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Sixth Circuit orders Ohio to implement new system to verify voter registrations

posted at 9:49 pm on October 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Election Law Blog has a short, useful summary. A three-judge panel from the same court ruled last week that the Democrat Secretary of State, who’s resisted GOP efforts to implement the new system, could rely on the current procedures. The full panel reversed that ruling today, which means now she’ll have to report mismatches between names on registration forms and names on DMV records to the local county elections boards. Ohio Republicans exult and lower the boom:

“Her delay in providing this matching system leaves little time for election officials to act on questionable registrations,” Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett said Tuesday night. “Once again, [SoS] Jennifer Brunner has wasted valuable taxpayer dollars only to have her partisan agenda rejected by a court of law. Her shameful actions to disenfranchise Republican absentee voters, block the transparency of early voting and refuse the proper verification of newly registered voters have rightfully damaged her credibility as a nonpartisan election administrator. She is destroying the public trust in Ohio’s elections system.”

Meanwhile, the ACORN story’s finally broken all the way through on cable news; here’s a double feature for you from tonight’s CNN and MSNBC, respectively. Note the point made by the correspondent in the latter clip (or by the Republican lawyer quoted here): It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner. Which is a problem, but given the trend in party identification, especially among new voters, would seem to be more of a problem for Democrats than Republicans.



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Save the Republic! Our legitimate votes are our our sacred right.

gmoonster on October 14, 2008 at 9:52 PM

That guy really is a massive tool. Perhaps a whole toolbox. Geez.

Wineaholic on October 14, 2008 at 9:53 PM

Well thank God it’s not something serious like HANGING CHADS or something.

For a minute there I thought the Dems were trying to steal the election through voter-fraud.

whew!

FiveWays on October 14, 2008 at 9:55 PM

Umm why this matters

SANTA FE — Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson points to a substantial drop in uninsured motorists in New Mexico when he defends his decision four years ago to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license.

About 45,000 licenses have been issued to people without a Social Security number. That’s about 3.6 percent of all the licensed drivers in New Mexico. Ortiz assumes most of the 45,000 are foreign nationals, but the state doesn’t know how many are illegal immigrants because immigration status information isn’t collected by MVD.

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 9:57 PM

I may be repeating myself but he totally reminds me of the canadian spokesman from south park .. “can I finish, can I finish…” ugh — I loathe that I know of this man and fear that with an Obama Administration (gasp!) we will see more and more of this weasel..

God help America … now!

jen on October 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM

Obviously Ohio is full of damn racists.

Everyone knows that poor=minority=dumb, how can poor people possibly register without the kind people of ACORN assisting them?

Bishop on October 14, 2008 at 10:01 PM

Plus: This tool again.

I LOL’ed.

nickj116 on October 14, 2008 at 10:01 PM

On Nov 5th, I’m going to punch the first asshole I see in an Obama shirt. Punch him right in the f#cking head.

FiveWays on October 14, 2008 at 10:02 PM

Clarify means Change. And give a man a Shuster warning. Ugh. Least favorite head.

Spirit of 1776 on October 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM

O/T

Canada has elected a Conservative government,

next,

America.:)

canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM

Umm I sent news in there is an indictment down tonight of an ACORN worker in Michigan being charged with Felony voter fraud

Check your mail Allah

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM

That guy is worse than the “popular jock in highschool” moron spokesman Obama has.

Cardiganfox on October 14, 2008 at 10:04 PM

On Nov 5th, I’m going to punch the first asshole I see in an Obama shirt. Punch him right in the f#cking head.

FiveWays on October 14, 2008 at 10:02 PM

There you go (LOL). I’m with ya’.

Cardiganfox on October 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Note the point made by the correspondent in the latter clip (or by the Republican lawyer quoted here): It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner. Which is a problem, but given the trend in party identification, especially among new voters, would seem to be more of a problem for Democrats than Republicans.

You can’t seriously think that. There’s no way they’ll not process all the applications. They’ll simply register them all un-vetted and everybody knows that. And who’s to say ACORN doesn’t have a list of all the fake registration they submitted and go around with a roving group of voters who will go from precinct to precinct voting. That’s how elections in Boston have been run for decades!

TheBigOldDog on October 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM

I love that idiots standard. “No one has ever been convicted”

Now that’s change we can believe in.

lorien1973 on October 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Suits need to be filed in every state where ACORN has done its work for Osama Obama. Voting is one of the greatest rights given to qualified citizens, and no elected/appointed official or judge should be able to mangle it in the ways we’ve seen so far.

Yet another issue that, on its own, proves that Obama is one of two things: either he is as naive and race-blinded as anyone on the plant, or he is willing to subvert the law (and the Constitution) to achieve his own ends.

Either way, he is not trustworthy, and does not deserve to be president.

MrScribbler on October 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Holy moly Michelle is on the tear, ACORN will be old news when this story gets out about how Michelle O feels about the evil white american racist people

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/shocking-development-mrs-obama-decides-enough-is-enough-my-husband-was-born-in-hawaii-and-adopted-by-his-step-father-does-that-make-him-unpatriotic-she-asks-on-a-direct-telephone-to-api/

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:07 PM

Somewhere Baghdad Bob is laughing and saying “I cant believe anyone is taking that ACORN guy serious anyone can see through his fake infidel stories….”

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 10:07 PM

Let’s put it this way AP: They aren’t submitting fake registrations for their f’ing health!

TheBigOldDog on October 14, 2008 at 10:08 PM

Canada has elected a Conservative government,

next,

America.:)

canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM

Thank goodness, and congratulations.

RushBaby on October 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM

Michigan AG takes steps to charge ACORN worker with Felony Voter Fraud

Michigan attorney general charges ACORN worker with forgery
Paul Egan / The Detroit News
Michigan Atty. Gen. Mike Cox on Tuesday charged a former ACORN worker with forgery in connection with voter registration applications he submitted in the city of Jackson.

Antonio Johnson, 23, a convicted felon who is currently being held in Jackson County on a parole violation, is charged with six counts of forging a public document and faces up to 14 years on each count, Cox said in a news release.

Johnson was working for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now between May and June of this year when he filled out, signed and submitted six voter registration applications, using two Jackson residents’ names, without their knowledge, Cox said.

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM

It’s still almost a ho-hum story compared to what it would be if this was a right-wing organization.

And Lou Dobbs has about the worst looking set of dentures I’ve ever seen.

surrounded on October 14, 2008 at 10:10 PM

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:07 PM

Can you summarize it? The site won’t load. Maybe it’s getting crushed. What does it say?

TheBigOldDog on October 14, 2008 at 10:10 PM

Which is a problem, but given the trend in party identification, especially among new voters, would seem to be more of a problem for Democrats than Republicans.

I think it’s time we consider that at least some of this gap is due to ACORN and groups like it. The republicans have no equivalent group and ACORN has been at work since at least 2000. They could have gotten millions and millions of fraudulent registrations in by now.

Kronos on October 14, 2008 at 10:11 PM

Back in the 1970s, after Harvard Law School, I was a law clerk to a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. When the three-judge panel ruled last week 2-1 to overturn the district judge’s correct ruling requiring verification, I was hoping that a rehearing en banc would be sought. It was and it was successful in restoring sanity. The dissenting judge among the three-judge panel wrote a good opinion. This is a good development.

Phil Byler on October 14, 2008 at 10:11 PM

Accusing API of colluding with American internet bloggers in an effort to bring down her husband, Mrs Obama said she decided to call API because of what she termed, API’s help to spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets in their efforts to damage a black man’s name, saying she hopes African Media was mature enough to be in the front to give unwavering support to her husband, a man Africans should identify themselves with.

Lucianne has the story on her site too, might be able to get it there

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:11 PM

Am I wrong? I thought a major problem with these late-term registrations was the lack of checking; most jurisdictions presume honesty.

When someone registers multiple times under various names and addresses, could he/she not then vote multiple times? After all, the libs have blocked every attempt to mandate an ID check at time of voting.

T J Green on October 14, 2008 at 10:12 PM

I dont think the ruling was a full reversal but just a reinstatement of the original TRO.

Basically live to fight another day.

Here it is

broker1 on October 14, 2008 at 10:13 PM

That Lefty operative reminds me of Paul
Begala,the ear to ear smirk,as he’s trying
to lie through his teeth!

It seems to be a pattern of Liberal Democrats,like
Global terrorist,oops I mean Global Warmist Al Gore,
as in “there is no legal controlling authority”!!

Like I’ve said,there should be a nation-wide raid
on every ACORN office,and they should be shut down
until things can get sorted out!!

canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM

If Obama wins, not a single history book will show ACORN’s involvement. This whole election think has stunk since the very begining.

mindhacker on October 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM

It’s gone *POOF*
I am going to see if it was a legit story or it was pulled for another reason

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM

On Nov 5th, I’m going to punch the first asshole I see in an Obama shirt. Punch him right in the f#cking head.

FiveWays on October 14, 2008 at 10:02 PM

Shakespeare couldn’t have said it any better.

LMAO.

fogw on October 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM

Note the point made by the correspondent in the latter clip (or by the Republican lawyer quoted here): It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner.

Clogging up the system has long been a guerilla tactic of the left. MOVE, in Philadelphia, used to try to get arrested to bring the courts to a standstill. We all know how that group forced things to go … twice.

ACORN criminals need to go to jail, fast. And I am yet to understand why they are still allowed to submit voter registration or work with anything that touches the election process?

And that idiot ACORN mouthpiece with the stupid smirk should go straight to an Egyptian jail, if the world were fair.

progressoverpeace on October 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM

Obarky isn’t going to win, his vibe is gone and you can feel the turn coming.

Bishop on October 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM

It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner.

That’s exactly what I’ve been saying.

Which is a problem, but given the trend in party identification, especially among new voters, would seem to be more of a problem for Democrats than Republicans.

It’s a problem for everyone because it casts doubt on the entire electoral system. It doesn’t matter which party gets disenfranchised the most. So long as a lot of people are, and given the massive amount of fraud perpetrated by ACORN aided by Democratic party officials like Brunner it’s going to be more than a couple, the left gets to claim that the system needs to be replaced.

It’s not like the progressives haven’t been telegraphing their play since the 1970s here.

Jimmie on October 14, 2008 at 10:17 PM

This is so bad for us Americans….This cancer is eating our democracy away!!Please G_d bless America!!!

beachkatie on October 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM

I’m already beginning to deem this election illegitimate. It might be the circus of all circuses. Hoping to be extremely wrong,

Entelechy on October 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM

There’s no way they’ll not process all the applications.

Not necessarily true. Most states have laws that require local election boards to validate the registrations in order to approve them. If there are some that aren’t validated before Election Day they can’t be declared valid.

This, of course, is ACORN’s plan.

Jimmie on October 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM

Can you believe that the Dems were actually trying to get a portion of the government bailout to go to ACORN at this late date? WTH?

d1carter on October 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM

Thankgoodness…

RushBaby on Oct 14,2008 at 10:09PM.

RushBaby: Nice to hear from you again,and thank-you!:)

I’ll take a page out of the Liberal handbook
from the MSM,

It appears Canada has lost its mind,and
had a collective temper tantrum!!(Sarc.):)

canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 10:21 PM

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM

It’s working for me. Just in case anyone wants to see it I’ll post it below.

Accusing API of colluding with American internet bloggers in an effort to bring down her husband, Mrs Obama said she decided to call API because of what she termed, API’s help to spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets in their efforts to damage a black man’s name, saying she hopes African Media was mature enough to be in the front to give unwavering support to her husband, a man Africans should identify themselves with.

When API told her that our online news media was only relaying what the American Bloggers and other media outlets had discovered through their investigations, Mrs Obama was angered and she came out loud with the following: “African press International is supposed to support Africans and African-American view,” and she went to state that, “it is strange that API has chosen to support the racists against my husband. There is no shame in being adopted by a step father. All dirt has been thrown onto my husband’s face and yet he loves this country. My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father. The important thing here is where my husband’s heart is at the moment. I can tell the American people that My husband loves this country and his adoption never changed his love for this country. He was born in Hawaii, yes, and that gives him all the right to be an American citizen even though he was adopted by a foreigner; says Michelle Obama on telefon to API.”

This is a very interesting turn of events. The American man Dr Corsi was recently reported to have been arrested in Kenya because there was fear that he might reveal information on Obama when he wanted to hold a press conference in Nairobi.

The question now is why he was arrested and who ordered his arrest. Was Obama’s hand in this in any way? We will never know the truth but what is clear is that Dr Corsi was seen as a threat while in Kenya.

When API asked Mrs Obama to comment on why Dr Corsi was arrested by the Kenyan government and whether she thought Kenya’s Prime Minister Mr Raila Odinga was involved in Dr Corsi’s arrest, she got irritated and and simply told API not to dig that which will support evil people who are out to stop her husband from getting the presidency.

When asked who she was referring to as the evil people, she stated that she was not going to elaborate much on that but that many conservative white people and even some African Americans were against her husband, but that this group of blacks were simply doing so because of envy.

On Farakhan and his ministry, Mrs Obama told API that it was unfortunate that Mr Farakhan came out the way he did supporting her husband openly before the elections was over. That was not wholehearted support but one that was calculated to convince the American people that my husband will support the growth of muslim faith if he became the president, adding “even if my husband was able to prove that he is not a Muslim, he will not be believed by those who have come out strongly to destroy his chances of being the next President. Do real people expect someone to deny a religion when 80 percent of his relatives are Muslims?; Mrs Obama asked.

Mrs Obama asked API to write a good story about her husband and that will earn API an invitation to the innoguration ceremony when, as she put it , her husband will be installed as the next President of the United States of America next year.

———————–

Published by African Press International – API

Guardian on October 14, 2008 at 10:22 PM

I’ll take a page out of the Liberal handbook
from the MSM,

You can go one better from that crazy book:

“How can # million people be so DUMB?”

Bishop on October 14, 2008 at 10:24 PM

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM

Incidentally, the worker is a convicted felon. Isn’t that comforting?

amerpundit on October 14, 2008 at 10:24 PM

It is obvious that if Barack Obama wins the election his Presidency will be illigitimate. His election by voter fraud makes him no better than Chavez of Venezuela. President NOT of the USA.

Ragnarok on October 14, 2008 at 10:24 PM

Oh Cardignfox, Are you referring to that hunky, dorkmeister, Bill Burton? No one has ever set my teeth on edge the way Bill Burton can! The only way I can have the volume on when he’s speaking is if Megyn Kelly is opening up a can of whoopass on him. He ought to be costing Obama votes everytime he speaks.

anniekc on October 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM

TheBigOldDog on October 14, 2008 at 10:10 PM

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/shocking-development-mrs-obama-decides-enough-is-enough-my-husband-was-born-in-hawaii-and-adopted-by-his-step-father-does-that-make-him-unpatriotic-she-asks-on-a-direct-telephone-to-api/

try that it seems to work, it is an the API in Africa, not sure how legit it is but it vanished from Lucianne as soon as it had a few comments, yet still available online

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:26 PM

Incidentally, the worker is a convicted felon. Isn’t that comforting?

amerpundit on October 14, 2008 at 10:24 PM

Yeah but he can still vote…

William Amos on October 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM

Yes, it’s a problem to sort through them all, but a Republican voter lawyer on Limbaugh said today that if an Acorn person is working the polls, it’s no problem to push through all the leftover Mickey Mouses as Dem votes.

So there is a real threat of fraudulent votes.

PattyJ on October 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM

I’m wondering if anyone feels like all the attention ACORN is getting is really going to change anything for the upcoming election. Does anyone know specifically or even get the sense that it leading to any significant event?

hawkdriver on October 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM

Michelle Obama goes off on African Press International:

“My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father:

http://tinyurl.com/43urlw

Blake on October 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM

Regarding the ACORN Tool…hang him by his ears on a clothesline, wring him out once a day, and we’ll never need to import one more drop of oil ever again.

Patrick S on October 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM

Boy, news travels fast! lol.

Blake on October 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM

Thanks Blake I never was good at the tiny url

Robyn S on October 14, 2008 at 10:31 PM

I’m wondering if anyone feels like all the attention ACORN is getting is really going to change anything for the upcoming election. Does anyone know specifically or even get the sense that it leading to any significant event?

hawkdriver on October 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM

It can’t hurt to have the media reporting on the story. Many Americans don’t hear all the details but catch the main idea. Obama worked with the group that’s now under investigation for voter fraud. Perhaps that’ll be in the back of the minds of late-deciders at least.

amerpundit on October 14, 2008 at 10:31 PM

For the record, Election Law Blog is a leftard blog. I was reading it the other day when they announced the 3 justice panel decision.

Blake on October 14, 2008 at 10:32 PM

Oh Cardignfox, Are you referring to that hunky, dorkmeister, Bill Burton? No one has ever set my teeth on edge the way Bill Burton can! The only way I can have the volume on when he’s speaking is if Megyn Kelly is opening up a can of whoopass on him. He ought to be costing Obama votes everytime he speaks.

anniekc on October 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM

Indeed, I feel exactly the same way you do, exactly.

Cardiganfox on October 14, 2008 at 10:33 PM

amerpundit on October 14, 2008 at 10:31 PM

I hope. It would be nice if the American People came around in spite of the media onslaught.

hawkdriver on October 14, 2008 at 10:35 PM

hawkdriver on October 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM

I do, though there are some here who would brand me as being out of touch or failing to accept the reality of the situation.

There is a smell wafting off of Obarko now, it’s the smell of too many odd, suspicious, troubling associations and in the end they will cost him. I believe enough people just have that “feeling” that Obippy isn’t all he says he is.

Bishop on October 14, 2008 at 10:37 PM

Dude is Gomer Pyle.

gracie on October 14, 2008 at 10:39 PM

I’m already beginning to deem this election illegitimate. It might be the circus of all circuses. Hoping to be extremely wrong,

Entelechy on October 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM

I take it, madame, that you do not approve of our new society. It does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.

Tav on October 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM

And I’ll ask again… where are all the leftist who screamed stolen elections about Diebold and formed groups like blackboxvoting.org not because they were partisan (oh no) but because they wanted a “legitimate” system.

*cricket* *cricket*

Skywise on October 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM

As Rick Hasen points out, Justice Stevens is the circuit justice for the 6th Circuit. Before we celebrate too much, let’s wait and see if he stays the order of the en banc court.

paul006 on October 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM

Michelle Obama goes off on African Press International

Wow. Thanks for the link. All the racists are ganging up on her poor wittle husband.

And they’re white racists too.

Time to muzzle the Mrs. again.

fogw on October 14, 2008 at 10:51 PM

Is this for real on Mrs. Virgin Baby Momma? I mean I about fell out of my chair on that one. I have read her thesis and we all have heard what she has said about America, but THIS is the bomb!

freeus on October 14, 2008 at 10:53 PM

And they’re white racists too.

fogw on October 14, 2008 at 10:51 PM

And there we have the caveat.

Sorry, this crap ain’t circumstantial anymore. The Obama’s are what we think they are.

dugan on October 14, 2008 at 10:53 PM

You know, I was getting ready to post my daily “Allah is an idiot/moron” post in regards to the poll that you posted, but I must admit that this post has made me change my mind. At least you finally posted something positive and didn’t put a negative spin on it. It’s sad that I am excited about this fact and willing to say ‘bravo’ about it, but bravo nonetheless.

MobileVideoEngineer on October 14, 2008 at 10:54 PM

I had hopes that this ACORN mess would frighten away those that were going to vote fraudulently. However, when I recalled the lawyer that called in to Rush today, I began to realize that the Dem poll workers/vote counters will use those forms to cast votes for THE ONE if they are not watched. So, even if no one uses the ballots to vote, the Dems may have people behind the curtain casting the votes for them. It still causes you to wonder how many are afraid of being caught or of going to jail for THE ONE.

freeus on October 14, 2008 at 10:55 PM

“I bristle when I hear that it doesn’t exist,” she says. “If ACORN or groups like them flood election division offices with thousands of fraudulent registrations, each one of them has to be checked and it means the chances are that a valid registration won’t be process because of time restraints. Therefore the legitimate voter would be denied the ability to vote.”

What’s the rush? They have until 20 JAN 09 as far as I’m concerned. When did we start thinking that 80,000,000+ ballots could be cast, counted, verified, and reported in a night or two? In as much as the MSM wants it, Presidential elections aren’t game shows.

Send_Me on October 14, 2008 at 11:07 PM

Ah, not just a problem for Democrats Allah – it’s just a big problem no matter how hard you try and pooh pooh it.

Mich. clerks deal with duplicate voter forms

LANSING, Mich. — Local clerks statewide are handling tens of thousands of duplicate voter registration forms that poured into their offices in recent weeks _ the result of community organizing groups, political parties and voter drives.

Election officials are happy more people want to vote, although a final statewide tally of how many voters were added to the 7.2 million registered as of August wasn’t available Tuesday. The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election was Oct. 6.

But the flood is draining resources at the same time clerks are busy handling absentee ballots, testing election machines and ordering extra equipment for what could be one of Michigan’s biggest elections.

nd the registration drives haven’t been without controversy. On Tuesday, state Attorney General Mike Cox filed felony forgery charges against a former employee of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now _ also known as ACORN _ after six falsified voter registration applications were submitted to the city of Jackson in late May and early June.

But thanks for the NO concern at illegal activity. Sheesh.

Topsecretk9 on October 14, 2008 at 11:17 PM

We either have laws in this country or we don’t.

First, let’s not enforce immigration laws.

Second, let’s not enforce election/voter registration laws.

Third, it’s me, my family, my clan, our guns, and to hel# with anyone else because the system has been so corrupted, it’s time to start all over again………….

Seven Percent Solution on October 14, 2008 at 11:19 PM

This tool “Scott Levinson” reminds me of Our Friend “Juan Hernandez”

atxcowgirl on October 14, 2008 at 11:20 PM

Question: If questioning ACORN is racist, even though they are supposedly helping to register low-income people, who are not all black, then why are all of the spokesmen I’ve seen white?

madmonkphotog on October 14, 2008 at 11:27 PM

This tool “Scott Levinson” reminds me of Our Friend “Juan Hernandez”

atxcowgirl on October 14, 2008 at 11:20 PM

BINGO!!

I knew that stupid smirk, annoying tone, and refusal to let anyone else speak was familiar.

progressoverpeace on October 14, 2008 at 11:30 PM

It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner.

GOP Poll Watchers are also going to be desperately needed. You can bet that the Democrats will have multiple poll watchers there to whine whenever any ballot is questioned, and if the GOP doesn’t have enough volunteers to go around then ACORN/Obama will get its/his way.

This I know from experience, and I’m looking forward to being at the polls again this year as a GOP poll watcher just for that reason.

DannoJyd on October 14, 2008 at 11:34 PM

We call them ‘Provisional’ ballots in Arizona where the biggest problem is people who don’t update their drivers licenses when they move. I’m an inspector at a polling station that day to day is a welfare dispensary. The illegals collect their payments and make no attempt to vote. The last biggie, 2004 saw the Dem’s bringing van loads of homeless off the streets and from half-way houses demanding we count their vote. If the voter admitted he was a drunk Navajo from out-of-state we rejected them. If they were mal-documented we let them vote round file.

i b squidly on October 15, 2008 at 12:06 AM

…but given the trend in party identification, especially among new voters, would seem to be more of a problem for Democrats than Republicans.

I wonder if that’s not what ACORN is after all along?

NoamSayin on October 15, 2008 at 12:06 AM

We need to have a finger print for all voters. Anything else is a waste of time. The system could detect fraud instantly. If I can go to a theme park and open my locker with my fingerprint and if the National Finals Rodeo can successfully use fingerprints to figure out which cowboy goes with which horse/bull then the time is long past due to use bio data at voting time.

Mojave Mark on October 15, 2008 at 12:18 AM

The tool’s got a Herman Munster/Lurch hybrid quality about him.

Teddy on October 15, 2008 at 1:06 AM

This I know from experience, and I’m looking forward to being at the polls again this year as a GOP poll watcher just for that reason.

DannoJyd on October 14, 2008 at 11:34 PM

Glad to see that your fighting spirit has returned, or didn’t stay away for too long. Thank you,

Entelechy on October 15, 2008 at 1:11 AM

Obama doesn’t need to have a close relationship with Acorn.

Minions do it for him,

Kini on October 15, 2008 at 2:04 AM

It’s a sign of the times that we actually have to explain why voter registration fraud is bad.

Jim Treacher on October 15, 2008 at 2:29 AM

Sixth Circuit orders Ohio to implement new system to verify voter registrations

Yeah – only those registered by ACORN can vote. Sorry for the cynicism but thing just keep looking more and more bleak despite the cheerleading of Hugh Hewitt.

NTropy on October 15, 2008 at 2:41 AM

We need to have a finger print for all voters. Anything else is a waste of time. The system could detect fraud instantly. If I can go to a theme park and open my locker with my fingerprint and if the National Finals Rodeo can successfully use fingerprints to figure out which cowboy goes with which horse/bull then the time is long past due to use bio data at voting time.

Mojave Mark on October 15, 2008 at 12:18 AM

That will keep someone from voting for you but even fingerprinting won’t stop illegally registered illegal aliens from voting.

Browncoatone on October 15, 2008 at 2:41 AM

Scott Levenson: “We see no problem with voter registration forms bearing the name ‘Mickey Mouse’ appearing in Florida. It is well documented that Mr. Mouse and several of his friends, pants-less curmudgeonly canards and Goofy though they may be, maintain dual residences in both Florida and California, where their appearance brings joy and delight to millions of Democrats and Republicans alike. Any attempts by our opponents looking to smear the name of Mr. Mouse for merely carrying out his civic duty proves that they are rodent-ist.”

Captain Scarlet on October 15, 2008 at 6:41 AM

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner should resign immediately. Today. She is a disgrace and a pox on the good state of Ohio.

Zorro on October 15, 2008 at 6:50 AM

I’m thinking that we may have to go to a Baghdad system here. Instead of those silly little stickers they give you when you vote, they need to dunk your thumb into a pot of indelible ink. When anyone arrives at a pollling booth, they must show their hands. Blue thumb, no vote today.

MarkTheGreat on October 15, 2008 at 7:22 AM

Note the point made by the correspondent in the latter clip (or by the Republican lawyer quoted here): It’s not really voter impersonation that’s the big worry, it’s the logistical nightmare of poll workers having to sift so many bogus registration forms that bona fide registrations can’t be processed in a timely manner.

Boards of Election don’t work that way. They are government workers who are under pressure to get everyone registered. Quality control is a distant second priority. They are far more likely to respond to a deluge of registration cards by cutting corners on the verification process and just registering everyone than they are to leave a ton of registration cards unprocessed.

But more importantly, Allah, vote fraud is very real. In 2004, these groups would stuff illegal voters into vans near the end of election day. They’d go into the polling place, check to see who hadn’t yet voted, and then send the illegal voters in to vote for those people. I was actually able to help stop this in one precinct; the van pulled up, the driver got out, went in to check the voter rolls… When he came out, we approached him, photographed him and his van and said “what are you doing?” The guy screamed obscenities at us, got in the van, and took off like a bat out of hell!

Also remember that in Ohio, as in many states, people were permitted to register to vote and to vote an absentee ballot on the same day. It’s easy to cast fake votes.

Furthermore, the risk of detection for vote fraud is not very high at all. Most people involved in vote fraud are poor, homeless, or they are college students. All of those groups are susceptible to cheap bribery and tend not to focus on the prospect of “getting caught.”

Outlander on October 15, 2008 at 7:44 AM

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