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Posted on 11/09/2004 12:22:48 PM PST by IndianPrincessOK
Culver Puts Iowa on the Map First in the Nation, Last to be Counted
Washington, D.C.—Three days after Election Day, when all 49 OTHER states already had their results in, President Bush was declared the Iowa winner. Finally. Until then, the rest of the world was calling Iowa asking, “What’s the hold-up?” “What’s the hold-up”, may be an insightful use of the term.
Under partisan Secretary of State Chet Culver, Iowa has gone from our ”First in the Nation” caucuses, having delivered John Kerry as the Democrat nominee for president, to “Last in the Nation” for reporting the results from our polls.
Culver has painted an indelible stain on Iowa’s tradition of honest, clean, and unbiased elections. Let’s take a look at what Culver has done to undermine our election process:
First, Culver mailed absentee ballot request forms to every household in Iowa at the cost of several hundred thousand dollars, unprecedented in Iowa history. Second, Culver convened the Iowa Voter Registration Commission and attempted to change election rules midcourse, just 8 days before Election Day. Third, Culver advised County Auditors to accept voter registrations from people who did not lawfully claim citizenship, in direct violation of the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Iowa Code. Fourth, Culver changed the rules and said that provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct would be counted for federal races, marking the first time in history that Iowans would not be required to vote in their own precinct. Fifth, Culver persisted in his recommendations to County Auditors even after the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals opposed such actions. Culver’s motive is clear. Election results show that the absentee ballots went by a 3-2 margin for Kerry and the Democrats, who were less likely to know their voting precincts.
The Culver scheme undermined the integrity of the electoral process and gave clear advantage to Democrats. Iowa doesn’t need more absentee voters. Each time an absentee ballot is mailed, it costs the taxpayers money for postage and processing, another opportunity for voter fraud is created and system is bogged down with mail-in ballots. Each time a prospective voter shows up at the wrong precinct and gets a provisional ballot, a bi-partisan team has to evaluate the ballot and make a decision on its legitimacy, further taxing the system.
In the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election fiasco, I chaired the Iowa Senate State Government Committee. I advocated changes to improve the integrity of the voting process. I believe that every voter should present a picture I.D., that the voter rolls should be purged of deceased, duplicates, and felons, and that the U.S. citizenship of each voter should be verified. The relentless vigor with which Culver and the Democrats fought my reforms convinced me that they stood to lose if we cleaned up the system.
If all 50 states had a Culver, America would have no idea who our president would be, even today. Instead, the United States of America would be melting down into post-election chaos and a Democrat quagmire of litigation.
November 5, 2004 Contact: S. Brenna Findley Phone: 202-225-4426 Fax: 202-225-3193
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If all 50 states had a Culver, America would have no idea who our president would be, even today.
This needs change and needs to be looked at before the next election!!!!!
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Senator dung must be sooo depressed.
Thanks for posting this.
I'm going to start an Iowa ping list- if anyone is interested FReepmail me.
Looks like Culver and NM's Gov. Richardson are brothers in spirit.
Election fraud must be exposed, with felony convictions and significant jail time.
For starters, how about prominent publication of the precincts where # of voters exceeded population/registered voter numbers. Then high profile investigations.
Lumpy strikes again.
Great Post.
Voter Fraud should be one the the TOP Most issues that needs urgent reform. However, I am sure, PUBBIES are so happy after their NARROW sweep, that they would forget about it, untill it comes back and BITES them in their lazy ass.
Second, their IS a CULVER in at least ALL the BLUE States.
If it wan't for their local CULVERS, you can rest assure that PA, MI, and WI would MOST CERTAINLY be RED STATES.
However, PUBBIES are too lazy and dumb to follow through on this fraud.
Count me in. We need to get something going here. Any ideas?
We're already on it. Apology accepted.
Well we could go to Harkin for help. </sarcasm>
When I see some indictments and some sweeping reform enacted, then I would apologize to you.
Right now we have taken our 286EV and forgiven them for stealing another 75.
NOT to be confused with Culvers - yummy!
http://www.culvers.com/
bump
I never met a more arrogant sob than Senator John Culver. Sounds like Chet is a chip off the old block.
Marked and saved.
Contact: S. Brenna Findley Phone: 202-225-4426
Is this Congressman's (representative ?) going to begin vote fraud hearing?
What's the purpose of the statement?
thanks for the ping. Steve is the REAL DEAL
Can you put this in a prominent position so it gets more freepers? Thanks.
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I think she's his COS.
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