FReepers Against Voter Fraud - (Thread 2)

November 29, 2002 | sweetliberty

[sweetliberty]

Since I am renewing this thread a little sooner than planned, I am leaving the original body of the thread in place and just making additions of references at this time. I think it is important to keep the statement of purpose and how we came to it at the forefront for now. Later on, as more people become aware of the thread and how it is set up, I will probably change it some and just give a link back to the original.

"The right of citizens to vote and have their vote count is the cornerstone of our democracy - the necessary precondition of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Enforcing the laws that guarantee voting rights and punish voting fraud is the duty of the Department of Justice. More than mere law enforcement, our responsibility to protect the access to and integrity of elections is the responsibility of upholding freedom itself.

America is a nation whose founding documents and most inspired words uphold the ideal of democratic self-government as a model for the world. The opening phrases of the Declaration of Independence declare that governmental power, if it is to be just, must be derived from the consent of the governed. The Constitution begins, purposefully and deliberately, with these three words: "We the people . . ."

America has failed too often to uphold the right of every citizen's vote, once cast, to be counted fairly and equally. Votes have been bought, voters intimidated and ballot boxes stuffed. The polling process has been disrupted or not completed. Voters have been duped into signing absentee ballots believing they were applications for public relief. And the residents of cemeteries have infamously shown up at the polls on election day.

Today, it is more important than ever before that we embrace the privilege that makes us unique among the peoples, nations and societies of human history. Our way of life is not a given, and our freedom is not an accident. Liberty is a rare gift for which millions have worked and suffered and sacrificed and died. It now falls to us to guard this gift from those who would destroy it. It falls to us, the free, to ensure that the cornerstone of our freedom - government of the people, by the people, and for the people - does not perish from the earth."

(Excerpted from remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft at the Voting Integrity Symposim - October 8, 2002)

LINK TO THREAD 1

It has been quite a month and overall a victorious one for Republicans. The new year looms bright on the horizon with the promise of much needed changes taking place now that we have the majority in both the House and Senate and with the opportunity to finally have some conservative judges seated who will uphold the Constitution rather than legislating the socialist agenda of the Democrats from the bench and Tiny Tommy Daschle and his obstructionist thugs have been spanked soundly and sent to their rooms.

While we had several days of delirious gloating, drunk on the thrill of a hard earned and well-deserved victory, we know all too well that the election and the events leading up to it were not without incident and once again the deck was stacked against us as the Democrats tried every trick in the book in yet another shameless effort at stealing an election. With the blatant disregard for the law so characteristic of them when it obstructs their designs, they managed to get a liberal kangaroo court to uphold the replacement of Torricelli on the ballot in New Jersey beyond the legal deadline for doing so for no other reason than having determined that the scandal and corruption surrounding Torricelli rendered him incapable of winning. In Minnesota, prior to Paul Wellstone's ill-fated final flight, a plan was uncovered that had Democrats busing in students from out of state to take advantage of Minnesota's same day voter registration to vote illegally for Paul Wellstone. Even as this was being revealed, the campaign was underway to push a similar same day registration legislation in Colorado and California, thereby opening new avenues for illegal voting in those states. In South Dakota Democrat operatives (sorry, I cannot bring myself to use the word "Democratic") paid a field worker in excess of $12,000 over a period of 3 months to register native Americans on the reservations. It was later discovered that many registration cards that had been turned in by that worker had been written in the same handwriting. Among the newly registered was at least one who was known to be recently deceased. This and other irreglarities that were uncovered in South Dakota has led to 1 out of 10 ballots there being under investigation. Fish need water, plants need sunshine, an addict needs a fix and Democrats need power and these three cases are just samples of the extent to which they will go to get it.

The idea for this thread was born following the Arkansas Hog Wild FReepers' discovery of organized intimidation tactics on the part of Democrat and NAACP operatives in Jefferson County, Arkansas as relayed by FReeper, stop_the_rats, a Republican poll watcher who gained undesired and unfair national notoriety during early voting, and by a Republican campaign worker who "infiltrated" the Clinton led, pre-election campaign "event" there. The original story was posted as part of the after-FReep report with more detail added in a post-election update. The story generated such outrage that the thread turned into a FReeper brainstorm as we labored over how we might counteract the dishonest methods employed by the Democrats to hijack elections. The effort yielded an abundance of references and it was generally agreed that voter fraud is, or at least should be, of great concern to all of us. There is a strong probability that the South Dakota election was stolen and in Arkansas the fraud machine was spinning out of control and may well have cost Tim Hutchinson his senate seat as well, despite the shadow cast over him in the wake of his divorce and remarriage. Chances are that we'll never know. Thankfully neither of these races ended up being the tie-breaker that would determine the balance of power in the Senate, but either could have been and had that been the case, you can bet it would have gotten really ugly and may have produced an entirely different result.

Even as the Democrats are still licking their wounds and wondering what on Earth happened on November 5, they are already scrambling and scheming and conniving as to ways to prevent our intercepting their next power grab in 2004. This is revealed in their ongoing efforts to block any attempt to validate a voter's legitimacy whether it be by requiring a legal form of ID at the polls, the repeal of motor voter legislation, cracking down on absentee balloting and early voting, doing away with same day registration or by the presence of poll watchers at polling places. In every case they play the race card crying "black voter intimidation" when in reality they are simply thrashing against the net that could trap those guilty of voting illegally thereby inhibiting travel on their familiar roads of voter fraud. Thankfully, Republicans were more diligent this year and undoubtedly made an impact. More questionable ballots were challenged, more questions raised, more accountability called for and more light shed on irregularities. Until recently, prosecution for voter fraud has been virtually unheard of, but that is starting to change. There have been hundreds of stories published over the past several weeks relating to voting irregularities and credible allegations of fraud. Some have led to criminal charges being filed and still others have led to investigations which are ongoing. While it is unlikely that all election fraud can be stopped, it is much harder for it operate under a spotlight, which is exactly why we must each do our part to make sure that the spotlight stays on those "shadowy" recesses where voting machines mysteriously vanish, ballot boxes are obscured from view and the demons of electoral darkness run amok.

It was suggested that the opening remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft be used as the basis of our mission statement for this thread. In these precarious times when we are at war and we are threatened daily by terrorism, our liberty has become more precious than ever and we must be vigilant to protect it not only from foreign invaders, but also from those who would erode it from within by compromising the integrity of our elections. In order to succeed in a battle it is essential to know the enemy and attack at his greatest point of vulnerability. Included here is a list of links, which while by no means exhaustive, can serve to enlighten the electorate. Many of these stories are from Arkansas only because this was the springboard for this thread and we look forward to other FReepers adding stories from their own areas as well as any based in personal experience. The original thread also produced a wealth of resources as we discussed who we should contact if we became aware of voting irregularities or suspected fraud. Again the list of links is far from comprehensive and additions are welcome. Of course the whole point of this exercise is to get more conservative voters involved in changing the laws to close loopholes which make it easy to cheat, to promote the enforcement of existing election laws and to take part in the election process at the local level all with the goal of intercepting future fraud campaigns. In other words our goal is to STOP THE RATS FROM HIJACKING THE ELECTION PROCESS AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!

Many thanks to all the wonderful FReepers who contributed their time, energy and ideas to produce the foundation for this thread:

For their contributions of information and links, thank you to kcvl; kayak; zeaal; demosthenes the elder; terriergal; Brad's Gramma; Budge; TheLion; backhoe; ForGod'sSake; Congressman Billybob; nicmarlo; Ragtime Cowgirl; to ST.LOUIE1 for his graphics and of course to Jim Robinson who has given us this great forum and sense of purpose. A very special thanks and salute goes out to stop_the_rats for her patriotism and tenacity in facing down the enemy within. She is a warrior of whom we should be proud. What a great screen name AND battle cry for the mission of this thread!

On thread 2, I also want to thank Saundra Duffy, Mia T and mlmr for their alerting us to a couple more hot spots and also providing some additional information. Thank you to diotima, ffrancone, and Nick Danger for their efforts to move this campaign beyond Free Republic and disseminate information for public consumption. Updates on this effort will be posted regularly as well. Geist Krieger, has provided a very interesting and in depth analysis of methods of voting and their impact on our elections. If anybody has a means of storing a document for public access, please let me know and I will FReepmail it to you so that a link can be posted. It is quite long.

AWARENESS

KNOW THY ENEMY! If you're like me, you once had a naive trust in the integrity of our elections in America. All that changed for me though, with the election debacle of 2000 when it became readily apparent that Al Gore was trying to steal the presidency and his operatives were so desperate that they were doing it right in the face of the American people. I was absolutely furious but I believed that now that people could see the Clinton/Gore political machination for the shameless assault on America that it was, they would wake up and demand accountability from those responsible. I really wasn't prepared for seeing how many people would continue to perpetrate the lies the Democrats told even in the face of that fiasco and how many would continue to buy into them. Even after that I believed that surely, now that it was out in the open, something would be done to fix it before the next election. I also was not prepared to discover the extent to which voter fraud had woven its way into our political system like a burrowing parasite with expanding tentacles entwining themselves around the arteries of freedom. The sense of betrayal I have felt has been disheartening, to say the least, but it gave rise to the outrage that made me determined to try to do something about it. If you read even a few of these links, it will change forever the way you look at future elections and will hopefully encourage you to be part of the solution.

If any of these links become outdated many of these articles are posted in their entirity on the original FReep thread. If you let me know via FReepmail, I will make editorial adjustments accordingly before renewing the thread.

GENERAL ARTICLES ON VOTER FRAUD -

The Greatest Cover-up Of All: Vote Fraud In America

ELECTION FRAUD 2002 (Lots of links)

How Some Elections Are Stolen! (Lots of Links)

Controlling Fraud, Corruption and Unfair Practices

Voter Reform: Why Are Democrats Opposed To A Photo ID to Vote?

Should Georgia Adopt Early Voting? (Relates to Problems Associated with Early Voting)

An election scam

The Democrats Lost Ugly

Ghost Precincts

Vote Fraud: Will YOUR Vote Be Stolen This November?

Should We Take Voter Fraud as Seriously as Business Fraud?

Stopping Voter Fraud Made a BIG Difference!

Orgins of Modern Democrat FRAUD

Damn Dirty Democrats

Fraud a Part of Demos' Senate Strategy?

CASTING BALLOTS: GOP to have hundreds of spotters at polling sites

Bond Celebrates President's Signing of Anti-Vote Fraud Bill

Need Vote Fraud articles, stories, and evidence? Here's a source...

It's Voter Fraud Season Again!

The Vote Fraud Archives

The Nagging Problem of Election Fraud

More Is Better?

Democrats want to drop vote fraud plan, Bond says (Election "Reform")

Double Votes in 2000 Election

GOP Uncovers Democrat Vote Fraud

Bond's Debates Schumer Amendment that Undermines His Election Reform Bill

Too Easy to Steal: Why don't liberals want to stop voter fraud?

The Dangers of Voting outside the Booth

Testimony of Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director University of Virgina Center for Governmental Studies Before The Committee on Rules and Administration United States Senate

The Motor Voter Act and Voter Fraud

Congress to establish voter-fraud task force: Nationwide investigation will 'put people in jail

How Democrats Steal Elections

Can we trust the vote count anywhere? In any race? In any election?

The Greenwood Position (Peggy Noonan)

Stalin-Like Contests

Voter Fraud Again!

Knock and Drag: Ryan Lizza reveals how Dems. got out the black vote

Voter Fraud! It Doesn’t Get Any More Blatant Than This !

American Apartheid

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WE KNOW THESE STATES HAVE PROBLEMS -

ALABAMA -

Vote Fraud Alleged in Alabama

Voter Fraud in Alabama Is a Proven Fact

Alabama Primary Challenge Goes Down in Flames

ARKANSAS -

Grand jury requested to delve into elections (Excerpt)

Arkansan pleads guilty in vote fraud

Looking Back On Tuesday's Election Problems

Arkansas - Democratic Party seeking injuction to keep polls open until 10:00 p.m. tonight

GOP to ask for probe of Phillips Co. voting

Scandal: Postal Exec Caught Using USPS Budget to Unseat GOP Senator

1,000 Republican Students Denied Right to Vote

Arkansas GOP charges vote fraud

FRAUD in Arkansas!!! Voters Illegally Casting Ballots 2 Weeks Early in Organized Effort by Dems

Voter Fraud in Arkansas

CALIFORNIA -

Elections Officials Hand Over Voter Info

State Assembly Race Still Too Close to Call and What's Up With Those MILITARY ballots?

Provisional ballots are questioned

Fresno judge halts counting of provisional ballots in close assembly race

United States Attorney Northern District of California

California Govervor's Race: A Democratic Party Art Form - Inventing Voters

Election fraud in Arvin, Ca -all who committed voter fraud got away with it in 2000 election"

CONNETICUT -

DUPLICATE VOTERS

FLORIDA -

Voters Accused of Double-Voting Attempt

Florida Saga Continues- Broward County "Finds" 104,000 Votes, Oliphant, "Only A Small Problem"

Voter fraud that's legal

Fears of Massive Illegal Ballots in Fla. - Again!

State attorney probes ballots

McBride Campaigns In Black Church -- IRS Violation?

165 Broward precincts lacked GOP staff, review finds

18 new voting machines go missing in Broward

Could It Be That Florida Democrats Are Too Stupid To Vote?

Black Republicans Suffered Worst in Florida Vote Count

Non-Voted Ballots and Discrimination in Florida

2,000 Floridians voted illegally Nov. 7

The Dimples Prove Fraud

"Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl"

Democrats: Party Without a Conscience

Broward County Can't Count!!!

Voting Irregularities in Duval County

Downside Legacy on THE RECOUNT to 12/2/00 (More links to articles on 2000 election)

Felon For Gore: 2,000 Felons Voted for Gore in Florida alone

Exclusive: Recount Observers Tell NewsMax.com of Democrat Fraud

Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart: eye-witness account of Miami-Dade ballot fraud

Unstatesmanlike Conduct

How Gore and Chris Sautter Are Stealing Our Election and Our Country

DEMOCRAT MEMO ON HOW TO DISQUALIFY MILITARY VOTES

Palm Beach County "massive voter fraud is now evident"

Absentee Ballot Fraud among Democrats in Florida an Old Story

Missing Voting Mechanism Recovered

Evidence shows HOW the Palm Beach Democrats voided 15,000 Bush ballots, 3,400 Buchanan Ballots

Open Letter To Mark Levin - Statistical Proof Of Election Fraud

Al Gore's Class-Action : Trial lawyers try to litigate their man into the White House

INDIANA -

The law can be such a hassle sometimes: Or another example of how Rats steal elections

Absentee ballot requests seized; probe launched

KANSAS -

Democrats Urge Kansans to Vote Illegally

KENTUCKY -

Investigators monitor 17 counties across state

LOUISIANA -

Landrieu Redux ~ WSJ. '97

Two convicted of voter fraud get probation

They're Stealing the Election

Citizens For A Better America

MAINE -

RATS Stealing State Elections In Maine -- A Measured and Thoughtful Response

Hall Named Provisional Winner in Dist. 16 -- Fossel Withdraws Appeal -- New Strategy Revealed

Overt Disenfrancisement Condemned

DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO COUNT ALL THE VOTES

MARYLAND -

Maryland: 10,000 Republican Absentee Ballot ApplicationsTossed Out

Maryland Gov. Race: Polls Good for Ehrlich, Dem. Party Disenfranchises GOP Absentee Voters

MASSACHUSETTS -

Howie Carr - Photos and Video of RAT Voter Fraud in Massachusetts!

More Dem Fraud

Romney (R) Complains Of Voter Irregularities In Boston

MICHIGAN -

Detroit's voter rolls in question (too many registered)

MINNESOTA -

Scores use strip club as voter registration address

VOTE 2002: Taxpayers League says group backs voter fraud

MISSOURI -

Voter Fraud: Can It Be Stopped?

Democratic officials challenge rule on provisional voting (Missouri)

Most (Almost All) of the 3,000 registration cards turned in for next month's primary were fraudulent

St. Louis city voting extension raises questions

NEW HAMPSHIRE -

Don't use students to abuse elections

NEW YORK -

Hillary: Why I Oppose Stopping Election Fraud

2-BALLOT VOTERS FACE DOUBLE TROUBLE

NORTH CAROLINA -

Martin County elections board to discuss alleged vote buying

OKLAHOMA -

More allegations of vote fraud surface

Investigators Look Into Another Vote Fraud Case

Arrests made in voter fraud case (Oklahoma Dems Runoff)

PENNSYLVANIA -

Penn Researchers Document Large-Scale Voter Registration Problem

RHODE ISLAND -

Citizens Group Alleges Elections Fraud Group Says Non-Citizens, Immigrants Can Vote

SOUTH DAKOTA -

The Oglala Sioux's Senator

Let’s Hear It for Fraud – And REAL Soon

The Oglala Sioux's Democrat Vote Fraud Scheme Has A Familiar Ring

VOTER FRAUD ARREST TO BE MADE - SD

South Dakota Suspicions

Dead Men Voting

Arrest Expected in Voter Fraud Investigation

The New Democrat Plantation: A FR Roundup of Vote Fraud In South Dakota (Multiple Links)

Absentee forms found burned

Vote Fraud South Dakota Style - by the numbers

Dem Ethics? South Dakota Dems don’t acknowledge the importance of their voter-fraud problem

Daschle accuses Republicans of voter harassment

South Dakota Dem Hit with Vote Fraud Indictment

15 false absentee ballot applications found(in SD)and more may be coming

TEXAS -

A Poll Watchers Tale - Vote Fraud in Houston, Texas

Official raises concerns of voter fraud in Hidalgo County (Heart of DemocratCounrty in Texas).

WASHINGTON D.C. -

D.C. MAYOR WILLIAMS CANNOT BE ON THE BALLOT! (MORE DEMOCRAT VOTER FRAUD!)

WISCONSIN -

Democratic Vote Fraud in Wisconsin Gov. Race

ACCESS

In order to effect changes it is important to have channels through which we can make our voice heard. One reason the Democrats get away with as much as they do is because they make a lot of noise. It is time WE make some noise of our own. There are a number of individuals, organizations and media sources who support our Constitution and seek to protect the integrity of our elections. Here are a few of them. Rather than clutter the body of this thread with a long list of email addresses, I will post the websites. Most of these have contacts and email addresses on them. While I have not listed any here, it is important to keep in mind that just because a source is on the opposing side doesn't mean that they can't still be used to our advantage. Consider this parable of Jesus.

"In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.' "For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" (Luke 18: 2-5)

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INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA SOURCES

Department of Justice Voting Rights Home Page

FBI

American Conservative Union

Eagle Forum

Eagle Forum of Arkansas

The Heritage Foundation

ACLJ

Fox News

Drudge Report

Rush Limbaugh

Hugh Hewitt

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ELECTION LAW

Election laws and practices vary widely from state to state, and therein lies part of the problem. In order to address the issues we need first to know what the law, as it currently exists is and work within it and where applicable work to see that it is enforced. Second, you will come to discover that many of the opportunities for fraud are born from flaws in the laws themselves, in which case we need to work on getting those laws changed. Below is a very brief list of some election laws and guidelines which we have referenced recently. I am sure this section will grow considerably as others add their contributions.

ELECTION LAWS, RULES, GUIDELINES

Arkansas Election Code

Arkansas Election Faqs

State Requirements For Voter ID

Texas Pollwatcher's Guide

Vote Fraud and Election Issues (Lots of Links)

Limitations On Lawyers

Reporting Unlicensed Lawyers

2002 Florida Statutes

Florida Voter Fraud Issues

Proposition 52 Dealing With Voter Fraud in California

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GENERAL REFERENCE

List of U.S. Counties

National Association of Counties

Online Newspapers

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ACTION

What can FReepers do? For starters we can identify states that will have key races in the 2004 election. Is your state one of them? Are there known problem precincts in YOUR county? Let's start getting important information about the race, the candidates, the electoral history of the state, the laws in that state and how open they may leave the process to tampering, history of voter fraud in the state, conservative media outlets there, and whatever else you can think of that might be relevant to equip the electorate to head off problems in advance.

Democrats LIE! Their biggest and most effective lie is that Republicans are deliberately trying to prevent blacks and/or other minorities from voting. In effect, they're calling us racists. The truth is that it is them who seem to consider blacks and other minorities so inferior and ignorant and lacking in initiative that they are incapable of voting without the benefit of THEIR (the Democrats') "guidance" and "protection". They squeal "intimidation" at every opportunity and intimidation certainly comes into play. The real question is "who is doing the intimidating?" Their greatest fear is that blacks will recognize how badly they've been duped and insulted by these people and leave the party in droves. That can work in our favor if we work with it. Black conservatives have perhaps the greatest responsibility for telling other black voters the truth about the Democrat party, although it is certainly something we should all work on. Independent thought is the enemy of the Democrats.

Talk about election fraud. Bring it up whenever an opportunity presents itself. Keep a notebook at all times and if someone tells you anything pointing to vote fraud, get more details. Write down such things as county, precinct, candidates in the race, name of the witness and whatever else you can think of. If it seems credible, report it to someone, then follow it up and find out what, if anything, was done with the information.

Have your elected officials, city attorneys, election officers and judges in your email address book, your regular address book and on speed dial. When you become aware of a credible allegation of voter fraud, get busy and push for them to prosecute offenders very publicly and to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW! If a few people are seen to be doing time for their electoral indiscretions, observers may be less willing to follow suit.

Rally others and spend election day in parking areas of and near problem polling places at ready with notebook and camera. A favorite technique of Democrats is to load up buses full of paid voters and haul them from precinct to precinct to cast multiple votes. Getting license numbers of these buses and observing them closely could yield enough evidence to prove fraud. Note or photograph anything "out of the ordinary".

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." (Josef Stalin)

Take part in the process. Here is a list of suggestions that stop_the_rats posted on another thread:

1. Plan to take election day off in 2004.
2. Be a poll worker. You get paid for this.
3. Be a poll watcher. Call your local Republican headquarters or the campaign office of one of your Republican candidates and volunteer to be a poll watcher.
4. Count absentee ballots. You get paid for this also.
5. Be a poll closer. It's a long day. Some people who can't poll watch because of work, could agree to come after work for 2 hours and close the polls to give poll watchers a break. Get final counts and make sure no "late" voters turn up.
6. Take lunches to poll workers and poll watchers.
7. Man the headquarters so if problems arise, poll workers or watchers have a place to call for help. Have a list of numbers: local election officals, state officals.
8. Find a person who will agree to "be in charge"of all the rules poll watchers and poll workers need to follow. Each state has rules and in some cases, state election representatives will come to your city and give a presentation.
9. Encourage others to get involved.
10. Smile; we have them worried!

Some might want to take it a step furthur, if that is an option in your area, and be an election judge. Or you may have specific talents and training that you could donate to the cause, such as legal assistance and advice.

Finally; ask questions. FReepers have an uncanny ability to ask the right questions in most any situation AND to find answers and we have an inexhaustable resource right here on Free Republic. Here are just a few questions to start with.

"If fraud is suspected, how do we find out who is behind it?"

"How do we work to get cooperation between poll watchers and workers and clarify expectations on all sides BEFORE an election?"

"How can you prove fraud? What is legal in a given state (photos, tape recording, witness statements, compiling a list of names, video taping) and how can these techniques be implemented in a non-obtrusive way?"

How limiting is jurisdiction on working in some capacity at the polls? This may vary from state to state. For example, during the training for counting absentee ballots in Pulaski County, Arkansas, I was told that to be a poll worker or to count ballots, you had to be a resident of the county in which you served, but that a poll watcher could be from anywhere as long as he or she was authorized by the candidate or party. This could be very useful to pursue. In the 2002 election, in spite of all the Rat hype, there was still a shortage of Republican poll watchers in a number of "problem" locations. There were also quite a few FReepers who expressed a desire to do something, but there were no particular problems in their own areas. If we can, in fact, be poll watchers anywhere, that may have great potential for wider coverage of historically fraud prone precincts in future elections.

And last, but certainly not least, pray!

"If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12a)

FReepers; your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get out there and STOP THE RATS!

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As information has been posted, I have been keeping track of counties that have a history of voting "irregularities" and/or blatant fraud or in which there is legal action currently pending. From that information I have generated a county "watch list". This is not only to alert those seeking to combat the voter fraud travesty, but also to put those responsible for it on notice that the game is up and the heat is on. This list will no doubt grow as more cases come to light, and by all means, if you know of such concerns in your local areas, alert this thread and have the offending county "hot listed". It is the contributions of FReepers that will make this effort work!

ALERT!

COUNTIES ON THE WATCH LIST!

ALABAMA -

Greene County
Hale County

ARKANSAS -

Clark County
Jefferson County
Phillips County
Pulaski County

CALIFORNIA-

Fresno County
Kern County

Conneticut -

New Haven County

FLORIDA -

Broward County
Duvall County
Lake County
Miami-Dade County
Orange County
Osceola County
Palm Beach County
Seminole County
Volusia County

INDIANA -

Marion County

LOUISIANA-

East Baton Rouge Parish
Orleans Parish

MAINE -

Cumberland County
Lincoln County

MARYLAND -

Baltimore County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County

MASSACHUSETTS -

Suffolk County

MICHIGAN -

Wayne County

MINNESOTA -

Dakota County

MISSOURI -

St. Louis - city

NEW HAMPSHIRE -

Stafford County

NORTH CAROLINA -

Martin County

OKLAHOMA -

Haskell County

SOUTH DAKOTA -

Bennett County
Codington County
Dewey County
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Shannon County
Ziebach County

TEXAS -

Harris County
Hidalgo County

WISCONSIN -

Kenosha County
Milwaukee County
Washington County
Waukesha County

The following states have been pinged, which means if your state's flag isn't flying, then FReepers in your state have not yet been alerted! The flags are posted in the order the states were pinged. It would be nice to have a representative FReeper from each state, particularly those states that are "fraud zones". If anyone would be willing to represent your state on this thread on a regular basis, please let me know and I will begin a list of FReeper contacts for each state.

[TheLion]

New Jersey

Here you can see the Democrats passing laws to help with their abuse and fraud. They specialize in nursing homes, you know. Anything stopping them is considered FRAUD.


Legislation aims to curtail election fraud

Monday, November 25, 2002

By Myles Doyle
Journal staff writer

State legislation that would protect the voting rights of "incapacitated absentee voters" was unanimously approved earlier this week by the Senate State Government Committee.

The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bernard F. Kenny, Jr., D-Hoboken, would amend current law to authorize only a single family member or nonpartisan agent to handle absentee ballots on behalf of the incapacitated voter, Kenny said.

"It has come to our attention that these voters in particular have been victims of election fraud," Kenny said. "This legislation would address abuses in our absentee ballot system by protecting incapacitated voters who are in nursing homes and programs for the elderly and the disabled."

The measure would also narrow the definition of an incapacitated absentee voter to anyone who is "usually at the physical location at which he or she is registered to vote, and because of chronic illness, disability or some other medical condition rendering the voter incapacitated, is unable to complete his or her ballot without assistance from another person."

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/103822267895750.xml

[sweetliberty]

Have you seen this one?

GOP cries foul in Maine Senate election

[TheLion]

Georgia:

Democrats have the guts to sue even if they are a little foggy on the facts!...Check it out.


Board examines filing by Walker

Web posted Friday, November 22, 2002 10:21 p.m. EST

By Sylvia Cooper
Staff Writer

The Richmond County Board of Elections met behind closed doors Friday to discuss state Sen. Charles Walker's lawsuit challenging the results of the Nov. 5 election.
Afterward, board attorney Jim Wall said he would file defenses to the suit "at the appropriate time" but had not been furnished any evidence of irregularities.

Mr. Walker, D-Augusta, is contesting the results of the election in which he lost the District 22 seat to Republican newcomer Randy Hall by 266 votes. The suit alleges that some voters in District 22 and District 23 races were given ballots for the wrong districts, which he says could have affected the election's outcome.

Mr. Walker says he does not want a new election, although his suit calls for one.

Mr. Wall said he had no information to indicate redistricting had been implemented improperly in Richmond County and no official complaints about the election had been filed with the county Board of Elections.
"I'm waiting for more information coming from the suits," he said.

James Washburn, the Atlanta attorney representing Mr. Walker, said a comparison of precinct maps from the state reapportionment office and voter lists from the local Board of Elections showed that "more than 500 voters were misplaced."

Mr. Wall said that allegation was not part of the complaint at this point.

A similar lawsuit has been filed by the same law firm in Senate District 11.

Democrats at the hearing voiced support for the suit, while Republicans called it a maneuver to maintain control of the state Senate.

"I can see some justice coming out of it," Democrat Walter Thomas said.

Mr. Thomas said he had heard complaints from voters about being "sent to the wrong place to vote."

"Some of the polling locations have three different polling precincts within one location," he said. "And a person may go to one polling precinct, and their name is not on the books for that particular precinct, so they think they can't vote at all there. They get rejected and just walk away."

Richmond County Republican Party Chairman Dave Barbee said Mr. Walker's suit is not about the board of elections or voter fraud but about control of the state Senate.

"The law firm out of Atlanta is driving this case," he said.

The Nov. 5 election - along with several defections by Democratic senators, including Don Cheeks of Augusta - put 30 Republicans and 26 Democrats in the Senate. If Democrats can get the two close Senate elections thrown out and Democrats elected, each party would have 28 members. That would give Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, who presides over that body, the deciding vote in a tie.

"So that's what this is about," Mr. Barbee said. "Who's going to have the committee appointments, and who's going to be able to control the state budget?"

Richmond County Democratic Party Chairman Lowell Greenbaum said the "real conspiracy" is in the Republican camp, with senators elected as Democrats switching parties.

"The people have voted for a Democrat Senate, and now it is a Republican Senate. So that's where the real conspiracy is," he said.

--From the Saturday, November 23, 2002 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle

http://augustachronicle.com/stories/112302/met_098-7252.000.shtml

[TheLion]

I see the Maine Senate will resolve the dispute...which the Rats just stole. This makes me sick. We need to do a little suing ourselves.

[TheLion]

Here's one on Arkansas. You may have seen this one allready:

Saturday, November 9, 2002

Pulaski County officials set to certify vote today
BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press Writer

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LITTLE ROCK -- After two days of uncertainty, Pulaski County officials said Friday they were prepared to certify election results.
Election commissioners had been waiting since Tuesday night to finish counting ballots when the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that residents of the state's most populous county were not entitled to an extra 90 minutes of voting this week.

A Pulaski County judge delayed poll closing from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, citing the Democratic Party's complaints of long lines at some precincts and the absence of ballots at others. The justices said Thursday that Circuit Judge Collins Kilgore was wrong to do so.

The Supreme Court voided the lower court's order in a 4-3 decision.

While no one knows exactly how many ballots were cast late -- record-keeping practices varied by precinct -- the Pulaski County Election Commission was able to identify and discount about 300.

The Republicans accused Democrats of trying to steal the election by extending voting hours in the predominantly Democratic county.

Election commissioner Ann Smith said the county's election results would be certified this morning.

Meanwhile, Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley has said he would petition the circuit court next week to convene a grand jury to look into how the voter registration and the election system in the county could be improved, after months of snags in the Pulaski County clerk's office.

In Phillips County, the sanitation director for Helena pleaded guilty to voter fraud charges. And the state Republican Party has said it will ask the U.S. Attorney's office to investigate further allegations of voter fraud there.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Ray White acknowledged that his office would be looking into allegations of voter fraud across the state.

"We've had a lot of calls ... and more than one of them are things that we'll be following up on and investigating," White said.

He would not cite specific cases.

In Sebastian County, election commissioners were conducting a recount Friday night of votes cast in the state Senate race between Republican Denny Altus and Democrat Joe Ellen Carson.

County Clerk Doris Tate said the recount, requested by Carson, could go on until midnight.

Former state Rep. Sue Madison of Fayetteville maintained her victory in a state Senate race after a recount Thursday. Madison's opponent, Republican Bootsie Ackerman of Fayetteville, requested the recount after election results showed a 79-vote difference among more than 21,000 votes cast in the race.

And in Saline County, Democrat Janet Johnson maintained her victory in Tuesday's election for a state House seat after a recount Thursday requested by her Republican opponent Dennis Milligan.

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/news/stories/20021109/localnews/335188.html

[TheLion]

A good article about the fraud in absentee balloting:


An election scam

Both parties are ignoring yet more stories of massive voter fraud--much of which was carried out through illegal manipulation of absentee ballots--that seem to be getting worse each election cycle.


THE SHOCK OF LAST Tuesday's election still hasn't worn off in Washington. Republicans can barely contain their excitement, and Democrats are wondering what went wrong. Meanwhile, both parties are ignoring yet more stories of massive voter fraud--much of it carried out through illegal manipulation of absentee ballots--that seem to get worse each election cycle.

A blizzard of chads in Florida two years ago obscured news reports of a political hack for Al Gore bribing the homeless in Wisconsin with cigarettes to vote for the veep. And while federal investigators were chasing phantom charges of disenfranchisement of African-Americans in the Sunshine State, college students in the Midwest and snowbirds in Florida were freely telling the press that they had illegally cast multiple votes.

They had reason to make such bold admissions. Cheating is so easy and the prosecution of vote fraud is so rare that the payoff--electoral victory--far outweighs the fear of punishment. The smoke-pushing Wisconsin Democrat was fined just $5,000 and got no jail time. And those paid-for votes were still counted for Mr. Gore.

Late last month, Milwaukee's NBC affiliate filmed Democratic campaign workers handing out cash and free food to residents at a home for the mentally ill. After a rousing game of bingo, the patients were ushered into another room by their Democratic hosts and handed absentee ballots. But the most outrageous tale this year comes out of South Dakota, where authorities are investigating hundreds of cases of suspected vote fraud.

Republican John Thune lost to incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson by just 528 votes. Mr. Thune had a comfortable lead at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning with just three counties left to report. Those areas just happened to be where the Johnson campaign had worked hard to register Indians living on reservations--the center of the vote-fraud probe. Dewey County election officials told The Wall Street Journal's John Fund that they had received "a huge envelope of 350 absentee ballot applications postmarked from the Sioux Falls office of the Democratic Party." That county's attorney says that many of the absentee ballot applications were filled out in the same handwriting.

Denise Red Horse, who died in a Sept. 3 car crash, somehow managed to apply for an absentee ballot on Sept. 21--in two different counties. Both applications were mailed from Democratic headquarters, where a party worker was found with a history filled with local names. Many of those listed in the book ended up registering to vote, which contributed to this statistical oddity: The number of people on the voting rolls in Dewey and Ziebach counties far exceeded the 2000 Census count of residents over the age of 18.

Absentee balloting, which accounted for just 5 percent of the vote 20 years ago, now accounts for 30 percent. University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato calls absentee voting "the preferred choice of those who commit voter fraud." In an attempt to get more people to the polls, 29 states don't require voters to state any good reason to receive an absentee ballot. Those states--thankfully, Virginia isn't one--have exchanged low voter turnout for a temptation to fraud. Imagine the fun party operatives will have if the idea of Internet voting ever catches on.

Every phony vote--and hundreds of thousands, at least, are manufactured each election--cancels out a legitimate one. It is the ultimate disenfranchisement--nothing less than the hijacking of democracy that corrupts the legitimacy of our government. It seems particularly outrageous on this Veterans Day, a mockery of American soldiers' sacrifice.

President Bush last month signed a bill that will help states pay for new voting machines and update voter databases to help detect fraud. But that will all be for naught if states pass out absentee ballots like cupcakes and continue to put a low priority on the prosecution of election cheaters.

Date published: Mon, 11/11/2002

http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2002/112002/11112002/785255

[TheLion]

Haskell County, Oklahoma:

Authorities are analyzing notarized signatures on absentee ballots...a good read.


Associated Press Article
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6141490&BRD=1126&PAG=461&dept_id=434982&rfi=6

[Budge]

I spoke with an old friend yesterday (same fellow who was supposed to come with me to last HW FRmeet) and briefly told him what you, STR and the rest of us here are doing.

I also explained how I thought only through bi-partisism work can we really accomplish anything, in this local especially. The fellow he is to call to put me in contact with is both loved and dispised by locals, but carries a lot of weight in these parts, as with the NAACP locally. We'll see what, if anything, happens. I'll let you know.

AASN, I invited him to ride in the FReepmobile to Hot Springs for our next HWFRmeet. Will also keep you posted on that.

[sweetliberty]

"A Pulaski County judge delayed poll closing from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, citing the Democratic Party's complaints of long lines at some precincts and the absence of ballots at others."

Funny how they did't get concerned that there were not enough voting machines in some predominantly Republican precincts which prevented many people from voting. That was in Jefferson County.

[TheLion]

I guess we should scream just like the Rats when there aren't enough voting machines in our precincts....just not our style, I guess.

[TheLion]

Bump!

[nicmarlo]

I guess we should scream just like the Rats

No....let's just set some Rat traps....with cheese of course! : )

[nicmarlo]

only through bi-partisism work can we really accomplish anything

you have high hopes.....i am more skeptical that they would ever want to accomplish anything other than more deceitful practices, i.e., how to do it better without getting caught.....(I am not talking about the "little guys," who have no clue about what their party is really about).

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Mia T - love the Pardoning Turkeys is a Clintonian Tradition .....

and all of your brilliant work!

Sweet Liberty - this is the BEST information ever on fighting Voter Fraud. You need to be HIRED by President Bush's team and be put to work in the entire country....but then, you might be able to get just as much done here if you keep at it!

Ping to CD for NC Freepers interested in stopping voter fraud - something I am sure took place in Wake County - but failed to stop the Republican FLOOD!

Mtngrl = hello - and if this is not linked to the Dose threads, could you do that at some point? IMportant issue.

Also, prayers for the Louisiana Senatorial Election going up now! Another powerful way to "fight"!

Alamo-Girl - hi there, and just saw your amen - bump - and bumping back to you.

[sweetliberty]

"You need to be HIRED by President Bush's team and be put to work in the entire country....but then, you might be able to get just as much done here"

Wow....what a nice compliment. I think you're right about getting as much done here though. Free Republic doesn't pay worth a hoot, but the fringe benefits are outstanding. LOL!

[TheLion]

Look at these horrible stiff sentences handed down for felonies in Georgia....boy this will put a stop to fraud!/sarcasm

Posted on Thu, Nov. 21, 2002

Gosha jailed for vote fraud
Former Russell County commissioner gets 90 days for ballot crimes in 2001 Phenix City election
BY JIM HOUSTON
Staff Writer

When his name was called, former Russell County Commissioner Nathaniel Gosha rose Wednesday from his seat among spectators in Russell Circuit Court.

Moving slowly and leaning on the metal cane he carried in his left hand, the 65-year-old former Phenix City Council candidate made his way to the front of the courtroom, facing Judge George Greene.

It was sentencing day for Gosha, who was convicted of 25 felony and 12 misdemeanor voter fraud charges on Aug. 15, all in connection with the Sept. 4, 2001, Phenix City election in which Gosha was a council candidate. The convictions include 16 counts of possessing forged documents, nine counts of falsifying absentee ballots and 12 counts of disclosing the votes of others.

Assistant Attorney General Stephanie Billingslea, who led the prosecution team at trial, asked Greene to sentence Gosha to "at least a year and a day" behind bars for his felony misconduct.

Defense attorney Connie Jo Cooper urged Greene to have mercy on Gosha, citing his "previous public service" and his deteriorating physical condition.

Greene ordered Gosha to spend 90 days in jail, followed by three years on probation for the forged documents charges, and a concurrent 90-day jail term with 18 months' probation for the ballot falsification counts. Although he imposed no fine in the forged documents case, the judge ordered the mandatory minimum fine of $500 for each of the nine false ballot convictions, plus a charge of $5 for each day he is behind bars.

Greene also fined Gosha $100 for each of the 12 vote disclosure misdemeanors, but ordered the 90-day jail sentence for each of those charges to be served concurrently with the other terms.

Gosha made no comment and limped to a seat among other convicted defendants who were bound for the Russell County Jail.

Co-defendant Lizzie Mae Perry, 50, was sentenced on Oct. 15 to 30 days in jail and 18 months on probation after pleading guilty to two felony counts of falsifying absentee ballots and two misdemeanor charges of disclosing votes. She testified against Gosha in his Circuit Court trial.

At the trial, Mayor Sonny Coulter and council candidate Gerald Brooks testified that Gosha called them, offering to arrange for them to buy absentee votes in their respective races. Both reported the contact to District Attorney Ken Davis, and Brooks participated in a sting in which Perry was videotaped presenting absentee ballots for his perusal, showing that each for which he was to pay included a vote for him.

Perry turned those same ballots over to Gosha that evening and was taped talking with Gosha about the sale of those votes.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/4568183.htm

[TheLion]

New Mexico:

Want to get more people to the polls?.....This Democrat's solution is to send everyone an absentee ballot!


Democrat Looks At Ways To Up Voter Turnout

By BARRY MASSEY | Associated Press 12/03/2002

Jamie Koch
tate Democratic chairman Jamie Koch wants the Legislature to consider ways to reverse the slide in voter turnout in New Mexico elections.

Koch said Monday that he plans to ask lawmakers next year to rewrite election laws to make it easier to get an absentee ballot. He also wants to shorten the ballot in general elections by having constitutional amendments and bond issues decided separately through mail-only voting.

New Mexico reached a new low in voter participation in this year's general election.

About 38 percent of the state's voting-age population cast ballots, down from about 41 percent in the previous midterm election in 1998.

Nationally, turnout was estimated at about 39 percent, up slightly from four years ago, according to unofficial figures from the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, an independent research group based in Washington, D.C.

Voter turnout typically is higher in presidential-election years.

For New Mexico, voter turnout was the lowest in a gubernatorial election year since 1990 and 1986, when 39 percent of the voting-age population cast ballots, according to records kept by the Federal Election Commission. Turnout reached 51 percent in 1966.

Fewer New Mexicans voted this year than four years ago - the first decline in total votes cast in a midterm election in almost two decades.

"We have to do something about turnout," said Koch.

He wants the Legislature to streamline the procedure for obtaining an absentee ballot and hopes that will encourage more people to vote. Koch proposes to require county clerks to automatically send an application for an absentee ballot to all registered voters in a general election.

Currently, voters must request an application, fill it out and return it to the clerk to obtain an absentee ballot. Koch said that system is too confusing and discourages some people from voting.

State Republican Party Chairman John Dendahl said Koch's proposal is a step toward an election by mail, which is done in Oregon, and could increase the potential for voter fraud.

"He's talking about a huge amount of additional mail expense," Dendahl said of the Democratic chairman's proposal.

The state GOP and Democratic Party used to mass mail ballot applications to targeted registered voters, but that practice was banned by a rule in 2000 by Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron.

This year, for instance, the GOP sent postcards that voters could mail to their county clerks to request an absentee-ballot application.

Koch attributes the decline in voter turnout to several factors, including negative campaign advertising and mailings. He speculates this year's long ballot, which included nine constitutional amendments and five general-obligation bond questions, caused some people to skip the election because they feared long waits at voting locations.

Dendahl said he is not overly concerned about the decline in voter turnout in New Mexico. "I don't wring my hands in agony over the fact that turnout is low. I don't want uninterested people coming to the polls and pushing a bunch of buttons," said Dendahl.

He also doubts that changing election laws will do much to improve voter participation.

"I think there is a declining civic spirit among the population of the U.S., and an awful lot of people are sitting on their hands and just delegating responsibilities of making government leadership decisions to other people," said Dendahl.

Curtis Gans, director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, said his research has found that early voting and relaxed absentee voting have hurt turnout.

He contends those election-law changes have merely shifted voting patterns - away from Election Day - rather than encouraging more people to cast ballots. Early-voting systems have diffused the focus of get-out-the-vote efforts away from a single day.

©Santa Fe New Mexican 2002

http://santafenewmexican.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6257509&BRD=2144&PAG=461&dept_id=367954&rfi=6

[nicmarlo]

Yeah, that conviction is bound to prevent future voter fraud. /sarcasm.

[nicmarlo]

New Mexico ping; Tornado or CougarGA7....this is FYI and asking if you would be able to/be interested in pinging to New Mexico FReepers.

Democrat Looks At Ways To Up Voter Turnout

12/03/2002

State Democratic chairman Jamie Koch wants the Legislature to consider ways to reverse the slide in voter turnout in New Mexico elections.

Koch said Monday that he plans to ask lawmakers next year to rewrite election laws to make it easier to get an absentee ballot. He also wants to shorten the ballot in general elections by having constitutional amendments and bond issues decided separately through mail-only voting. . . .

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes they are.