Posted on 11/02/2004 8:47:54 AM PST by PhiKapMom
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: RANDY WANKE
NOVEMBER 2, 2004 651-842-0136
Voter Fraud Alert!
Numerous Reports of Moveon.org
Within 100 Feet of Polling places
There continue to be reports regarding Moveon.org violating Minnesota electionlaw, including having operatives within 100 feet of the polling place.
The statute states: No one except an election official or an individual who is waiting to register to vote shall stand within 100 feet of the entrance to a polling place. The entrance to a polling place is the doorway or point of entry leading into the room or area where voting is occurring (Minn. Stat. Sec. 204C.06 Subd.1)
Minnesota law also reads: (a) Representatives of the secretary of states office, the county auditors office, and the municipal or school district clerks office may be present at the polling place to observe election procedures. Except for these representatives, election judges, sergeants-at-arms, and challengers, an individual may remain inside the polling place during voting hours only while voting or registering to vote, providing proof of residence for in individual who is registering to vote, or assisting a handicap voter or a voter who is unable to read English (Minn. Stat. Sec. 204C.06 Subd.2)
MoveOn.org needs to move on out of Minnesotas polling locations.
Problems have been reported in the following locations:
St. Louis Park
Ward 1, Precinct 1
Aldos Gate
St. Paul
Ward 1, Precinct 3
Highland Elementary School
Prosperity Heights Recreational Center
Ward 7, Precinct 3
Minneapolis
Pershing Community Center
Ward 5, Precinct 1
Central Lutheran Church
Ward 13, Precinct 9
43rd Street and Xerxes Avenue
Ebenezer Park Apartments
Ward 9, Precinct 2
Ward 2, Precinct 2
Ward 8, Precinct 4
Falcon Heights
Falcon Heights Elementary School
Richfield
Precinct 5
Mounds View
All four precincts
Hopkins
Good Shepard Church
Moorhead
Ward 2, Precinct 2
Roseville
Roseville Lutheran Church
Bloomington
Washburn Elementary
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That would have been interesting to watch! :) Republicans are fighting back this time!
My cousin's in Minnesota. I hope she votes wisely. I don't know her affiliation.
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