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Illinois officials "caught lying" about military ballots
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| October 15, 2010
| Christian Adams
Posted on 10/15/2010 11:55:25 AM PDT by jazusamo
An amazing revelation over at BigGovernment.com. They report Illinois has been lying about whether or not military ballots mailed on September 18 as required by Federal law. They lied to the DOJ. Obviously if they did lie, this is not a happy day for Americas servicemembers.
But take special note of why the lie worked: because the Department of Justice deploys a Keystone Kops enforcement operation. You can actually read the extent of the Justice Departments inquiry to Illinois here. It isn't much. After the Illinois board of elections tells the DOJ that the ballots mailed in time in all the counties, Thanks very much for the update represented the full measure of follow up or skepticism. It appears not a county was called. Instead, the DOJ did in 2010 what it did in 2008: it relied totally on the word of state election officials. It did nothing else to verify whether or not ballots really were mailed by the counties. We can now report they did not in at least THIRTY FIVE Illinois counties. Shameful.
How does the saying go: fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice
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The fact that DOJ deployed the exact same investigative method that got them burned in 2008 merits immediate action against the person responsible. Instead, they will deny there is anything wrong with an investigative methodology that over and over results in military voters being disenfranchised. They will say, what else can we do?
They can do what the Military Voter Protection Project is doing. They are finding violations when the DOJ is not. The DOJ lawsuit against New Mexico was because MVPProject uncovered the failure to mail ballots, not the DOJ. And MVPP isnt relying on $138,000 a year GS-15s to do the work. They are relying in citizen volunteers.
The attorney working on the Illinois matter should call the attorney who had to file the affidavit in Virginia in 2008 and ask for a Word copy of the document - all he needs to do is change a few names and dates. Because the same mess just happened again.
I have learned this morning that a whirlwind is forming in the Congress against the Keystone Kops operation in the DOJ. Senators have had enough of amateur hour. They are about to clang the gong on this act. The saddest part is that the true amateurs are detecting failures to mail military ballots when the six figure professionals are screwing it up.
One final note, the attorney who thanked Illinois very much for the update in the email is not to blame for this. Others imposed this crazed investigative method on him. It is the same method that led to a disaster in 2008. Only in government would a proven defective method be used twice. Its time to clean up the mess, and it seems that more than just John Cornyn are ready to do it.
Yet another very very very bad day for James Cole.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2010election; 2010midterms; corruption; democratcorruption; democratparty; democrats; doj; dojcorruption; dojisajoke; electionfraud; elections; holder; holdertruthfile; howtostealanelection; illinois; liberalfascism; military; militaryvoters; moveact; obama; shadowparty; soros
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I have learned this morning that a whirlwind is forming in the Congress against the Keystone Kops operation in the DOJ. Senators have had enough of amateur hour. I sincerely hope that's true and the Senate will finally go after DOJ for not enforcing the MOVE Act.
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posted on
10/15/2010 11:55:28 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
What does the RAT-endorsing VFW have to say about deployed service members being denied their Constitutional rights?
To: jazusamo
I have learned this morning that a whirlwind is forming in the Congress against the Keystone Kops operation in the DOJlip service
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posted on
10/15/2010 11:59:24 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
To: jazusamo
Military has mostly conservative voters.
DOJ should sue to prevent disnfranchisement of those serving our country.
To: jazusamo
I hope the Senate fixes it. Perhaps we need to allow soldiers to personally sue these slimy bastards for violation of their civil rights.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:01:01 PM PDT
by
sgtyork
(The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
To: ozzymandus
They probably don’t know a thing about it, they’re too busy endorsing leftists.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:01:01 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Please bump the Freepathon and donate or become a monthly donor!
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:01:45 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
This, and the same stuff in New York, was never a matter of them trying to meet the deadline and missing it. There was never a failure to get the ballots out on time. There was a refusal, a deliberate and calculated one, to get them out at all.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt by suggesting just a failure to get the ballots out suggests that, in the 10 years since the recount in Florida, when the military was originally disenfranchised, democrats just haven’t learned how to allow the military to vote, is beyond the pale.
Nobody is that stupid, not even liberals.
Even though they do come pretty close.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:03:32 PM PDT
by
DPMD
(~)
To: jazusamo
I see Obama is requesting an absentee ballor from Illinois.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:03:41 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: jazusamo
Never fear. Eric Holder and Reggie Love's boyfriend are on the job.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:04:49 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: DPMD
I agree...The fiasco of the military ballots not being counted in the 2000 election brought military voter disenfranchisement to the attention of the public.
Even so it took nine years to pass the MOVE Act and now the Democrat run DOJ and almost entirely Democrat states are ignoring the Act or looking for loopholes to not follow the law.
Heads should roll at DOJ and the states and counties not complying.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:10:36 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: AU72
I saw that, it’d be a hoot if it was lost.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:11:41 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
In other countries this would be enough to cause a military coup.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:17:05 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
To: jazusamo
Unexpectedly! Did the Illinois officials use the “Tee-hee, I’m Manchelle Obama and I didn’t know it was illegal” Defense?
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:17:52 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: kromike
Surprising this would happen in Illinois of all places. /sarc
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:20:54 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:38:03 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
To: jazusamo
Yet, we have super-”conservatives” right here working to elect the RAT Senatorial candidate, Alexi G.
To: ozzymandus
I suspect that the ballots were intentionally late to insure they would be late getting back and could not be counted. The Rats know how the military votes.
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posted on
10/15/2010 12:42:32 PM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
To: jazusamo
Ministry of Love bookmark.
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posted on
10/15/2010 1:04:35 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: jazusamo
“....have learned this morning that a whirlwind is forming in the Congress against the Keystone Kops operation in the DOJ. Senators have had enough of amateur hour. They are about to clang the gong on this act......”
Clang, Clang, Clang all you will Senators, ‘cause YOU are the ones caught with the lie. YOU are the ones that know what the Dems are up to, and participate in it. It’s their, the Democrats Standard Operational Procedure (SOP), yet they have successfully once again no matter your grandstanding, your huffing, your puffing blocked the military vote.
The bottom line is the military vote has been successfully blocked once again by the majority Democrats who are joyfully pointing the finger at DOJ, and the States while they knew all along what was going down.
It could have been stopped had they wanted to stop it.
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posted on
10/15/2010 1:15:38 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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