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Prosecutors won't be posted at polls
Sun Sentinel ^ | September 24, 2008 | Associated Press

Posted on 10/02/2008 1:36:45 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not station criminal prrosecutors at the polls on Election Day after civil rights groups said minority voters who are expected to turn out in unprecedented numbers because of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama could be intimidated. The move reverses a decades-long practice that put prosecutors on the lookout for voter fraud, ballot access violations and other polling problems.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doj; election; intimidation; minorityintimidation; urbanvote; voterfraud
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To: Bluebird Singing

Why would a minority be any more intimidated than anyone else? If you are legal and not wanted by LE there is nothing to worry about. I would like to see a cop and a BP at each poll just to remind those thinking about voting illegally, to not even think about it. “Good intimidation” for us all.


61 posted on 10/02/2008 4:30:09 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Bluebird Singing

Bush is doing everything he can to get Obama and a democratic congress elected.


62 posted on 10/02/2008 4:33:04 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: Interesting Times

I think the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ would protect the Civil Rights of one minority and no one else.


63 posted on 10/02/2008 4:37:47 PM PDT by zot
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To: potlatch

yes I watched it, thank you
but the more I see it the more I get worked up.

frightening


64 posted on 10/02/2008 4:37:52 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick Ma sham marriage - -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: manc; devolve

[the more I see it the more I get worked up.]

I am the same. I get so upset by it all that I just go work on my animations to take my mind off it.

It’s a helpless feeling, so many things coming together that you can’t do much about.


65 posted on 10/02/2008 4:41:23 PM PDT by potlatch ("OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE REMAIN SILENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER")
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To: potlatch

agreed
we have brainwashing to kids
teachers wearing blue at school
obama using a school and the kids as a backdrop for his speech
him trying to close down the 1st amendment
his lying on the 2nd amendment
his radical connections
now using a lawyer to stop people seeing his birth certificate
it just goes on and on

It really is sad what is going on and I just really hope people wake up to all of this.

I really do fear for the future if this man gets elected as he is the biggest threat to this country right now


66 posted on 10/02/2008 4:45:51 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick Ma sham marriage - -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: Interesting Times

Thank you, interesting times, for the rest of the story.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/29640039.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU


67 posted on 10/02/2008 4:46:19 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: MinuteGal

How much voter fraud has been stopped before with prosecutors present?

Lots? Some? Hardly any?


68 posted on 10/02/2008 4:48:51 PM PDT by prairiebreeze ( Our troops DESERVE BETTER than Barack Hussein Obama!!)
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To: Interesting Times

How do we do that?


69 posted on 10/02/2008 4:51:26 PM PDT by stentorian conservative
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To: stentorian conservative

Publicity is our best weapon. Contacting anti-fraud blogs, radio hosts and Congresscritters is a good start.


70 posted on 10/02/2008 5:13:39 PM PDT by Interesting Times (Swiftboating, you say? Check out ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: pollywog

That they should reverse their decision??? /confused


71 posted on 10/02/2008 5:29:28 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: rwfromkansas

bttt


72 posted on 10/02/2008 5:38:25 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: prairiebreeze
Efficacy can't be measured precisely, but there IS an important value to having them in the polling places.

Since the limited number of prosecutors can't be in every polling place the value is in the fact that perps never know which precinct the plain-clothed feds are stationed in. This keeps them from having a free hand.

The idea of the Justice Department announcing beforehand that no LE will be posted in polls is damn negligence and an open invitation to fraud. A kindergartner can figure this out.

In addition, there are precincts in the ghettos and barrios that GOP volunteer poll watchers refuse to enter or sit in all day doing their watching. So, having law enforcement prosecutors stationed in polling places or making the rounds during election day is a definite plus.

Let the games begin, sigh.

Leni

73 posted on 10/02/2008 8:51:20 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Obama's Moose is Cooked!)
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To: Interesting Times

Thanks for the ping!


74 posted on 10/02/2008 10:36:27 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Bluebird Singing
Well, I guess there will be lots of dead people and dogs and cats voting.

Voter fraud is a way of life for Democrats. That and lying.

75 posted on 10/02/2008 11:31:54 PM PDT by Dustbunny (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
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To: Interesting Times

BTTT


76 posted on 10/03/2008 2:56:21 AM PDT by E.G.C. (To read a freeper's FR postings, click on his or her screen name and then "In Forum".)
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To: MinuteGal

So does this mean the RATS won’t be able to whine about supposed republican voter fraud as well? I doubt it.


77 posted on 10/03/2008 4:44:11 AM PDT by prairiebreeze ( Our troops DESERVE BETTER than Barack Hussein Obama!!)
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To: prairiebreeze
Agreed.

Leni

78 posted on 10/03/2008 5:41:55 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Obama's Moose is Cooked!)
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To: Interesting Times

Thanks IT for this heads-up.

The statement that makes me ill is, “Becker pledged to ensure ballot access for as many people as possible.” “...as many people as possible?!” How about as many citizens as possible? How about as many registered voters as possible.

I fear we are in the final days of this Republic!


79 posted on 10/04/2008 5:37:10 AM PDT by Skeet (I have no words)
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