Posted on 10/25/2004 6:05:16 AM PDT by conservativecorner
What you're looking at here is the ballot from Cayahoga County, Ohio. Go ahead! Try to vote for Bush. If you follow the arrow you will punch Number 14. But if you read the ballot, you're supposed to punch Number 4.
Preacher Ted? Really. No kidding.
This morning Ted Kennedy, of all people, preached a sermon at the Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia in which, according to the Associated Press, he "urged the congregation to vote for Kerry." Here is an AP photo of the congregation:
Is it legal to hold political rallies in churches? Not if the church wants to maintain its tax-exempt status. But somehow the rules don't apply when the preacher is a Democrat. All those worries about how dangerous it is to mingle religion and politics don't apply, either.
I watched some guy apparently re-vote in CC in 2000 -- then again, the poll worker may have just let someone else sign the wrong line in the registry to begin with, giving the appearance that John Doe was voting twice. Then, in 2002, I had mysteriously dropped from the voter list. They let me cast a (regular, non-provisional) ballot anyway. This may not be fraud; it may just be the incompetence of the people who work here.
Paging Free Republic's resident Cuyahoga County Lawyer on the ground. Check this out, brother.
Are third-party candidates listed as merely "Other-party Candidates"? "Constitutional" and "Libertarian" as not named?
This ballot appears bogus, which would make it all the more incredible if it proves to be authentic.
I realize the Freeper that just posted this is not, but this has been posted repeated by trolls. It is almost assuredly photoshopped, the "1" has been removed from Badnarik and Bush's "12" and "14".
I've contacted my brother who is a Freeper, a lawyer, and working on the ground Election Day in Cuyahoga County. The Pajamahadeen have been called out.
This reveals that too many black churches are nothing more than activist organizations. The only gospel preached is the good news of government assistance.
Too many pastors are really "Uncle Toms" doing the work of their white masters, the Kennedys of American politics. As a pastor, I find it incredible that so-called ministers, regardless of how well-intended, have sold their souls and the souls of their people for the proverbial bowl of porridge.
Sorry, but just this morning MSNBC has reported that the Democrat in charge of elections in this county has "resigned for unknown reasons".
It's for real.
I have an absentee ballot, but its at home.
I'll try to bring it in tomorrow if this isn't resolved.
I have one!
I wish I had a scanner.
In Ohio the names are randomized in different regions (maybe even down to each precinct) so that no candidate or issue has an advantage based on ballot order.
And liberals, remember that "Candidate Disqualified" is Nader. Vote for him to keep the DNC from disenfranchising you.
Who set that card up?
I noticed one troubling thing about this county (went to website to see sample ballots) ... they don't have the punch area of the card ...
however, I noticed if you click on different precincts around the county you'll noticed that some have the order of the candidates different (that is strange and suspect)
for example
http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/boe/ballots/PDF/ECLE04D.pdf
http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/boe/ballots/PDF/BAYV03E.pdf
http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/boe/ballots/PDF/CLEVE01M.pdf
the county and the state should have the same ballot order?? shouldn't they ...
The colors in the squares are photoshopped are they not? Or is the ballot color-coded like that?
That's because the card is just a punch card with a bunch of numbers on it. The pages in the PDF files are put into the voting booth with a little separation between them to allow access to the holes to punch the ballot. The names are on the left page and the righthand page are the "To Continue Voting" pages.
The yellow stripe between the pages is where the holes are.
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