans have been shy about raising the voter registration and fraud issue because of the race issue; Democrats have been quick to say the Republicans are "racist" for challenging voter registration efforts in minority and inner city areas.
But the Times notes that's exactly where the Democrats have been focusing their resources.
The paper reported: "The analysis by The New York Times of county-by-county data shows that in Democratic areas of Ohio - primarily low-income and minority neighborhoods - new registrations since January have risen 250 percent over the same period in 2000. In comparison, new registrations have increased just 25 percent in Republican areas.
"A similar pattern is apparent in Florida: in the strongest Democratic areas, the pace of new registration is 60 percent higher than in 2000, while it has risen just 12 percent in the heaviest Republican areas."
Of course, the Kerry campaign says it has nothing to do with the 527 efforts, but they appear to be happy with the results.
"We know it's going on, and it's a very encouraging sign," Steve Elmendorf, deputy campaign manager for Senator John Kerry, told the Times. He added that these efforts "could very much be the difference" for Kerry.
Steve Rosenthal, the head of another 527 group - Americans Coming Together, or ACT - told the Times, "I think what's happening on the streets, below the radar, is what's going to make the big difference on Election Day." Rosenthal claimed that by Election Day the 527 groups will have registered two and a half million new voters.
A chart in the Times showed that the Democrat registrations are outpacing Republicans in Ohio and Florida by five times or more.
If its obvious they stole the election we are one step closer to rebellion.
One giant step!
It does not appear that the election will be close enough this time to steal, however.
I sent it to Drudge, it REALLY needs to get out there.
They'll continue to cheat as long as the GOP continues to be too spineless to do anything about it. This is an issue Ashcroft should've been all over for the past four years.
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EXACTLY,I have been saying for years we need to send a message to our representatives in DC,speak out, give us a voice or we will find others that will, we will support them, then elect them to your positions.
That's the key. Win it big so they can't cheat. That's why Bush is making a big play for Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. He may even take New Jersey.
Question,Do you think Bush will keep Ashcroft?
They are falling back on their old "one-trick-pony" method of promising lots of Free Stuff. Unfortunately for them (but not for us) most of the folks who buy the Free Stuff line are so thoroughly committed to it that they won't even get off the couch long enough to go to the polls or even fill out an absentee ballot. Too much work . . . the Stuff is supposed to be Free. The much feared "radical student vote" is anemic and callow like a radical student. Don't fall for the "increased registration numbers" scam. The Republicans have 1000 registered voters, they increase by 25 voters, it's the same as 2.5%. The Dems have 100 registered voters, they increase by 25, its the same as 25%. Nothing to worry about. Don't get complacent but don't panic either. Registration is not as important as turnout.
It would really be great if the dems only win the few states they're pumping the big money in and Bush wins all or most of the rest. That would completely expose their voter fraud scheme.
And the rest of us take four more steps closer to the Second American Civil War....
Let's not forget the voting machine fraud that the Dems will use to question a Bush victory.
The new electronic machines are a train wreck waiting to happen.
Drifting closer and closer to Civil War 2.
Wow...I promise I didn't read your response first! Bad thoughts to be having, but I can't help but think that they are accurate thoughts.
No wonder sKerry's curtailing his ad monies. It all has to go towards raising the dead...coffins and all.
Apparently an illegal alien's vote has the same weight as mine, a US citizen's vote.
The spirit of Tammany Hall and Richard Daly lives!!! This is nothing new for the Democrats. They have been stealing elections for years
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