Kerry Pins Hopes in Iowa on Big Vote From Absentees [heads up]

New York Times ^ | Sep 28, 2004 | R.W. Apple, Jr.

[Keith in Iowa]

I got one of those recored message calls telling me that the 'Rats (MoveOn, Americans Coming Together, etc...) are behind a move to get people to vote absentee, and act as the courier to return the ballots - and the call suggested to only return the ballot yourself, in person, or mail it yourself if voting absentee - and not to trust the 'Rats and their stooges.

[no dems]

...roughly three times as many Democrats as Republicans did so in the counties studied by The Register.>/i> Did you catch the key words here? "...in the counties studied...." If they are like your typical msm, they selected counties heavily populated with Democrats.

[no dems]

...roughly three times as many Democrats as Republicans did so in the counties studied by The Register. Did you catch the key words here? "...in the counties studied...." If they are like your typical msm, they selected counties heavily populated with Democrats.

[Iowa Granny]

Yes the phoney state election guy (cannot recall demorat shiftys name) will deny such happenings--will not even respond to e-mails.

His name is Chet Culver, Secretary of State. He's the son of former Senator John Culver and he wants to be the next Governor of Iowa.

[F16Fighter]

One reason Mr. Gore may have run better among absentee voters, Mr. Vilsack speculated, was that most of them did not witness what were widely considered lackluster showings by the vice president in that year's debates.

Hard to "witness" a debate while already buried six-feet-under.

[btcusn]

I hope someone maintains a database on those absentee ballots to check for possible double voting in places like Florida or Pennsylvania.

You must have read my mind. I know, didn't take long either!
Jack

[Khaosai]

Don't believe these aren't votes the dems are putting in the bank already. A am astounded by the cavalier response of the Rep. official.

Agree completely -

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The state GOP has an aggressive absentee plan. Trust me. They do.

[line drive to right]

Kerry is going to win this election because of voter fraud, unless the Republicans can do something about it in the short time remaining. Please do what you can now to alert anybody with any authority. If we know of voter fraud scheming, I have to believe the power-brokers and legal people on our side know. But, who knows?

[faithincowboys]

Guys, I think we are in trouble. The amount of fraud that is going to come our way is gonna be HUGH. I am scared by ut, frankly.

[Graymatter]

Note the word "after" here: "Mr. Kerry won the caucuses this year after Howard Dean faltered and Representative Richard A. Gephardt's broad labor support proved insufficient..."

I've always wondered if there was something fishy in how Kerry won Iowa. Dean hadn't yet faltered and Gephardt hadn't proved anything when Kerry suddenly turned out the winner.

[COEXERJ145]

Must you always be so negative?

If Bush continues to do as well as he has been, then voter fraud isn't going to make any difference. Only when an election is close can fraud actually steal it.

[nimbysrule]

Right on. And, folks, you can't really take R.W. "Johnny" Apple seriously, can you?

[COEXERJ145]

If you remember, the polls before the Hawkeye-"Cacueye" showed that Dean's support was falling and that Gephardt and Kerry were moving ahead. It wasn't a real surprise that Dean didn't win. He imploded in the days before the caucuses, especially when he told the old guy to "Sit".

[Kylie_04]

Well let us hope that these "old voters" aren't so old that they are already in that dirt....nut little would surprise me.

My point earlier was that people that are "urged" to vote absentee - rather than seeing a real need to do so on their own - might be less likely to actually return the ballot.

I worry about people with multiple homes voting absentee in one state and in person in the other...these RATS will try anything. I hope the "powers that be" in the GOP learned SOMETHING from 2000....

Even having volunteered, I have this helpless feeling since my state is so darn red anyway...I think I could do more good elsewhere.

[line drive to right]

Bull. Besides all the other cheating by the Democoms in 2000 Florida, Bush somehow had 15,000 fewer votes counted for him in Palm Beach County than did the Republican candidate for the U.S. House. That just does not happen, where a somewhat popular Pres. candidate is swamped in vote count by a congressional candidate from his own party. That event is according to the esteemed John Fund of the Wall Street Journal. He has a book out on vote fraud.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Some people just want a paper trail.

However, do these have to be notarized or witnessed?

[faithincowboys]

Go to Newsmax!!! You really need to get some courage. Do you think Rove is worried about it? And if everything is so perfect, don't go to the polls. Just stay home and eat popcorn.

[Graymatter]

Yes, I know. I don't trust state polls, or the media that report them. Supposedly Kerry just suddenly saw an opening and went into it like Seabiscuit. Maybe. But it was all very sudden and the Vilsack friendship was all so conveeeenient :)

[c-b 1]

I don't know how it works in Iowa, but I know how it works along the border. The candidate, and or his machine go out and recruit registered voters, and register new voters, to request early ballots. In some cases the early ballots are requested to be sent to a member of the machine, who then takes the ballots to the voters for them to sign, then the carrier marks the ballot, and takes it to elections. The candidate can get a list of the early ballots sent out each day, they know what day the voter will get the ballot, they show up at the voter's house that day, pick up, and mark the ballot, and turn them in. Some of these people turn in stacks of ballots every day.

Yes these candidates are Democrats, the interesting thing is that this is also done in the primarys, when the opponent is a Democrat. In most cases both candidates are doing it.

People who were not registered to vote have been caught going into the polls, look at the book of registered voters, and give the name of someone on the list, get their ballot, and vote. Has anyone been prosecuted for any of these offences? Of course not, we can't offend anyone.