The tragedy of McCain declaring that ACORN was one of the "greatest dangers to democracy" is that ACORN is as serious about rooting out fraudulent registrations as state election officials. And despite marching orders to US Attorneys, only one case of possible voter fraud was ever found to be remotely prosecutable. Because voter fraud requires someone actually voting fraudulently, not just turning in a Mickey Mouse form for quick cash.
But leave it to the innovators in the Ohio Republican Party to find a way to commit actual voter fraud:
That story is here.
And one more, right here in California!
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But the whiz kids at Diebold have actually figured out a much quicker and easier way to do it: Just switch the votes.
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But leave it to the innovators in the Ohio Republican Party to find a way to commit actual voter fraud:
That story is here.
And one more, right here in California!
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| Mark Jacoby, who owns a firm hired by the California Republican Party, violated state laws with his own registration, authorities say. By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 20, 2008 SACRAMENTO -- The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud. State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states. Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department late Saturday came after dozens of voters said they were duped into registering as Republicans by people employed by YPM. The voters said YPM workers tricked them by saying they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters. The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP. |
But the whiz kids at Diebold have actually figured out a much quicker and easier way to do it: Just switch the votes.
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| Shelba Ketchum, a 69-year-old nurse retired from Thomas Memorial Hospital, described what happened Friday at the Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield. "I pushed buttons and they all came up Republican," she said. "I hit Obama and it switched to McCain. I am really concerned about that. If McCain wins, there was something wrong with the machines. "I asked them for a printout of my votes," Ketchum said. "But they said it was in the machine and I could not get it. I did not feel right when I left the courthouse. My son felt the same way. "I heard from some other people; they also had trouble. But no one in there knew how to fix it," said Ketchum, who is not related to Menis Ketchum, a Democratic Supreme Court candidate. Ketchum's son, Chris, said he had the same problem. And Bobbi Oates of Scott Depot said her vote for incumbent Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller was switched to GOP opponent Jay Wolfe. "I touched the one I wanted, Rockefeller, and the machine put a checkmark on the Republican instead," Oates said of her experience Thursday. She said she caught the mistake, called over a worker in the county clerk's office and was able to correct her vote. But she worries other voters may not catch such a mistake. |
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