Posted on 10/19/2010 2:56:39 PM PDT by La Lydia
Over 35 counties in Illinois missed the deadline to mail military ballots to our soldiers defending America. But in Chicago, county election officials have taken special steps to ensure that no inmates at the Cook County Jail are unable to cast a ballot. The Chicago Board of Elections hand delivers ballots to the jail.
They don’t even wait for the inmates to apply – they bring the applications with the ballots! Over 2,600 inmates have cast ballots so far – strikingly similiar to the 2,600 soldiers who will likely not recieve a ballot for the Nov 2 election.
Disgraceful does not begin to describe the Illinois Election system.
Sounds about right to me.
yup heroes and property owners the only ones who should vote....the way it ought to be.
I would rather have pointy sticks poked in my eyes than connect through O’Hare. There is always some weather disaster or other hassle. What a nightmare. Chicago has appealed to me. I have been there in the spring, summer and winter and hated it.
Or do it like Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers,” only military veterans vote because only they have shown the responsibility to sacrifice for their country.
The Democrat party would vanish.
A town most appreciated in the rear view mirror if driving, and as a reciprocal heading when flying.
You only get ballots if you vote Democrat. Suing doesn’t help because liberal judges dismiss the charges.
a million times better than the movie.....
though I disagree with just having military and vets voting. we are not always at war. (especially since we haven't fought a war to win since we took Hirohito's sword on the Missouri Though I do honor all vets whenever I can.)
I do not want junta rule in American.
I do think we need to have property requirement for voting like it was in the beginning of the Republic.
More likely you get a baton to the teeth if your pencil strays towards the R.
Anybody surprised? They will do anything to keep their power. They have no principles, no ethics, no morals, no self-esteem, no conscience.
Shameful. The Democrat thugs who run that Disaster by the Lake should be sued by their soldier constituents. Isn’t there a noble patriotic lawyer who would file such a class action suit?
Now that just makes me sick, our Soldiers get the sh*tty end of the stick every time.
Very FEW criminals are Republican... they know that - we know that...
This is why the time of talking or voting is over. Get the guns & let's get it on.
DON’T ASK, DON’T VOTE….IBD
By Ruth King on October 27th, 2010
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/551738/201010261904/Dont-
Ask-Dont-Vote.htm
Don’t Ask, Don’t Vote
Election ’10: The president’s home state gets a pass from the Justice Department on ensuring its soldiers overseas can vote. An administration obsessed with gays in the military doesn’t care about voting rights for GIs.
You can call it a tragedy of errors, a perfect storm of incompetent and uncaring bureaucrats, or you can call it a deliberate attempt to steal what looks to be a close race for both governor and U.S. senator in President Obama’s home state by disenfranchising its servicemen overseas, votes likely to tilt Republican.
Consider that the Illinois primary was in February and that the deadline to print and mail ballots to soldiers fighting for democracy in places like Iraq and Afghanistan was Sept. 18 — long enough, one would think, for even the slowest bureaucracy to do the job mandated under the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) act.
A seven-month lead time apparently wasn’t enough for the incompetent administration of Gov. Pat Quinn, successor to the walking reality TV show, Rod Blagojevich, to ensure that all counties get their ducks in a row. Quinn is coincidentally locked in a tough battle with Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady where military votes could be decisive.
The Justice Department, which has been woefully lax in enforcing MOVE and ensuring compliance among a number of states that have missed their deadlines, reached an agreement in court last Friday with 35 Illinois counties that didn’t get their ballots out on time. Six counties got an extension by two or three days to receive and count overseas ballots by Nov. 16.
The other 29 counties essentially got a pass. Justice spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said these counties already have 14 extra days after the election to count soldiers’ ballots. But if any votes aren’t counted in a timely manner, she said, “we can file a lawsuit.” This is not how soldiers who may get killed not knowing if their votes counted should be treated.
The excuse given by at least one county, St. Clair, involved a court case in which the Constitution Party was fighting to get on the ballot. St. Clair County Clerk Bob Delaney didn’t mail out absentee ballots to military service members on time because if the Constitution Party had won its case, “I would have had to redo the whole thing again” — at a cost of $2 per ballot, Delaney said.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Board of Elections hand-delivers ballots to inmates in Cook County Jail. The board doesn’t even wait for the inmates to apply — it brings the applications with the ballots! More than 2,600 inmates have cast ballots — strikingly similar to the 2,600 soldiers who will likely not receive a ballot for Tuesday’s election.
It’s fair to say that prisoners, who we thought lose their right to vote upon conviction for a felony, are not likely to vote for law-and-order Republicans, but that soldiers are likely to vote GOP because of that party’s strong position on national defense.
IBD/TIPP polls conducted from March to August found Americans overall were 29% Republican, 35% Democratic and 36% independent. A survey of 1,800 active-duty troops in the April 11 Military Times discovered that GIs were 41% Republican, 29% Democrat and 32% independent. In this election, independents are trending Republican.
There is another close race in Illinois, one involving which party controls the U.S. Senate, between Alexi Giannoulias and Rep. Mark Kirk. Giannoulias is an Obama fundraiser and protege fighting charges of corruption involving his family’s failed Broadway Bank. The military vote could be decisive in this close race.
Would Illinois Democrats, aided by the Obama administration’s Justice Department, deliberately and callously drag their feet so soldiers are denied a vote likely to be for the other way? Nah — that’s not the Chicago Way. Or is it?
Disgrace: Illinois Prisoners Get Ballots, Soldiers Don't
RUSH: We had a caller say earlier that the Chicago Board of Elections hand-delivered ballots to inmates in jail, but we're late in sending ballots to our troops overseas. Well, I have confirmation of this. The Chicago Board of Elections does hand deliver ballots to the jail. They don't even wait for the inmates to apply for 'em. They just hand deliver 'em. They bring the applications with the ballots. Over 2,600 inmates have cast ballots so far. It's almost identical to the number of military men and women who will not receive a ballot in time to vote next Tuesday, so our caller was exactly right. "Disgraceful" does not begin to describe the Illinois election system. "Disgraceful" doesn't even scratch the surface. So thanks to Shirley, our caller, for pointing this out.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_102810/content/01125104.guest.html
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