Posted on 07/02/2004 8:33:04 AM PDT by jmstein7
As we all know, for Democrats, the law is a mere annoyance something that needs to be circumvented to achieve the desired Democrat ends. This is particularly true on election day.
Walking Around Money
Im sure that many of you have seen this Democrats and/or Democrat affiliated groups near polling places giving people walking round money to vote on Election Day. This is an illegal practice. Note the following federal law:
18 USCS § 597 (2004)
§ 597. Expenditures to influence voting
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
As you see, this is an illegal activity. If you see this practice going on on Election Day, alert the authorities immediately cops with probable cause to believe a person or persons is (are) violating this law have the authority to make an arrest on the spot. Further, there will probably be vote fraud hotlines set up to report this kind of thing.
You can give cops the necessary probable cause to make an arrest by showing them a copy of the law or merely citing the statute (18 USCS 597), telling them that you personally observed the law being violated, and telling them, in detail, whom you saw violating the law.
The people offering the money and the people who receive/accept the money may both be arrested and charged.
Please tell anyone you know about this law, and please take action to be on the lookout for this on Election Day. As we say in New York if you see something, SAY something!
Stop Vote Fraud BUMP!
Stop Vote Fraud BUMP!
It's okay to use the taxpayers' money to buy votes, but it's criminal to use your own.
If they offer me money, I'll accept the cash, vote for Bush, and then turn them in.
My Grandad used to tell stories about the thirties and the days of paper ballots, when the first guy to vote would stuff a dummy vote in the box then smuggle out the real ballot, then head straight for the union hall and get his free whiskey, as stooge #2 took possession of the ballot (filled out for the Democratic nominee) and re-entered the polling place. This went on all day.
You accept the cash, you're in violation of the law, too
;^)
I highly recommend for any Conservative that works the polls this November to keep a sharp eye out for any thing that doesn't seem on the up and up.
And by God, they BETTER count the military absentee votes! This has been in my crawl since last election.
You may have to make the collar yourself -- or have a federal marshal do so. Most police departments will not enforce federal laws -- particularly when doing so is not in the best interest of the police union.
Starr county in south Texas emptied it's cemetary that day.
I witnessed the "Florida Effect" in California. I work at the polling place. The 5pm rush is always the biggest of the day. But not in Nov 2000.
The networks had called Gore the statistical winner, so untold thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands nationwide , felt their votes to be meaningless.
They drove home instead of to the polls.
The gullible reign!
bump
But this brings up a ploy to catch them. Freepers in those cities where this is likely to happen can dress like street people and hang around near the polls and wait for the dem criminals to offer them money. Would help if they had an accomplice to take pictures or video of the money exchange. Case closed.
I hate the practice, because a million votes went uncounted in California while everybody was screaming about Florida.
IMHO, if all the military ballots had been counted, the Democrats couldn't keep going around saying "Gore won the popular vote by 400,000." One simply cannot make that claim when there are a couple million ballots across the country that were never counted, and would have leaned Bush heavily.
Memo-gate bump!
They why are absentee ballots sent to our military overseas? And how would they know until the ballots were counted that it wouldn't change the result?
IMHO, if all the military ballots had been counted, the Democrats couldn't keep going around saying "Gore won the popular vote by 400,000." One simply cannot make that claim when there are a couple million ballots across the country that were never counted, and would have leaned Bush heavily.
We made a big stink in Florida when they refused to count the absentee ballots. Even the military was upset. But the Rats deemed that the ballots "weren't received in time," or they "weren't filled out correctly," yada yada yada. Anything they could find to trash them.
Welcome to Free Republic, btw. :)
I know, but it would be so fun to take their money and then vote for Bush anyway. Kind of like when Ollie North used the Iranian profits to fund the contras in Nicaragua.
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