Posted on 10/25/2010 1:12:40 PM PDT by pabianice
I have some very grave news for you. We are leading Harry Reid in the polls and meeting our early vote goals--and yet, Sharron Angle could still lose.
As Sharron Angle's campaign attorney, I am sorry to report that the Democrats and their cronies are up to their same old tricks, of trying to manipulate the election in hopes of skewing the results in their favor.
Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State announced that voters can be provided "free food" at "voter turnout events." Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic allies such as teachers' unions are offering gift cards in return for a vote for Reid.
Before we were even able to document the reported infractions to report to the authorities, the Democrat Secretary of State slammed the door shut on preventing this behavior and issued a public statement permitting these ACORN-style tactics. THESE are the kinds of shenanigans that can turn this race... Harry Reid intends to steal this election if he can't win it outright. As a result, we need to deploy literally dozens of election law attorneys and poll watchers to combat these tactics ...
Understand, EVERYTHING we have worked for in the last year could be destroyed by dirty tricks and criminal acts in the next 8 days. As Sharron's first line of defense on these matters I am absolutely committed to making sure this won't happen...
What Harry Reid is doing is clearly illegal. Nevada law (NRS 293.700) provides that, “A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or use and other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.”
We've seen evidence of this sort of voter 'enticement' by groups such as ACORN - where, in 2008, two ACORN workers in Milwaukee were accused of offering pre-paid gasoline cards or restaurant gift cards to people in exchange for registration.
John Fund wrote in his book Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy, cited reports from the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (South Dakota) and the election in 2004, where certain residents were quoted saying that "people on the streets were saying you go vote, they would give you gas money, $10, maybe a pack of cigarettes..."
Now, this week in Las Vegas, at our election hotline, we received reports that some teachers' union representatives were offering Starbucks cards to people to get them to vote for Harry Reid. It is even more disturbing and may be possible that they are using their influence and authority as educators to entice students on behalf of Reid.
Here’s the bottom line: when the powerful are threatened, they will do anything to retain their position. It's clear now that Harry Reid's campaign is even willing to skirt the laws of Nevada to do it.
Is there any question that they will do the same on Election Day?
The right to vote is a precious one - and it carries with it somber responsibilities. The Democrats' willingness to allow voters to be enticed with a promise of any thing of value is a debasement of the process- and it may just destroy everything we've worked for...
Sincerely,
Cleta Mitchell
Counsel to Friends of Sharron Angle Republican Nominee for U.S. Senate, Nevada
P.S. I've been in this business a long time. I have never before been so convinced that a candidate would reach so low in order to be victorious. Let's do this for Sharron and all her hard work.
PING!
At least they are honestly stealing the election. it’s when they dishonestly steal elections that we should be worried about.
WOOO HOOOO
DRUDGE PICKED THIS UP!!!!
Yaaaaaahoooo
Good one!
Alas, the “Courts” will just say we don’t have STANDING to challenge these corrupt practices. We don’t even have standing to demand the President be an American!
We will see about the people of NV, but I am not encouraged. People there like “free things” from government, as do their cousins in their sister states.
Usually they will bribe the homeless with cigarettes, in exchange for them filling out absentee ballots.
I saw somewhere there were 26 SOS seats up Tuesday and the GOP won 17, taking 6 from the Democrats, including here in Iowa. Alas MN kept Al Franken’s SOS and he’s set to give them Gov. Dayton.
Six more than we had is a good thing, we need to get rid of all the dem SoS’s, it is as important as the Governors maybe more
He stole it. Period.
Most simply, it’s a matter of will. Dems are willing to kill, steal, lie, blackmail, extort, kidnap, and maim. Repubs are willing to issue harsh statement, sit in the corner, weeping and wetting themselves. Stark, I know. Better re-watch “Mad Max.”
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