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GOP Complains About School Voting Over Alleged Ice Cream Bribe -School Admin. Denies Wrongdoing
NBC 5 Dallas-Ft. Worth ^
| November 2, 2004
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Posted on 11/02/2004 1:00:33 PM PST by weegee
GOP Complains About School Voting Over Alleged Ice Cream Bribe
School Administrator Denies Any Wrongdoing
POSTED: 10:41 am CST November 2, 2004 UPDATED: 11:58 am CST November 2, 2004
LUFKIN, Texas -- Lufkin-area Republicans are complaining about voting by residents from the local state school for the mentally disabled.
The Lufkin Daily News reports the Angelina County GOP headquarters was told that Lufkin State School employees bribed students with ice cream. They also alleged improper use of a state van to take students to the poll for early voting.
County Republican Chairman Dale Ingle alleges the school was trying to boost Democratic efforts to fight the possible closing of the school.
But school administrator Randy Spence denies any wrongdoing. He says being a state school resident doesn't bar the resident from voting. The federally funded organization Advocacy Incorporated says Texans lose the right to vote only if a judge declares them mentally incompetent.
Spence says nearly 30 school residents are registered to vote, but only six had been to early voting. He says five others signed up to vote during regular voting today.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2004electionfraud; buyingvotes; corruption; crime; dirtytircks; electionfraud; handicappedvoters; knockanddrag; lufkin; mentallydisabled; rattricks; texas; texasfraud; texasvotefraud; votefraud; voterfraud
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:00:34 PM PST
by
weegee
To: weegee
"state school for the mentally disabled"
I'm sorry, they're allowed to vote?
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:03:25 PM PST
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: weegee
Did the School admins also pull the lever for them?
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:06:49 PM PST
by
Bob J
(Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
To: nuconvert
But school administrator Randy Spence denies any wrongdoing. He says being a state school resident doesn't bar the resident from voting. The federally funded organization Advocacy Incorporated says Texans lose the right to vote only if a judge declares them mentally incompetent. Of course, they may be easily SWAYED in WHO they vote for with a bribe of ice cream (the substance of which is NOT addressed in this article).
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:07:42 PM PST
by
weegee
(4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
To: nuconvert
"I'm sorry, they're allowed to vote"
Millions voted for Gore in 2000.
5
posted on
11/02/2004 1:09:12 PM PST
by
Blzbba
(John Kerry is a jackass.)
To: weegee
This not a surprise for Lufkin. I wonder if they also gave their Chupacabras a ride to the polls. Being pretty weird their's little doubt they would vote Democratic.
Muleteam1
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:10:06 PM PST
by
Muleteam1
To: Bob J
Democrats are the vile party that distributed THIS campaign flyer:
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:10:18 PM PST
by
weegee
(4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
To: weegee
"Texans lose the right to vote only if a judge declares them mentally incompetent."
Well, unfortunately, sounds like a loophole. (as absurd as it is)
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:11:23 PM PST
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: weegee
They should be arrested for "soliciting prostitution", since anyone who would sell out their vote for a bribe is a whore.
9
posted on
11/02/2004 1:13:27 PM PST
by
TommyDale
To: weegee
The Dems must be running low on money. Ice cream is cheaper than the usual cigarettes and crack rocks.
10
posted on
11/02/2004 1:14:15 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(If they couldn't stand up to ...Howard Dean..., how can we expect them to stand up to Al Queda?)
To: weegee
IF THEY GAVE THEM ICE CREAM, they BRIBED them! Never mind about the votes, get them on the bribery, which is a federal offense.
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:18:18 PM PST
by
ikka
To: ikka
I'm not sure if it is a FEDERAL offense but it IS a state felony here in Texas.
12
posted on
11/02/2004 1:20:23 PM PST
by
weegee
(4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
To: KarlInOhio
Aw, Michael Moore found some real stupid students in college no less and bought their votes with 13cents worth of Ramen Noodles.
13
posted on
11/02/2004 1:21:17 PM PST
by
weegee
(4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
To: weegee
Got to love the people who will work to keep their government gravy train running even if it means exploiting the mentally-impaired.
No relative of mine would stay in that place another minute.
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:25:50 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.)
To: weegee
Aw, Michael Moore found some real stupid students in college no less and bought their votes with 13cents worth of Ramen Noodles. Have you ever tried to separate Moore from any food? I would rather wrestle away a fresh antelope from a pride of lions. He was making the supreme sacrifice for his (despicable) cause.
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:26:28 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(If they couldn't stand up to ...Howard Dean..., how can we expect them to stand up to Al Queda?)
To: atomicpossum
I'm reminded of the scene in
Deathrace 2000 where a hospital puts the invalids out in the highway for "Euthanasia Day" to help the score of the "favored" contestant Frankenstein (actually a mythological racer genetically engineered; not a repeat contestant).
The driver diverts off the road and kills the doctors/nurses instead. This surprises the Walter Cronkite like anchor.
It is scary what America HAS become in the 21 years since that film was made.
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:32:25 PM PST
by
weegee
(4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
To: weegee
I'm reminded of the scene in Deathrace 2000 Featuring future member of Congress (R, Iowa) Fred 'Gopher' Grandy.
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posted on
11/02/2004 1:37:24 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.)
To: Blzbba
but was Gore allowed to vote?
To: weegee
This is a reconstruction era tactic used by Southern Dims. to perpetuate the status quo. They still have the cemeteries to assist in their voting. That doesn't take any bribes. Every election the dead of Beria Cemetery arise to go vote.
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posted on
11/02/2004 2:02:45 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)
To: weegee
Just because you are crazy doesn't mean you can't vote. . . .whaaaa?
I guess we know who all the crazy, off-their-rocker voters are gonna vote for (you MUST be crazy to vote democRATic).
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