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Officials: Man Dead For 20 Years Registers To Vote
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Posted on 09/23/2004 8:00:47 AM PDT by esryle

More Than 800 Voter Registration Cards Being Investigated

AKRON, Ohio -- The state of Ohio is stepping in to investigate possible voter fraud in Summit County. And the Lake County prosecutor is also looking into fraud there.

More than 800 voter registration cards in Summit County are under investigation, NewsChannel5 reported.

The Board of Elections said the voter registration cards in question are for addresses that don't exist, spelling mistakes or have similar handwriting.

Fifty of those questionable cards apparently came from the AFL-CIO central office in Cleveland, WEWS reported.

The AFL-CIO said it's registering thousands of union members this year, and had no knowledge of the faulty cards, which are filled out by volunteers.

AFL-CIO Executive Secretary John Ryan told NewsChannel5’s partner The Akron Beacon Journal that "it's not only a felony, but it's playing with democracy in a dangerous, horrible way."

Elections officials said the bogus cards were kicked out by the computer and forwarded to state investigators.

In the meantime in Lake County, elections officials said some voter advocacy groups are forging registration cards.

In one example, a man who's been dead for 20 years is apparently a new registered voter.

And in another case, it looks as if an entire neighborhood will be out of town on Election Day. Everyone there applied for absentee ballots.

This fraud comes on the heels of a report NewsChannel5 did just Wednesday on identity theft and voter registration. (Read Report)

Never give out your full social security number if asked. Elections officials only require the last four digits for verification.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: votefraud
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To: eggman
FReep MSNBC poll - who's best on Iraq? Could use a freeping.
61 posted on 09/23/2004 9:18:31 AM PDT by concerned about politics (Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!)
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To: concerned about politics
Worthless poll: Yesterday, 80% of you said Iraq is "out of control". Which candidate do you think can handle the situation more effectively?

80% of the American people do not think Iraq is "out of control" so why should anyone believe this poll on who would handle it better will be less biased.

62 posted on 09/23/2004 9:31:12 AM PDT by eggman (With CBS and lies as with cats and hairballs - expect the unexpectorated.)
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To: dstarr

Never like to hear about the loss of a patriot and Republican voter. thank You, and God Bless.


63 posted on 09/23/2004 9:41:15 AM PDT by marty60
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To: eggman
80% of the American people do not think Iraq is "out of control" so why should anyone believe this poll on who would handle it better will be less biased.

I believe of it is out of control because the democrats keep giving the enemy hope that kerry will eventually win and pull out, so they keep fighting. The left wing press is reporting the propaganda to make sure the enemy hears it.
When it comes to who'd do a better job, it would be Bush hands down.

64 posted on 09/23/2004 9:44:51 AM PDT by concerned about politics (Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!)
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To: esryle
I see dead people,voting.


65 posted on 09/23/2004 9:48:56 AM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a 8 month old son with Down Syndrome)
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To: concerned about politics

They must live near Elmira/Horseheads...I remember that plant well! It was modern and up to date...not having been built and operating very long before it went belly up!


66 posted on 09/23/2004 11:29:04 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (The Democrats must be defeated in 2004Anne Catherine Emmerich.)
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To: King David
A worse scam is "volunteers" who "help" nursing home residents vote absentee.

-Eric

67 posted on 09/23/2004 12:11:34 PM PDT by E Rocc (Anti-Islamic Bigotry: The Know-Nothingism of the 21st Century.)
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To: esryle

68 posted on 09/23/2004 12:15:25 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: esryle

Gee.

Only 800 are fraudulent?


69 posted on 09/23/2004 12:17:16 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: esryle
In one example, a man who's been dead for 20 years is apparently a new registered voter.

Why is it, when these stories are published, that the party affiliation of the registrant is never reported?

I would think it would be a very logical and important question to have answered. Those who investigated and reported the story must surely know.

70 posted on 09/23/2004 12:18:22 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (And everything under the sun is in tune...but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.)
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To: esryle

Well seeing as how they didn't bother to mention the deceased's party affiliation, I think we all know what party they are registered under.


71 posted on 09/23/2004 12:18:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: esryle

Do you suppose the Democrats have EVER won an election fair and square? Would they know how to do it?


72 posted on 09/23/2004 12:20:09 PM PDT by WeddingPlanner
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To: marty60

Can we get the name of the "Voter Advocacy Groups" that are forging names. I'd like to see if we can establish DNC ties to these organizations.


73 posted on 09/23/2004 12:23:24 PM PDT by Tempest (Don't blame me, I'm voting for Bush.)
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To: esryle

I didn't notice the dead guy's party affiliation, but I can guess.


74 posted on 09/23/2004 12:23:54 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: esryle

 

 

75 posted on 09/23/2004 1:47:43 PM PDT by Fintan (Oh...am I supposed to read the article???)
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To: airborne
You just know that if the story fails to report the political party, 9 times out of 10 it's a Democrat.

Some of the new voters in Lake county were registered by the NAACP.
76 posted on 09/23/2004 4:03:55 PM PDT by boxerblues (www.ohbluestarmothers.org)
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To: Tempest
Dead man on voter rolls sparks inquiry (Ohio)

He has been dead for more than two decades, elections officials said.

In a seemingly lesser miracle of wayward democracy, an elderly nursing home resident who only scrawls a shaky "X" when signing official documents suddenly regained a firm, crisp cursive signature when she registered

She said that the registration of the deceased man was filed by the National Voter Fund, the registration arm of the NAACP, and the woman in the nursing home was registered by the group Americans Coming Together, known in this state as ACT Ohio.

77 posted on 09/23/2004 4:06:42 PM PDT by boxerblues (www.ohbluestarmothers.org)
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To: 1Old Pro
Did they also report that the same 50 wanted to enroll as Democrats?

LOL - the way we know which party does the bad stuff is when the press doesn't *say* which party it is, cause they're for darn sure gonna shout it out if it's Republicans!

78 posted on 09/23/2004 4:15:02 PM PDT by Billie
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To: boxerblues

Thank you for the link it was very useful =^D


79 posted on 09/23/2004 10:48:13 PM PDT by Tempest (Don't blame me, I'm voting for Bush.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
Agreed. It would bring an unprecedented level of freedom to people.
80 posted on 09/23/2004 10:52:55 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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