Posted on 06/09/2006 11:15:13 PM PDT by neverdem
A Suffolk County grand jury subpoenaed election records for Saltaire on Fire Island yesterday after complaints that some summer residents had voted illegally by casting ballots there and in the communities where they live most of the year, county officials said.
Prosecutors declined to comment. But critics of the village government have accused several people of dual voting, including Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, and her husband, John A. Zaccaro Sr.
Voting records bear out those assertions.
For decades Ms. Ferraro has voted regularly in her hometown, New York City, but since 2001, she and her husband have also voted in the spring village elections in Saltaire, where they have had a summer home for 42 years, records show.
State law forbids anyone to be an active voter in two different places, and violators can face criminal prosecution, say election officials and other legal experts. "Maintaining two voting residences is a violation of the law and a criminal violation," said Henry T. Berger, a lawyer and specialist in election law.
Ms. Ferraro adamantly denied in a telephone interview yesterday that she and her husband had broken the law, and she questioned the accuracy of the records. She did acknowledge that they had voted in village elections, saying it was permitted by special registration at Village Hall.
"We have voted in the village the way everybody else does. The only requirement is you have to have lived there 30 days before the election. If that's illegal, the village should not have those registration days," said Ms. Ferraro, a lawyer.
Ms. Ferraro and her husband are not the only ones to have voted in two places where they have homes.
One village trustee, Bruce A. Rich, has acknowledged also voting in Manhattan, where he lives and works as...
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Come on, we're talking Democrats here. Nothing will be done about it.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Oh, I'm convinced huge numbers of New Yorkers are voting up there in NY and also down here in Orange, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The trick is getting the records to match things up. Maybe just in time to stir the pot this year and 2008.
Oh BELIEVE ME....They are still here, only this time they get to vote for Queen Hillary, and Mr.(I've got an STS-16 patch, and you won't have to look at an oil rig from your condo if I'm re-elected) Bill Nelson...
Another case of do as I say, not as I do.
I pay ten times more taxes where my business is, yet I have no voice on who is elected in that district
Also.....why don't liberal couples EVER have the same last name????
I read that the Mededith Vierro (sp) chick is married to a Richard Cohen that is a writer....is it the same Richard Cohen that writes for the Washington Post???
Interesting that this was picked up by the NYSlimes?? There must be an ulterior motive.
You nailed it!
Actually I think you should be able to vote in the local elections in both places.
You shouldn't get two votes for the same candidate but you should get a vote for the local government where you own property.
Denying you the vote is taxation without representation.
I own property in two different towns/cities. I pay property taxes in both. I should have a say about those who tax me. I don't understand why that hasn't been challenged and won.
It really is a flaw in our system
If they checked the voter logs of any downstate county of New York against Palm Beach County, Florida alone, they would have a field day.
ex-Broward here
NJ & NY had many thousands of Florida voters in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Documented in the papers too
In Florida illegals were bragging on TV they voted
Thousands of ex-cons voted in Florida too - over 75% voted democrat
Dems in FL got all upset with "roll-cleansing"
Hillary is pushing the con & ex-con vote bigtime
75% is 75%
The party of convicted criminals
Who vote!
My fix:
Any pol, clerk, ACORNer, etc who registers an illegal, ex-con, or double-voter does 5 years in fed pen (no parole!) 1st offense
2nd offense = 10 years
2 in first year = 15 years
5 + 10 / back-to-back (as they say)
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Have some smoked sailfish when you get a chance -
The preoblem is compounded in a state like Maryland where you do not need PROOF of residency to vote. A utility bill will do it. You can get a drivers license in Maryland the same way. MARYLAND IS A CORRUPT DEMOCRAT FORTRESS.
And by the way, I'd love to see some serious investigation of the New Yorkers who flee to FLORIDA every year. I'm betting Florida would be a lot more RED if there wasn't any dual voting going on by the winter-time 'rats who migrate down there every year!
Voter fraud ought to be treated as a crime against the state, like treason, and prosecuted accordingly. If we did that, we'd have a lot less of it.
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