Democrats Plan Extensive Voter Monitoring

Yahoo.com (Reuters) ^ | Oct. 8, 2002

[Alissa]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Party leaders said Tuesday they will launch an extensive effort to promote and monitor voters' rights on Election Day and will put "thousands" of lawyers in place to respond to voters' complaints.

After the difficulties in Florida in the 2000 election and during the Sept. 10 primary, Democrats said they will pay special attention to the Sunshine State.

"We are not going to stand on the sidelines while a third Florida election is bungled," said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who exhibited a new toll-free call line that will allow voters to register problems and have their calls logged with local election officials and party workers.

After the bitter Florida recount battle in the 2000 presidential election, the state spent more than $30 million installing electronic voting and replacing punch-card systems.

But it still experienced widespread problems in September with new voting machines and voters who were turned away from late opening or early closing polling stations.

McAuliffe said the party will have monitors at problem polling sites. He said "thousands" of lawyers would be on notice to respond to complaints so "no one is intimidated into foregoing their rights."

[OrioleFan]

Democratic Party leaders said Tuesday they will launch an extensive effort to promote and monitor voters' rights on Election Day and will put "thousands" of lawyers in place to respond to voters' complaints.

Each lawyer will be handing out pre-punched ballots to eliminate the chad problems

[concerned about politics]

1-800-FREE-RIDE

[Eva]

So what else is new? The Dems had the lawyers in Florida during the last election, too. As a matter of fact the lawyers are the Democrats (along with the union thugs).

[Alissa]

A PR ploy to cast the Reps in a bad light. In psychology it is called transference. How many instances can anyone recall when the Reps rigged an election? It has always been the Dem big city political machines that have systematically defrauded the voter and stuffed ballot boxes. What chutzpah!!!

Worth Repeating. As a matter of fact, I'm watching O'Reilly and the next segment is on corrupt lawyers!!!

[CyberAnt]

Well ... I have news for them - in San Diego, I will be monitoring my areas polling places, and they best not mess with me!!

[floriduh voter]

South Dakotans are honest to a fault. However, it's the OUTSIDERS that will show up to do the cheating en masse. John Thune is the better candidate and I don't know how his poll numbers are right now.

Tim Johnson wants to share "power" with Daschle "just think of the POWER SD will have if you elect me..." Scary stuff.

[concerned about politics]

The DNC really makes their voting base appear really, really, incompetant. Vote Dumb, vote Democrat.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Dems have always saved a larger percentage of their resources for Election Day than have Republicans, for legal get-out-the vote efforts; for shady, overly aggressive voter persuasion (knock-and-drag; voting "instructions" given to the uninitiated and uncomprehending; and "walking-around-money"); and for outright fraud. Republicans need to counter these efforts, legally, ethically, and assiduously.

One countermove is early voting and/or absentee voting. The laws vary from state to state. Make it your business to find out what your laws are, and to take advantage of them, especially on behalf of elderly or housebound family members and friends. Grandma might say she'll vote on November 5, but if it's cold and rainy that day, or she can't wait in line, or she's late for her bridge game, well... Take care of it now.

Secondly, your local party and/or a local candidate needs you on Election Day. Volunteer to be a poll-watcher at your "worst" (for Republicans) precinct. Know your rights (hopefully, you will have been fully briefed on what you can and cannot do), and use them to turn away illegitimate voters. I'll guarantee you, from personal experience, this isn't the most pleasant way to spend a day. But you'll be performing a noble service, and you may make the difference. Of course, make sure you have previously voted yourself (see previous paragraph).

Finally, local GOP organizations or candidate campaigns should consider the Crown Victoria Strategy for the very worst precincts. Get a "conspicuously plain" and very clean car that looks like it could be an unmarked police car. Say, a late-model plain white Crown Vic with tinted glass. Park it in the closest legal parking space to the entrance of the polling place. Have a guy wearing sun glasses, and occasionally talking into a cellphone, stay in that car during voting hours. He should not talk with any of those passing by. In some precincts, a substantial number of would-be voters are wanted for questioning; are in violation of their parole; are late on their child support or alimony payment; or have (for good reasons) guilty consciences. Such characters may choose to stay away from anything that looks like it could be a law-enforcement vehicle.

It's long past time to begin fighting back. The Dems have thrown down the gauntlet, and in my opinion have made the GOP's efforts to combat voter fraud a bit easier to accomplish, by bringing fraud to the headlines. Perhaps our anti-fraud squads' higher profiles will keep more unqualified voters home.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Put all together, and it's pretty clear that these hordes of dupes that the democrats employ to subvert and cheat the system are going to feel very "disenfranchised" soon after Nov. 5.

I like it. We need to get that Rat #...and call our SOEs to protest. We have plenty of FR evidence of Dem. dirty tricks. Boise and Herron both broke the law during election 2000 (we won't mention the FSC): Boise for perjury in claiming the dimples had been counted in Illinois, Herron for his famous anti-military ballot memo to every Fla. county.

McAuliffe and his losers have been baiting us since Nov. 2000. We can E-mail Reuters. I'm in the mood to do some quiet clymer-kicking. The Fla. press will give McAuliffe the podium...this article's plain DNC propaganda, but we can keep those phone lines humming, call our friends, and have a legitimate claim of intimidation. What does a Democrat consider intimidation? A police car parked 2 miles away from a polling place on election day. The press bought that. We do have some fair voices at the Tampa Tribune and Orlando Sentinel. Perhaps they'd weigh in on McAuliffe's sheer evilness.

[Flyer]

Wait until those 'rat dopes find out about the touchscreen voting getting their fingerprints!

Practice safe voting - use finger condoms.

[timestax]

bump

[Nebr FAL owner]

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that the places were the voting is FU**ED UP is always in areas that are overwhelmingly controlled by the Democraps? Also that the Democraps have been proclaiming that they will have poll watchers because they KNOW that they will have problems can anybody say SET-UP CON JOB

[cake_crumb]

Where would the US be today if THIS man's lawyers had managed to steal the election?

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Jeb is one of the few Governors with the guts to pursue tort reform...like his brother, George.

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March 24-26 --(2000) "Trial Lawyers Pour Money Into Democrats' Chests". The article everyone's talking about: yesterday's New York Times shines some overdue light on the trial lawyers' frantic shoveling of vast sums into this year's federal election races. "'It would be very, very horrifying to trial lawyers if Bush were elected,' said John P. Coale, a Washington lawyer involved in the tobacco litigation, who has given over $70,000 to the Democrats. 'To combat that, we want to make sure we have a Democratic president, House and Senate. There is some serious tobacco money being spread around.'"  "What's different this time around," said Michael Hotra, vice president of the American Tort Reform Foundation, "is that everyone recognizes that the stakes are higher. We have a candidate who is making legal reform a core issue and we certainly applaud Bush for that." Also discusses the website ATRF has set up to monitor trial lawyer campaign spending (Leslie Wayne, "Trial Lawyers Pour Money Into Democrats' Chests", New York Times, March 23).

http://www.overlawyered.com/archives/00mar2.html#000324a

 

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Why the Dems.-lawyers really hate Jeb (and George), they can't be bought and they hate organized crime:

 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/754593/posts JEB Gets An "A" (Wall Street Journal)

 

***Jeb Bush of Florida is the real tax-cutting fiscal conservative in the family. In a state with no income tax, Gov. Bush has cut the Florida property tax by $1 billion, and in 2001 he cut the business intangible tax by another $600 million. Earlier this year he took the unusual step
of walking the halls of the Capitol himself asking members of both parties to oppose a sales tax hike sponsored by members of his own party. Mr. Bush has also distinguished himself by promoting one of the most innovative choice-based school reforms in the nation -- a plan that allows students in failing schools to go to any public or private school of their choice -- and by enacting tort reform legislation fiercely opposed by the trial lawyers.

E-mail Reuters.

[swampfox98]

He said "thousands" of lawyers would be on notice to respond to complaints so "no one is intimidated into foregoing their rights."

Like puke! If lawyers are keeping an eye on things corruption will abound. Black voters will vote 50 times now instead of their usual 40.

[Txslady]

exactly!

[Txslady]

John Ascroft?

[Txslady]

lol

[antivenom]

hehehehehhe....

[SFBiker80814]

Pass the word if approached by a democratic lawyer file a harrassment and intimidation complaint IMMEDIATELY....