FReepers Against Voter Fraud - (Preparing for 2004)

Various | May 25, 2003 | sweetliberty

[Henchman]

We have already been defrauded. The overwhelming invasion of our borders, legal and illegal, has diluted out (American) vote by a huge percentage, for 2004 and evermore. The liberals tell us we are a nation of immigrants and that is supposed to justify the huge immigration influx. If the immigrants are “illegal” the liberals call them immigrants any way. The DegeneRATS want these people for votes and the Republicans want them for cheap labor. If you complain, the Libs refer to our origins and call you a bigot. In reality, our vote has been made almost meaningless and they tell you “vote, it is your most important privilage” (which they diluted).
Thanks God Bush is doing something on the quiet – the “A”rabs are leaving in big numbers – many illegals are being deported and their family leaves with them, praise Allah.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thanks a million, Sweetliberty. Here is an email msg I received from Dean Gardner today (Re. voter fraud in 30th District State Assembly race):

Dean Gardner will hold a news conference on Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 10 a.m., at the fountain between the County Office building and the Parking Garage at 1115 Truxtun, Bakersfield, CA.

Subject of the conference will be the disclosure of the results of the investigation into voter fraud in the 30th AD, November, 2002, and what avenues of remedy Mr. Gardner intents to pursue.

A news release will be sent to out lying areas immediately after the news conference.

We encourage your participation.

(End of email msg from Dean Gardner.)

Some of us will be FReeping Nicole Parra (the "winner" of this race) this Saturday June 14 7:30 in Avenal. Anyone interested, FReep mail me. Thanks.

[Saundra Duffy]

Require proof of US citizenship before voting!

Or at least some form of identification. Sheeeeesh!

[ladyinred]

This is one subject I am really passionate about. Living as I do in California where voter fraud is just out of control, I feel helpless to stop it because the rats here make all of the rules.

[sweetliberty]

The voter fraud is out of control in Arkansas too, and the RATs are fighting to try to do away with requiring ID altogether. They tried to railroad a bill through to prevent pollwatchers at the polls as well, but thanks to some serious activism that portion of the bill got squelched....for now. It is scary how close it came to getting through. Had it passed, they would have been able to proceed with their dirty tactics unimpeded. We have a serious RAT infestation here in 3 of the larger and more densely populated counties. Unfortunately, I live in one of them. Thanks to stop_the_rats and her tenacity in hounding Gov. Huckabee and any other legislator whose ear she could get, this latest travesty got shot down. We're thinking we need to run her for office.

Saundra, keep us posted on the FReep and keep up the good work!

[Saundra Duffy]

Results of election inquiry to be shared

By CHRISTINE BEDELL, Californian staff writer
e-mail: cbedell@bakersfield.com

Wednesday June 11, 2003, 11:02:00 PM

Former candidate Dean Gardner is scheduled to announce today results of an investigation into possible voter fraud during last year's 30th District Assembly race.

The information comes out of an inquiry by Gardner supporters, not the Kern County District Attorney's office, which also has been investigating, said Gardner's wife, Ruth Gardner.

In fact, the D.A.'s office is still reviewing the 1,318 instances of possible voting irregularities presented to it by the California Republican Party last December, according to Deputy District Attorney Michael Yraceburn.

Both sides valued every ballot in that race -- Gardner lost to Democrat Nicole Parra by just 266 votes of more than 50,000 cast.

Until now, Gardner has denied any involvement in the GOP study of 30th District balloting and its passing of information to prosecutors. He's just been monitoring events as a "concerned citizen," Gardner often has said.

Gardner did tell The Californian in May that he's been "a little frustrated" with the pace of the D.A.'s inquiry.

"As a citizen I'm concerned there has not been a response," Gardner said.

Ruth Gardner said her husband will explain why he's now releasing investigation results. According to a press release, Gardner also intends to detail the "avenues of remedy" he will pursue.

Ruth Gardner declined to release any of the information early.

In the past, Dean Gardner has referred questions about the GOP investigation to party volunteers Alberto Llamas and Jim Lopez.

Llamas agreed to share the information with The Californian last month but never showed up for a scheduled interview and has repeatedly declined to reschedule another interview.

The Republican Party began scrutinizing 30th District ballots immediately after Election Day. Subsequent legal wrangling by both sides helped delay the official vote count by weeks.

The documents the Republicans turned over to the D.A.'s office allege such violations as ineligible voters, people requesting and casting absentee ballots illegally, and improper registrations.

The party has not directly accused Parra or her campaign of orchestrating any fraud.

Its spokespeople instead have maintained there are gaps and errors that exist in the election system.

The 30th District includes parts of northwest Kern County, east Bakersfield, Arvin and Lamont plus pieces of Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties.

[Saundra Duffy]

Saundra, keep us posted on the FReep and keep up the good work!

Thanks and I will. I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!!!!!!!

[Saundra Duffy]

Here's the article from today's Bakersfield Californian. Just look how the liberal media will spin and twist and skewer a story!!!! Here's the article:

Fraud alleged without proof

By CHRISTINE BEDELL, Californian staff writer
e-mail: cbedell@bakersfield.com

Thursday June 12, 2003, 11:55:02 PM


Defeated candidate Dean Gardner, without offering any proof, on Thursday hurled more accusations of voter fraud by Democrats during last year's 30th District Assembly race.

A local elections official and prosecutor said while a few isolated cases of fraud are possible, they've not been able to substantiate Gardner's claims.

At a press conference in Bakersfield, Republican Gardner said he believes 37 percent of the newly registered Democrats who voted in Kern County portions of the 30th District cast fraudulent votes.

The Bakersfield businessman said that during a seven-month investigation, his supporters found 905 people who committed such violations as voting more than once, voting without being U.S. citizens or voting despite living outside the 30th District.

Gardner blamed a "well-oiled and well-funded fraud machine" in Sacramento. He said after the Gov. Gray Davis recall effort is finished, he wants to push a statewide initiative requiring better proof of identity when people register and vote.

Gardner refused to name the people he suspects committed fraud or release other specific information to substantiate his claims.

He said he's giving the data to federal, state and local investigators.

"There is a well-oiled and well-funded fraud machine run by liberal special interest groups that may be electing people to the Legislature who should not be there, and they are destroying our freedoms in California," Gardner said.

Democratic Party leaders strongly denied the charge and challenged Gardner to back it up.

"Mr. Gardner lost and he can't seem to face that fact," said Lynn Montgomery of Assembly Democrats, which ran registration drives here and statewide last year. "He can make any claims he wants, but he has no proof."

Gardner lost to Democrat Nicole Parra by just 266 votes of more than 50,000 cast.

The 30th includes parts of northwest Kern County, east Bakersfield, Arvin and Lamont, plus pieces of Kings, Tulare and Fresno counties.

Last December, the California Republican Party gave the Kern County District Attorney's office 1,318 instances of possible voter fraud in Kern portions of the district.

The information Gardner unveiled Thursday was dug up after that, and there is some overlap, Gardner said.

Kern County Deputy District Attorney Michael Yraceburn said he can't talk about the results of his inquiry because it won't be finished until around December.

Yraceburn and Sandy Brockman, head of Kern County elections, said they wouldn't be surprised to find isolated cases of fraud.

Brockman said her office diligently investigates questionable registrations and believes the voter rolls are "pretty clean." She relies on the public to bring forth cases of voter fraud, she said.

She had a couple of things to say about Gardner's belief that 37 percent of newly registered Democrats in his sample cast fraudulent votes.

"We can't substantiate that claim because he's never given me any evidence for me to investigate regarding that," she said.

Brockman added: "That's saying 37 percent of our voters are dishonest. I don't believe that."

Since the election, Gardner repeatedly has said he's not involved with the fraud investigation.

But Thursday, he used the term "we" in describing how the work has been done and said that on more than one occasion he has spoken to people he suspected of registering or voting improperly.

Among the investigation findings were that 69 people admitted voting at least twice, 93 said they voted but aren't U.S. citizens, and 272 copped to voting in the 30th despite not living in the district.

Gardner said the volunteers examined 2,460 of 14,000 Democratic voters who registered in Kern portions of the 30th District between the March primary and November general election.

His wife, Ruth Gardner, said the workers looked at some Republican voters -- she didn't know how many -- and did not find any potential wrongdoing among them.

The biggest problem they found was people voting at the polls using someone else's name, Gardner said.

Brockman said she did not get a single report of someone going to the polls and finding someone else had cast a ballot in his or her name.

A spokeswoman for the California Republican Party had no comment on Gardner's assertion of a voter-fraud machine because it hadn't seen Gardner's investigation results.

Kevin McDermott, a Kern County Republican Party worker, said a potential for registration fraud exists among Democrats and Republicans, especially when people are paid to sign voters up.

Parra, meanwhile, contended that if Gardner has proof of illegalities, he should turn it over to the proper authorities.

[yoe]

Require proof of US citizenship before voting!

AND require a two year residency before being allowed to vote in a presidential election. Close Motor Voting: All Of It! - if you can drive through some place, you can drive to your polling place to vote! Death certificates are AUTOMATICALLY sent to BOTH Democrat and Republican town headquarters or to the city Registrar which if they are democratic party members, must be watched as to mail-in ballot fraud – it happened here during the last election but no one looked into it.

[sweetliberty]

More aid to illegal voters

Napolitano vetoes bill to require voter ID at polling places

I especially like this line:

"Napolitano told the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials that it would deter voter participation."

"In Arizona, we want people to vote," said Napolitano."

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Sharpton/Hillary! 2004

That just made me think of something really frightening:

Hillary repeatedly states that she is not running for President in 2004.
She plans on running as a vice-presidential nominee and will then have the President elect bumped off. Perhaps a terminal case of Arkansas flu?

</only ½ sarcasm>

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Methinks you should store your graphics...

Shouldn't that be ithinks?    =;^)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Our job is to shut up and pay....and pay....and pay.

Makes you wonder when the tax revolt is coming.

And I'm not talking about face paint and dressing as indians and tossing tea.

[sweetliberty]

Here's another reference. Will have to put this one on the next thread.

California Voter Fraud Handbook ( Major Laugh of the coming California elections)

[Goldwater Girl]

Please add me to your voter fraud ping list.
Thanks,
GG

[sweetliberty]

Will do.

[Saundra Duffy]

Link re. California Assembly race where voter fraud has been documented:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/937862/posts

[sweetliberty]

Thanks Saundra. Way to go girl!

[sweetliberty]

One of the problems we have in the county I live in is that elections are controlled by a single family, from early voting through election day, and the person in charge is also on the advisory board of the NAACP. I was just talking to stop_the_rats and she pointed me to these 2 stories. Apparently someone at our liberal paper has taken an interest. We may have found a back door through which to get a shot a breaking the stranglehold these people have on the elections here. The Republican party of Arkansas doesn't even bother with us because they consider it a waste of resources, believing there is no way to win here anyway. The list in the first article is not even complete as to how many relatives Helen Bradley has working in the elections office.

I'm posting these here to reference.

June 26, 2003

EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES SEEN BEFORE AT COURTHOUSE

By Sherry Caldwell/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF

The hiring of relatives by elected Jefferson County officials is nothing new.

County Judge Jack Jones' recent employment of his wife, Gale, to head the recycling and sanitation department has led to questions about similar practices.

Several other county officials have relatives employed on a temporary, part-time or full-time basis.

The husband of County Clerk Helen Bradley works on a part-time basis as a deputy clerk during elections. Election Coordinator Taylor Eubank said Sylvester Bradley is paid through the Election Commission funds.

"Technically, he is a deputy clerk but paid out of my budget," Eubank said. "He only works during election time."

Bradley's son, Brandon Bradley, also works as a part-time deputy clerk.

"I do not play favorites in my office. As a matter of fact, I would probably been harder on family just because I expect more out of them," Helen Bradley said. "I really do not care if the county does institute an anti-nepotism policy. I do what the county asks, and all I need is for them to tell me what the policies are."

Circuit Clerk Jeanette Hence has two sons working in county government. Antoyne Davis is a full-time county deputy clerk and Terrance Davis is a part-time circuit clerk.

Hence said she doesn't feel there is any conflict of interest and said this kind of practice has been done in the county for years.

County Assessor Larry Fratesi's son, Jeffery Fratesi, works as a part-time deputy assessor.

However, Larry Fratesi says, "having an employee as a family member is one thing but having one of them in an authoritative position may be another."

"My son works for me on a part-time basis when he isn't in school," he said. "I also have a girl in my office who her mother works in the county clerk's office."

Fratesi also said if the county passes an anti-nepotism policy it will be just fine.

"I can live with any rules," he said. "Just tell me what they are."

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June 26, 2003

EDITORIAL FOR JUNE 27, 2003

Truth be told, most folks would normally pay only passing interest to news that Jack Jones, Jefferson County's veteran county judge, got married in March. Friends of the couple already knew it and the average county resident likely wouldn't pay much attention. But, when Mr. Jones hires Mrs. Jones for a county supervisor's job (over sanitation and recycling) that was not posted, well, then interest increases.

Mr. Jones says the hiring was proper. He says his wife's background in education and business qualifies her for the job and he needed to fill it quickly.

Moreover, Jefferson County's Quorum Court has never adopted an ordinance banning the hiring of spouses and relatives for county positions, and little has ever been said of the longstanding courthouse practice - until now.

The difference seems to be today's political climate. Politics in Jefferson County is quite personal, thank you, owing to our community's small-town atmosphere and the fact that a lot of people know a lot of other people around here and a lot of folks are related. Mr. Jones has been in office for several years and has spent most of his life, frankly, in public service on the county level. It's been said you can't please all of the people all of the time, and Mr. Jones' visibility makes him an easy target. Certainly there have been times when Mr. Jones' decisions and actions left some less than thrilled.

But Mr. Jones is a longtime politician who operates in a somewhat volatile political arena. And he should have known that, no matter the need or qualifications, that the hiring of his wife to a supervisory post would at the least raise eyebrows or worse, subject the couple to the heat of political controversy.

And that is exactly what has happened.

It's unfortunate. This is a time when the county's government faces several serious challenges, from jail overcrowding to financial shortfalls. Instead, attention and energy is diverted to this issue. Perhaps the reaction would have been less strident had the job been posted and Mrs. Jones hired after interviews and comparisons with other candidates. But we doubt it, especially since Mrs. Jones also serves as an elected constable and draws county money as a result.

The fallout threatens to be far-reaching, especially if outraged Quorum Court members react quickly and emotionally rather than with caution and deliberation.

To be sure, Mrs. Jones' employment is far different than members of a family all working in the police or fire service. These kinds of traditions are not harmful and help form the special fabric that public safety departments need to perform. Hopefully, Quorum Court members interested in enacting restrictions on nepotism will keep this in mind.

Jefferson County's sanitation and recycling services are important work that contribute to our county's quality of life. These programs do not deserve to be hampered by the hiring of Mrs. Jones, but that result is likely, not to mention time spent by her husband dealing with the controversy.

It might be best if she resign.

[sweetliberty]

Oops! That second article was the wrong article, although it does deal with a related issue. This is the article I meant to poste:

June 25, 2003

JP TARGETS NEPOTISM IN COUNTY

By Sherry Caldwell/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF

A Jefferson County quorum court member plans to propose an ordinance on anti-nepotism at Monday's special called meeting.

JP Ted Harden is not happy with County Judge Jack Jones hiring his wife, Gale, as the county recycling and sanitation manager. Mrs. Jones works 32 hours a week for an annual salary of $26,400.

In an interview Tuesday, Mrs. Jones said she was qualified by having worked in family businesses and as a school teacher. Mrs. Jones is also a constable for Pastoria Township, which pays $1,250 annually.

"This action, while probably legal, sure prompts many ethical questions," Harden said.

If an ordinance proposing an anti-nepotism policy cannot be prepared by Monday, it will be presented at the next regular committee meeting.

Harden is concerned about the position not being advertised or offered to other employees before the judge hired his wife.

Brenda Pruitt, director of the Association of Arkansas Counties, said there are no state anti-nepotism laws prohibiting such an action.

"The only way to prohibit it would be through a county ordinance, but it would not be retroactive," she said. "There is also nothing saying a judge has to advertise for a position. Through Amendment 55 he has a constitutional duty to hire anyone he wants."

Pruitt says by hiring his wife, "Judge Jack Jones is perfectly within his rights, and it is done all over the state."

Of the 75 counties in Arkansas, Pruitt said she is only aware of a few counties that have an anti-nepotism policy but she didn't know how many.

Other justices of the peace have mixed reactions.

H.O. Gray said county officials had hired relatives for years.

"If we are going to criticize the judge we need to criticize all," he said. "Ever since I have been in the county, I have known family members working for family. Since there are no laws against it, we must look at his hiring as all other hirings."

Curtis White said in government as a whole it is hard to find good help for the pay and that is why some revert to hiring family.

Edward Spears feels it is a matter of credibility.

"It is a trust factor with voters," he said. "I think voters will look at the way it was done and feel he only hired his wife because of who she is."

JPs Alfred Carroll and Mike Holcomb could not be reached for comment.

JP Vannette Johnson said he had not "stopped to evaluate the issue."