Dems digging up votes in Louisiana
posted at 1:10 pm on June 11, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Analysts used to joke about waiting for the results from cemetery precincts in Chicago before calling elections. In Louisiana, that may be closer to the truth than one might imagine. WBRZ reports on a voter registration scandal that had Democrats submitting thousands of fraudulent enrollments, included George W. Bush and a bunch of dead people:
Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said Tuesday he will meet today with a Democrat-affiliated group responsible for a voter registration effort that is inundating East Baton Rouge and other parish registrars with bogus and incomplete applications.
Dardenne said his investigators are trying to determine if any state election laws have been violated as thousands of voter registration cards have been dumped on registrars offices through the efforts of VIP.
“We have some very real concerns about the data we are getting from them,” Dardenne said.
VIP is a Washington, D.C., group hired by national Democrats to register some 70,000 new voters in advance of the presidential and other federal elections this fall.
It’s easier to meet that goal when recruiters don’t pay attention to details, such as a pulse:
Two cards received in Caddo Parish had George W. Bush as the voter applicant with a 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. address in Shreveport, Dardenne said. Other cards have been filed for prisoners who cannot vote and dead people. In Jefferson Parish, a voter registration card was filed for the registrar of voters.
Louisiana Republicans demanded an investigation, and Dardenne assured them that he had already begun a probe into VIP’s activities. It would seem that “hope and change” in Louisiana means “more of the same”.
Voter fraud strikes at the heart of a democracy. If VIP conspired to inflate Democratic registrations unlawfully, the FBI has jurisdiction, as this qualifies as interstate commerce. Congress should also look into this latest corruption eruption in Louisiana.
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I smell something more stinky then “Brown Bag” on this one.
upinak on June 11, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Pelosi’s Congress? Sure.
jgapinoy on June 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Blame it on GWB and Karl Rove’s Katrina.
joeswampy on June 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Add in ACORN and a few other democratic vote “headhunters” and will see is a massive effort to effect elections in the next few years.
And the GOP is completely unable to fight this or even make efforts to stop it.
William Amos on June 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM
We’re calling Louisiana for the Democrats with 86% of the crawfish counted
mymanpotsandpans on June 11, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Of course this is going on nationwide. I have no doubt that the Dems will resort to totally criminal activities to steal this election, just look at their leaders.
bbz123 on June 11, 2008 at 1:18 PM
No no… don’t you all understand?! Voting fraud only occurs because there’s NO PAPER TRAIL on voting machines! It’s because there was no paper trail that the Republicans stole Ohio in 2004!!!
If there was a PAPER TRAIL, elections would be 100% accurate.
Oh and no photo ID requirement… which is used by Republicans to stop people from voting too…
Skywise on June 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Proof that the Dali Bama is offering more than empty rhetoric when it comes to offering a hand up to the previously disenfranchised voter.
moxie_neanderthal on June 11, 2008 at 1:21 PM
They need to be boiled.
joeswampy on June 11, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Why are we blaming the Dems, its so apparent that GWB is trying to sign up to vote in every state so he can rig this election. OMG its all Bush’s fault.
Maybe one of these years the Repubs will push a country wide scrubbing of voter rolls, get rid of the 5% dead, 10% jailed and 5% made up, would drop Dem voter numbers to an all time low.
Rbastid on June 11, 2008 at 1:24 PM
The most ethical Congress
? They’ll get right on that after they vote to privatize their green dining facilities.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 11, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Come on Ed, its bad enough that they are dead and then you want to disenfranchise them too !!
sarc/off
Maxx on June 11, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Try it again.
The most ethical Congress evah? They’ll get right on that after they vote to privatize their green dining facilities.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Now we know how Ray Nagin and William Jefferson got re-elected. With Bobby Jindal as Governor, rest assured that every rock will be turned to get to the bottom of this issue. Also, we’re way past due to verify voter registration and voters. It’s not very complicated…In Florida, we simply present our driver’s license or other valid ID before we can vote. Sooner or later, we’ll probably have to go to fingerprint recognition to stop the fraud.
orlandocajun on June 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM
William Amos mentioned ACORN above and that brings up a good point-we should be on the watch for any and all sneaky ACORN like groups this election. The same bad guys will pop up as a different group with a new acronym; it’s important to keep our eyes open, locally and nationally.
Doug on June 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Any connections to Dollar Bill? Is this anywhere near his district? I used to live in Shreveport. Does Dollar Bill represent southern Louisiana (where they talk even slower)?
I remember feeling my IQ drop whenever I crossed the border into Louisiana. Actually, my IQ increased when I entered LA from Arkansas.
/sarc
Why does Arkansas suck? To keep Louisiana from falling into the Gulf!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Orlandocajun; this is a great opportunity for Jindal to jump on, both feet and swinging.
tomk59 on June 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Democrat voter fraud was at the heart of the Florida 2000 election. During the hand recount I actually watched a Democrat ‘counter’ place a voter card for Bush in the Gore pile. When she counted the totals a Republican observer challenged her (he had tabulated the individual ballots as they were counted) and she sheepishly recounted, ‘found’ her mistake and corrected the count.
The point here is that they were changing individual votes through the recount and ‘count’ votes that were uncountable - such as the 10,000 under votes (no measurable mark on the ballot) the Democrats wanted to count with no observers. The reason that the Florida legislature set 7 days to tabulate and certify the election was to prevent fraud and rigged elections. I believe that one of the reasons the Miami area counties decided to stop their hand recounts, was because the local voting officials knew there were problems that would surface (read jail time) in the face of closer scrutiny. They cheated already, just not enough to win and this was what irritated the Democrat leadership.
The Democrats have formalized the process of corruption and are implementing it around the country. Voter fraud and corruption is part of the Decmocrat strategy for success.
I bet Hillary is really ticked off in that everything she put in place to ‘ensure’ her election will now go to someone else.
jerseyman on June 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Is this organization ACORN?
I don’t see it named and it’s curious as to why it isn’t.
Isn’t that part of the NEWS?
Mortis on June 11, 2008 at 1:41 PM
weren’t there districts in parts of St. Louis and elsewhere, Dem Districts, that had more Votes than registered voters in 2004?
jp on June 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM
I’m sure the Democrats in Congress will launch an investigation.
Into why Bush is committing voter fraud.
flenser on June 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Well this VIP appears to be a mystery group because I can’t seem to find anything on the nets about them.
Topsecretk9 on June 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM
If only Bush or the RNC had the balls to actually demand an investigation.
jukin on June 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Well, some Animals’ votes should count more than others…
rgranger on June 11, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Decmocrats can accuse the Republicans of voter fraud only because the Democrats know how it is done (and that it can be done) and they are very experienced at it.
jerseyman on June 11, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Huey Long is apparently rejoined the fracas and has been seen stumping at Louisiana political events over the last few weeks.
Long’s speeches were described as stiff and many audience members were reportedly distracted by the ex-governor’s apparent decision to sit side saddle on his “assistants” lap.
When questioned about previous reports that the Kingfish had expired in 1935, an unidentified Democratic spokesperson offered to have Mr. Long’s assistant drink water while the Governor spoke.
moxie_neanderthal on June 11, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Wasn’t this the basis for firing the 7 US Attorneys last year? They wouldn’t investigate voter fraud?
jerseyman on June 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Is THIS the group? According tothis blog it is.
Topsecretk9 on June 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Huey Long
ishas apparently rejoined the political fracas and has been seen stumping at Louisiana events over the last few weeks.Long’s speeches were described as stiff and many audience members were reportedly distracted by the ex-governor’s apparent decision to sit side saddle on his “assistants” lap.
When questioned about previous reports that the Kingfish had expired in 1935, an unidentified Democratic spokesperson offered to have Mr. Long’s assistant drink water while the Governor spoke.
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oops…proofread
moxie_neanderthal on June 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Oh, man, ROFLMAO. Wish I’d thought of that.
Ed Morrissey on June 11, 2008 at 1:53 PM
The Dems are all opposed to having to show your Photo ID at the polling places in Michigan. And it’s for the very same reason, dead people don’t look all that good in a photo ID. However, absentee ballots are the end-run on this type of voter fraud and the Democrats are masters of voter fraud. We need to remember that the Democrats were the ones who had the poll tax, intimidated black voters and were the leaders of the KKK! When is the GOP going to wake up and start a major media campaign about this type of fraud, oh that’s right, they are the loser party and always will be as long as they take the “high road” and never learn that politics is a dirty business and needs to be played by the pervailing rules.
flytier on June 11, 2008 at 1:55 PM
But remember folks, asking for ID before allowing someone to vote is just like bringing back the poll tax and lynchings!
Queasy on June 11, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Yikes
Googled the address of the Muslim “Voting is Power” financed by the DNC
Take a little look
Topsecretk9 on June 11, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Wonder if this VIP group is an off shoot of acorn? acorn gets federal money and has gotten money with the help of bho when he was a senator in IL. to help their cause of signing up new voters. I have seen posts on MM on this group and they aren’t all that honest.
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letget on June 11, 2008 at 2:00 PM
This is the biggest reason I am for a national ID Card, all you FourthReich paranoids aside.
The frakking banking system can issue every single Joe and Jill an unique ATM card but the greatest and grandest government on the planet can’t do the same. Why? Because they don’t care a rat’s patudy if the system works. A broken system means more reasons to throw even more of your money at the smoke and mirror issues.
Privacy Rights my redfanny……..what the government is protecting is thier Priracy Rights.
Limerick on June 11, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Dead people have been voting in Louisiana for decades, just ask Mary Landrieu. In her 1996 race turnout in some precincts was 105% many were in the upper 90%’s. Of course most of it happened in the historic 9th ward.
roux on June 11, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Awwww…. give the Dems a break… they’re only voting the wishes of their “family member” who’s gone to the Great Beyond…”
“If they were alive, this is how they’d want to vote…
CynicalOptimist on June 11, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Everyone has a voice and sometimes it happens to be heard from the great beyond.
I’m just waiting for the English “medium” with the stupid show to be brought in as a political consultant.
moxie_neanderthal on June 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM
If we could get a true assessment of the fraud that went on in 2000 - e.g., the hanging chad monkey business and the throwing out of military overseas votes in Florida, not to mention all the democrat box stuffing, intimidation and illegal voter registration elsewhere in the country- we would find that not only did Gore lose the election, he also lost the popular vote.
whitetop on June 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM
He won’t because he participated in the voter fraud himself…
Rick on June 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Wisconsin’s drunkard ex-atty general refused to investigate voter fraud here. As did the Dem appointed elections commission. Also Gov Doyle, the alleged beneficiary of the fraud, agreed with her. (She, Kate Laugenslaguer (sp?) had a one car accident in a state owned vehicle while intoxicated).
Claimsratt on June 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Brain dead = Obama supporter!
Seriously, If the conservatives are going to fight for the rights of the unborn, it only makes sense the liberals will fight for the rights of the undead…
redshirt on June 11, 2008 at 2:18 PM
You got it all wrong, Ed. The voter fraud is being done so that we as a country can experience the “hope and change” that Obama and the Dems are promising. It’s all for a greater cause, and therefore not a crime.
Rick on June 11, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Now you see how Barry can win the election - just add these type numbers to every precinct in the nation, as this is going on in just about all of them.
Think_b4_speaking on June 11, 2008 at 2:25 PM
I personally think that someone needs to look into the absolute fact that George W. Bush has registered to vote in LA–twice. It’s an obvious attempt to sway the election for the republicans, and I for one won’t stand for it.
Hmmmpf.
/hope I don’t need it.
Bob's Kid on June 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Demos launch massive voter drive
Registration requests overwhelm officials
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Muslim American Society Center for Electoral Empowerment
3606 Forrest Drive
Topsecretk9 on June 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Dems see dead people
How else you can be sure to control them?
Sir Napsalot on June 11, 2008 at 2:43 PM
It’s amazing at either how arrogant or stupid the Democratic voter registers are (here and in the past ACORN cases) that they would throw in names so obviously fraudulent into the mix, virtually forcing state investigators to open probes. Especially in Louisiana, where there are at least 100,000 people who have moved out of the state since the last election, but whose names no doubt are still on the voter rolls. Hopefully, Jindal and the Louisana GOP are smart enough to already be looking into that pile of potentially fradulent voters before the November election.
jon1979 on June 11, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Well, if dead people could vote they’d vote for Democrats because surely Bush/Cheney/Rove are the reason they’re dead in the first place…
Wyznowski on June 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Not only are the differently-living Americans being deprived of their right to vote by the Republicans, but Fictitious-Americans are too. There are many realities, and to choose just one is racist and homophobic and sexist and is only practiced by bitter rednecks clinging to guns and religion.
BTW, I believe the above paragraph now entitles my to a Ph.D. from one of America’s finest institutes of higher edumakashun.
rbj on June 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM
They are just making sure that every vote is counted.
Tim Burton on June 11, 2008 at 3:33 PM
I support laws requiring voters to produce state-issued photo ID’s before voting, but we need to do more than that. Too many illegal aliens already have driver’s licenses. Asking them to check the “Are you a U.S. citizen?” box on the voter registration form — and then relying on them to be honest in their answer, is insane; these people have already demonstrated their willingness to break the law and lie. We need to have laws that require registrants to produce proof of U.S. citizenhip when they register to vote.
AZCoyote on June 11, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I’m shocked…
Kaptain Amerika on June 11, 2008 at 3:58 PM
The Republicans could have a field day with this. But you know they won’t do a thing.
thekingtut on June 11, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Nutria-Americans have been undercounted in voting for decades. Democrats just want to make sure that doesn’t happen this year.
highhopes on June 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM
“I See Dead Voters”.
gary on June 11, 2008 at 6:57 PM
“I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”
I have been convinced of the dead miraculously voting for the Dhims, even people who would never vote Dhimmy. I would love to see the voting rolls cleared every four years and have everyone re-register to vote a few months before the Presidential election.
Every time I vote, I show my ID even though the woman I usually get was a teacher of mine back in junior high. I wish more people would insist on showing ID.
Mooseman on June 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM
hahaha, good one…
/wipes away tear
urbancenturion on June 13, 2008 at 2:07 PM