Posted on 10/08/2004 6:12:32 AM PDT by 11th_VA
READING -- A backlog of last-minute voter registrations in Berks County is pushing the system to its breaking point, according to election officials.
Director of Elections V. Kurt Bellman told the Board of Elections Thursday that there have been flagrant attempts at voter registration fraud.
"It’s absolutely out of hand," Bellman said. "Not only do we have unintentional duplication of voter registrations but we have blatant duplicate voter registrations."
Bellman said groups conducting voter drives are coming out of the woodwork, something Berks County hasn’t seen before. He added that some of the drives are being conducted in violation of the law because they are paying incentives to sign up voters.
Commissioner Mark Scott suggested the Board of Elections conduct its own investigation that would be public rather than create more work for the district attorney’s office.
"I’d like the public to get more access to the details of fraud," Scott said.
Bellman said his office has had numerous calls from people who were registered through a group called the Association Communication Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), complaining that those taking down the voter information deliberately put inaccurate information on the form.
Bellman said he also received a batch of registrations from Citizens for Consumer Justice in Allentown that contained several hundred forms, including ones that have been held since July and ones with fictitious names and addresses and even wrong counties.
Bellman said he believes it’s an attempt to overload the elections office.
"It’s election sabotage," Scott added.
Volunteers are working in the Board of Elections office throughout the day, in the evenings and even on weekends. County officials are asking volunteers to commit to a schedule for volunteering since county workers have to train each volunteer.
There is definately HUGE HUGE HUGE VOTER FRAUD in PA! There are roughly 8 Million people in PA, and voter registration is at 8 Million+ as a report today, that means that well over 95% of all adults are registered to vote in the state.... which while I wish it were true, I know its not remotely statistically possible.
You'd better.
George Soros is attempting a putsch in this country the same as he did in Georgia by manipulating the system and the weakwilled.
He funds these voter registration drives. Watch for massive street demonstrations if W wins.
What he hasn't counted is that it can work both ways. I will never acknowledge Kerry as president.
You'd better.
George Soros is attempting a putsch in this country the same as he did in Georgia by manipulating the system and the weakwilled.
He funds these voter registration drives. Watch for massive street demonstrations if W wins.
What he hasn't counted is that it can work both ways. I will never acknowledge Kerry as president.
Have faith, fraud is really quite risky.
The big question is do we have enough time to clear this up before the election?
The Republicans in Congress should have addressed this years ago. It's very disappointing.
that is insane! where did you see those stats at? if this is true there needs to be an intense investigation. we cant stand around and watch the election be stolen by fraudulent democrats. we need to do something! we need to ensure that the votes in PA are fair!!!
I doubt it. From other threads it looks like nothing is ever done to clean this behavior up.
I don't think they will either. They are too scared to show any backbone.
I don't trust even voting absentee anymore. I'm lining up in the dark to vote, because I believe that by noon on 11/02/04, the entire election apparatus in the United States will be in chaos.
The hand of George Soros is at work here. I fear we are witnessing a coup de tat of the government of the United States.
They want to take over. Why do you think they want all guns to be registered?
They truly do mean to steal this election.
Well, while the GOP stands by idly "not wanting to rock the boat" all civility seems to be going right down the drain! "Not saying 'no' is just like saying 'yes'."
I'm just wondering if anything would happen if Kerry were to win this in a close one with clear and significant evidence of voter fraud as the reason for the win.
What then?
And the liberals accuse the GOP of being dishonest! Disgraceful! The real Nazis are the libs and Democrats!
Absolutely!
No piccy, no ticky!
I ALWAYS vote first thing in the morning, so that if there is some kind of registration or ballot snafu, I have all day to find the proper officials to get a remedy. I personally know one of the county registrars, and could probably get the county judge on the phone if I felt the need.
Those are precautions to protect just two votes (me and my veteran father).
"The hand of George Soros is at work here."
The creep does not play bean bag, does he.
Uh...yeah. Like getting it onto the evening news with Tom Brokjaw and the rest of the Dem operatives in the MSM.
"I fear we are witnessing a coup de tat of the government of the United States"
With the aid of Pravda(MSM)
The fraud is being publicized in many newspapers, including left leaning ones like the Palm Beach Post.
If the Dems think this kind of PR, added to the stories about violence at Bush/Cheney headquarters will help their cause, I think they're sadly mistaken.
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