Posted on 10/12/2012 6:46:51 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Democratic lawmakers and activists nationwide are angry about a crop of billboard signs posted in early October in the Cleveland and Milwaukee areas that warn of stiff penalties for voter fraud.
The roughly 33 signs warn that "Voter Fraud is a Felony" punishable by up to 3-1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, wording flanked by a large picture of a judge's gavel.
The signs will be up through the November 6 election day in the Cleveland and Milwaukee areas and were paid for by an anonymous "Family Foundation," according to a spokesman for Clear Channel Outdoor, which owns the billboards and placed the signs.
Legal and labor activists and community members said the signs deliberately target and seek to intimidate blacks and Hispanics, other minorities and the poor - as well as ex-convicts - groups key to Democrats' campaign voter drives ahead of the vote.
"The billboards create a chilling effect," said Marcia Johnson-Blanco, a co-director at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, an advocacy group that asked Clear Channel Outdoor to remove the signs.
"It certainly leads to an atmosphere where some will think twice about voting," Johnson-Blanco said, adding Clear Channel Outdoor has not responded to the group's request.
Some of the signs were placed in white, although relatively poor, neighborhoods of Cleveland and Lorain, roughly 30 miles (48km) west.
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Here is one of the signs.
I just had a thought. Paper the areas known to have fraud problems with flyers and have people go on radio talking about this type of thing.
If you commit fraud it IS a crime and tell what the penalty is.
Libs on FB were complaining about this so I posted several articles about how dems buy votes with cash and cigarettes.
Awesome!
Why on earth would someone think twice about voting, unless they were voting twice?
LOL! Man, thats classic!
Heh heh heh! I love it!
I appreciate anything that has at "chilling effect" on anyone complementing a crime. A 'chilling effect' is why we have laws and punishment for violating those laws.
Perhaps people who don’t know the difference between voting and voter fraud shouldn’t be voting in the first place.
LOL, I think we all reached the same analysis of the main asinine quote.
Isn't it "RACIST" for these "legal and labor activists" to say that only the "blacks and Hispanics, other minorities and the poor" are the only ones committing voter fraud?
I see these billboards as one of those "if the shoe fits" deals. JMO.
THERE IS EXACTLY ONE PARTY IN AMERICA THAT COMMITS, AND RELIES ON, VOTER FRAUD. IT IS THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY ARE A CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE AND THEY MUST BE JAILED, OR EXECUTED, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
LOL! Souldn't this read:
"It certainly leads to an atmosphere where some will think about voting twice", Johnson-Blanco said,. . ."
Cue the “That’s Racist!” kid! LOL!
I thought for sure that this was satire.
i’ve seen them. they are only intimidating if you know you’re not legally allowed to vote here. i know i can vote, they don’t bother me at all.
With the left you can almost be certain that the line between satire and reality are often indistinguishable.
“Why would any legal voter be put off by these signs?”
Probably for the same reason the dems hate seeing The Ten Commandments posted anywhere- it is a list of everything they are doing wrong and being reminded they will be judged by it.
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