Democrats Urge Kansans to Vote Illegally

NewsMax.com ^ | 11/22/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Jean S]

Here's one reason Kansas elected a Democrat governor on Nov. 5: Her party urged people to register to vote after the legal deadline.

An aide to Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh said the office was investigating a campaign flier distributed by Democrats in Douglas County on Election Day, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported last week.

'Not a Problem' to Be a Criminal

The flier, which was distributed on Election Day and which noted it was "Paid for by Kansas Democratic Party," urged voters to re-elect Rep. Dennis Moore and to vote for Kathleen Sebelius for governor. "Not Registered? Not a problem. Register and vote today at your polling site," it urges.

However, Kansas law requires voters to be registered 15 days before an election.

Thornburgh wrote to Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Tom Sawyer for an "explanation," said Brad Bryant, state elections director for Thornburgh.

"It's at least confusing to the voters and misleading to the voters," Bryant said. "I don't know if it's illegal."

They don't know if it's illegal to break the law?!

Sawyer was brazen about the Democrats' stunt. He explained that many Kansans did not get excited about an election until after the registration deadline.

"Anybody can register to vote on Election Day, and a lot of people do. That happens a lot all across this state," he told WIBW radio.

[EggsAckley]

I certainly hope that some prosecutions will follow this revelation.

[Redbob]

Don't hold your breath.

[sticker]

The RATS cheat, same old story

[conservativemusician]

Aw c'mon, since when does breaking election law bother Dims. It's de rigeur, part and parcel, SOP, you know, the way it goes.

[MEGoody]

What I'd like to know is, how could someone register and vote on the same day? If the registration deadline is 15 days before election, how could they get aroung that procedurally? Anyone got any ideas how they could work this?

[dd5339]

In January we will have Phil Kline for state Attorney General! Maybe he'd like to pick this up and run with it!

Semper Fi

[MarkL]

This really burns me up to no end!!!!

Over the last 10 years or so (maybe longer, but it seems that the s**t has really hit the fan since the Clinton administration) it seems that people have begun to look at elections as a sport, where winning at all costs is the only thing that matters, and the rules don't matter at all.

I disagree. I am a firm believer that election fraud should be a capital offense. I'm NOT kidding here. I believe that anyone convicted of election fraud should be put to death, because they are attempting to overthrow the government, as well as undermining the form of government that we're supposed to have.

Mark

[MangyDingo]

If he does, I can provide photos of Democratic Moore/Sebelius posters illegally posted in at least one KU campus building the day before the election. I removed them as soon as I saw them and reported them, but no one was interested in doing more than taking them down. After the first couple I decided to start taking pictures. I still may even still have the posters somewhere. I let it drop afterwards because noone seemed interested in the complaint and I was too busy to pursue it.

MangyDingo

[hattend]

However, Kansas law requires voters to be registered 15 days before an election.

"Anybody can register to vote on Election Day, and a lot of people do. That happens a lot all across this state," he told WIBW radio.

Okay, I'm confused. Which statement is correct?

[cavtrooper21]

Hang on to your stuff! If we can bring enough evidence of criminal misconduct / activity to the SAG he is bound by LAW to convene a grand jury to investigate. I'll bet we can find enough, question is, will he have n**ts enough to run with it?

[undeniable logic]

However, Kansas law requires voters to be registered 15 days before an election.

"Anybody can register to vote on Election Day, and a lot of people do. That happens a lot all across this state," he told WIBW radio.

Okay, I'm confused. Which statement is correct?

- I think anyone can register to vote on election day, but since you must register 15 days before election day, that person would not be able to vote until the NEXT election.

Undeniable Logic

[Francohio]

I will personally help you strangle the sonsabitches who think they are entitled to more votes than I, or a voter less qualified than I who thinks he has the right to vote, or be voted.

But by the same token, I cannot be more fundamentally disappointed than I am with the Republican Leadership which has been very disengaged from this fight for legitimate voting. I'd be all for strangling them, except they showed somne sigs of coming to life to fight fraud in MD and MO. But there are 5 more big states to go: CA, MI, PA, IL, WI, and a host of smaller states.

I have been fuming about this since Tricky Dick allowed us to take in the shorts from St. JAck Kennedy. Enough!

There are many avenues open to us which we have not travelled. For example, there is no legitimate constitutional argument left to NOT require a literacy test for voters. Why are absentee ballots given out for the asking? How about requiring proof that one is required? Inner city urban democrats who are on 3 different kinds of welfare are not travelling on business, or disabled, or in the Armed forces. Homeless people can make one precinct their home. Illegal aliens can get drivers licenses, ergo, a driver's license cannot be used to register.

That is all statutory fraud. Mechanical fraud has even less reason to be tolerated. Without fraud, the Republicans might have a shot a putting in Senators in a state like New York. Sure we have a RINO in now, but that's only because the Democrats ran a drooling, blithering idiot.

[Republic]

This is an FYI-more evidence of fraudulent behavior at election time.

Laws don't apply to democrats. This is part of the problem in florida-with jesse and billy down there drumming up votes from people who were not registered. At the polls-they were upset when their name was not on the list to cast a vote.

[Illwind]

Perhaps all Republicans aren't right wing pro-life wacko's

[Mercat]

The new attorney general is a conservative Republican so count on it.

[Libertina]

DemocRATS...Cheating...Shocker Is off sarcasm tag really necessary here?

[nicmarlo]

The flier, which was distributed on Election Day and which noted it was "Paid for by Kansas Democratic Party," urged voters to re-elect Rep. Dennis Moore and to vote for Kathleen Sebelius for governor. "Not Registered? Not a problem. Register and vote today at your polling site," it urges.

However, Kansas law requires voters to be registered 15 days before an election.

Thornburgh wrote to Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Tom Sawyer for an "explanation."

Another name, another town. Now noted on FReepers Against Voter Fraud. Thanks for the ping Republic and sweetliberty!

[KC Burke]

please ping the local interested parties, ol' chum