Maryland Democrat exits congressional race due to allegations of voter fraud
posted at 5:21 pm on September 10, 2012 by Erika Johnsen
Wendy Rosen, a small-business owner running as a Democrat for Maryland’s 1st Congressional district, quit the race today after her party reported to state officials that she is currently registered for, and has recently participated in, the elections of both Maryland and Florida. WaPo reports:
“Personal issues have made this the hardest decision that I have had to make,” Rosen said [in a statement.]
Rosen’s announcement came the same day the state Democratic party released a letter to state Attorney General Douglas Gansler and state prosecutors reporting the allegations against Rosen.
“The Maryland Democratic Party has discovered that Ms. Rosen has been registered to vote in both Florida and Maryland since at least 2006; that she in fact voted in the 2006 general election both in Florida and Maryland; and that she voted in the presidential preference primaries held in both Florida and Maryland in 2008,” wrote Yvette Lewis, the state party chair. “This information is based on an examination of the voter files from both states. We believe that this is a clear violation of Maryland law and urge the appropriate office to conduct a full investigation.”
Apparently, the state party found out about the voter-fraud stain on her record and pressured her to resign. She spoke with the Baltimore Sun on Monday, claiming that she just can’t remember whether she voted twice — in the elections of two different states — or not.
Rosen, a Cockeysville businesswoman who is registered to vote in Maryland, told The Baltimore Sun on Monday that she also registered in Florida, where she owned land, in order to support a “very close friend” running for the St. Petersburg City Council and to vote on local issues there.
Rosen, asked by The Sun whether she voted twice in the 2008 presidential primary, said she did not remember how she voted.
Mm hmm. Nobody seems to have been forecasting that Rosen would have won the race — against Republican freshman Rep. Andy Harris — anyways, as the recently redrawn district has been growing increasingly Republican-leaning. But, I’m just left wondering — and correct me if I’m wrong here — did Democrats just admit that voter fraud exists? Because I thought we were supposed to believe that voter fraud isn’t a real thing, and isn’t something we should waste our time worrying about nor “suppressing” people’s votes with voter ID laws, or something?
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I thought voter fraud doesn’t exist.
lorien1973 on September 10, 2012 at 5:22 PM
…that’s why they are always the one’s who fight voter ID!
KOOLAID2 on September 10, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Your ending question is a nice catch.
GaltBlvnAtty on September 10, 2012 at 5:24 PM
I wonder how many times Al Franken voted for himself?
EddieC on September 10, 2012 at 5:25 PM
…Rosen wasn’t leberal enough?…therefore the bus hit her?
KOOLAID2 on September 10, 2012 at 5:25 PM
I will dutifully report this to Al Sharpton so he can do a show on this or something.
blowing smoke on September 10, 2012 at 5:26 PM
I’d like to nominate THIS
for the Democratic Party official theme song.
thatsafactjack on September 10, 2012 at 5:26 PM
All 50 states (and DC) should be electronically crossreferenced looking for things just like this…
This is just the tip of the iceberg… it is worse than anyone thinks…
Khun Joe on September 10, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Chicago values! Barky and Rahm would be so proud!!!
Strike Hornet on September 10, 2012 at 5:27 PM
When I heard this story on the news, they neglected the part about her being a “D”! As expected.
SMACKRUNNER on September 10, 2012 at 5:28 PM
the farther east you go in MD, the farther south you go
t8stlikchkn on September 10, 2012 at 5:28 PM
A Democrat engaging in voter fraud?! The deuce, you say! I’m alerting Cpt. Renault right now….
RedMindBlueState on September 10, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Its not fraud fraud, its just stupidity.
See, its the democrat way.
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Wonder how many others like her in northern states who come down as ‘snow birds’ to southern states do the same?
holder said we can not have voter ID you know!
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letget on September 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Sounds about right… The left in this state think they can do whatever they want..
Maryland is beautiful, mountains to the West, beaches to the East, all 4 seasons. Whats not to love?
Oh yeah, the politics, right.
Gatsu on September 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Hamina-hamina-hamina-hamina.
Pork-Chop on September 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Erika, this isn’t the story concerning Dem candidates and voter fraud coming out today. Here’s another one.
Gregor on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Congressmen Andy Harris (R) gets even more awesome.
GOP Freshman Andy Harris Saved 2-Year-Old’s Life
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/gop-freshman-andy-harris-saved-2-year-olds-life/
sentinelrules on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM
What?!? That never stopped any other Democrat. Is she just a chicken?
Ward Cleaver on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I’d be happy with purple fingers. It seems to work well where its tried.
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I meant to say … this isn’t the “only” story …
Gregor on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM
@5:30
I should add like the hummingbirds who are all over our S TX back yard sucking up food, the ‘snow birds’ are coming down as I post!
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letget on September 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM
I gotta say, she is personally contemptible, but this isn’t nearly as bad as what McCotter did, so we shouldn’t get too high up on our horse over this. But it does highlight the need for strict voter ID laws.
Lawdawg86 on September 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Who was that Dem congressman who lived in both Florida and New York (I think)? It was a few years back.
Ward Cleaver on September 10, 2012 at 5:34 PM
Where’s the problem? Democrats believe in ‘voting early, and voting OFTEN!’
GarandFan on September 10, 2012 at 5:34 PM
A democrat?
Fraud is a resume enhancer.
tom daschle concerned on September 10, 2012 at 5:35 PM
When Dems do it, they call it “social justice” or something.
Rixon on September 10, 2012 at 5:35 PM
obama biden 2012.
vote early and often. bring us your dead and illegal aliens along with some felons.
this party could give lessons to some of those third world jokes of countries.
acyl72 on September 10, 2012 at 5:36 PM
You are wrong. What Democrats said is that efforts to stop voter fraud are likely to depress votes for constituents that typically vote Democrat–like Democrats who have registered and voted in multiple states.
Conservative in NOVA on September 10, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I’m currently in an argument with liberals on the subject of voter ID laws. My opponents would argue that voter ID laws would not prevent fraud of this type. Is that true? For example, would she have both Maryland and Florida driver licenses?
aunursa on September 10, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Only the guilty man flees, or whatever it says in the Koran.
There’s only one reason to run like hell and that’s because she’s guilty and she knows it, and she also knew it all along and was hoping no one found out. I hate politicians.
Bishop on September 10, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Syrupy sweet goodness.
faraway on September 10, 2012 at 5:39 PM
Man the Democratic party has changed. They’ve gone from voter fraud not being a thing, back to accepting that it exists. Next stop is back to the LBJ days of admitting it exists and being proud of it.
Gingotts on September 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM
It would prove that she herself was guilty of the fraud. As it is now, she can claim that some one else used her name to vote fraudulently in one of the states.
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM
A Democrat? Voter fraud?!
I’m shocked, sirs! SHOCKED!!
squint on September 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Vote early. Vote often.
Glenn Jericho on September 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM
1960
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Maryland Democrat exits congressional race due to allegations of voter fraud
GET OUT!!!!
ToddPA on September 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Vote early; vote often.
DAT60A3 on September 10, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Only 2 states? Weak tea.
Sincerely,
Progressively tarded.
hillsoftx on September 10, 2012 at 5:45 PM
No! And even if we did and you had me on video admitting that we did, I would still deny it because it would just prove that you’re a liar liar pants-on-fire right-wing loon who works for some conservative blog.
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Flora Duh on September 10, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Looks like Arianna Huffington.
GCM on September 10, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Hmmmm, I wonder what she used for ID in Florida? My driver’s license has a bar code that get’s swiped when I vote.
Cindy Munford on September 10, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Voter ID is just a Republican plot to suppress the right of every Democrat to vote in all 57 states.
peski on September 10, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Oh yeah, the politics, right.
Gatsu on September 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM
That’s my district; a little patch of reddish purple in a sea of cyan.
Laura in Maryland on September 10, 2012 at 5:49 PM
It doesn’t. That’s a total myth.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/escondido-mexican-man-admits-to-voter-fraud/article_4bfb746f-100b-5a44-b84d-6c505474778b.html
kit dinker on September 10, 2012 at 5:49 PM
So AP, will you do a post on Rahm’s potential plans for getting the teachers to fall in line?
Lawdawg86 on September 10, 2012 at 5:50 PM
What the hell did I just watch?
peski on September 10, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Remind me again how voter id would have stopped her fraud. Oh that’s right, it wouldnt !
red_herring on September 10, 2012 at 5:51 PM
You don’t need a DL to register in Florida. If she had a residence here, that’s pretty much all that is necessary.
lorien1973 on September 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Shouldn’t this be a criminal case?
Shouldn’t she lose her “right” to vote forever?
Oh, right – we’re using “Democrat Law”…..
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM
It’s not that hard. I could do it myself very easily as a full-time RV’er who was allowed to maintain a TX. D.L., but established domicile in S.D. and have registered my vehicle and RV out of S.D., both acts legally, as my insurance co. was indifferent to what state I held a valid ID in.
hillsoftx on September 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Agreed. So we should simply erase all laws because they really don’t stop what they purport to stop.
You sir are a genius.
Bishop on September 10, 2012 at 5:53 PM
Not paying attention again, I see.
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 5:53 PM
Acceptable forms of ID to vote in Florida
Florida driver’s license
Florida ID card issued by the Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
U.S. passport
Debit or credit card
Military identification
Student identification
Retirement center identification
Neighborhood association ID
Public assistance identification
Mine doesn’t get swiped. They just check the name to make sure it matches the one in the voter’s registration rolls.
Flora Duh on September 10, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Activist students do this by the thousands.
Wigglesworth on September 10, 2012 at 5:54 PM
I spotted this the other day along similar lines:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/05/Mississippi-NAACP-Official-In-Jail-For-Casting-Absentee-Ballots-For-Dead-People?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BreitbartFeed+%28Breitbart+Feed%29
dogsoldier on September 10, 2012 at 5:55 PM
voter id is just the tip of the iceberg.
the entire system of absentee ballots, multiple days to vote, i would think that it would be possible to vote several times, in different states as needed.
add to that felons and illegals and you are getting closer
but then, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. the deeper problem is who counts the votes and how are they counted..think MN…and WA car trunks
any machine pol (including Stalin) knows that who counts the votes is the most important
r keller on September 10, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Voter fraud? I was told that didn’t even EXIST!!!!!
CycloneCDB on September 10, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Yes Virginia (and Maryland), there is a thing called vote fraud. This needs to go into the fact box along with all the other documented cases (including Thad McCotter’s embarrassment). It’s real, it’s a violation of real American’s rights and it will not be tolerated.
If it’s good enough for the DNC convention, ID is good enough for the voting booth.
CitizenEgg on September 10, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Ericka, Ericka. How many times must we tell you? There is no such thing as voter fraud, especially if you are a DemoRat.
GrannyDee on September 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM
KOOLAID2 on September 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Every single time I’ve moved from one state to another, I have been required to turn in my former state’s drivers license in order to obtain one for my new state. I have never been able to keep the old one. And (although each state differs) you are usually required to obtain your new drivers license within a certain number of days (60 or 90) after moving.
Unless, of course, you cheat.
chelie on September 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM
oopa…Erika (not Ericka).
Sorry.
GrannyDee on September 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM
This fraud is duplicated many times over and not by just someone running for elective office. Florida seems to be a prime target as there are so many retirees and snowbirds! Which brings to mind, Texas and Arizona! Someone said this is the tip of the iceberg and they are right. Our previous mayor was registered in FL and OK! Nothing happened!
tomshup on September 10, 2012 at 6:02 PM
oops (not oopa)
(Time to trim my nails.)
GrannyDee on September 10, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Doesn’t it seem like they should be consistent?
Cindy Munford on September 10, 2012 at 6:03 PM
E-I-P-C F-I-A-L
Nutstuyu on September 10, 2012 at 6:05 PM
And, BTW, I think the purple finger thing they did in Iraq is a great idea.
chelie on September 10, 2012 at 6:05 PM
So how come the whole Democrat party can’t be tarred by her actions?
Iblis on September 10, 2012 at 6:05 PM
So, according to your reasoning, voter ID isn’t needed? I swear all of these, “don’t worry about catching the majority of voter fraud cases, because it wouldn’t work with one bizarre case” arguments are getting tiring.
Count the Minnesota felons? Yes – wouldn’t want to disenfranchise one or two people caught up in the fray. Doesn’t matter that you essentially cancel 400 Republican votes. That a US Senate seat turned on this is not relevant.
Count the Colorado Illegal alien votes? Yes, wouldn’t want to disenfranchise one or two people caught in the fray. That you cancel out a few thousand Republican votes and a US Senate seat turned because of this is not relevant.
The point is that all voter fraud is criminal, and that she will get away with it because she is a Dem.
When wholesale fraud is allowed, it cancels opposition votes in a wholesale way. Are hundred and thousands of cancelled votes important, or are the two legitimate instances of voter inconvenience – yet not disenfranchisement – from the last few years more important.
You have to show friggin’ ID to get into the Dem convention and nearly any Government building for crying out loud.
Honestly – that isn’t even a straw man – it’s a strand of a thread of a straw man argument.
oldroy on September 10, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Same here, yay harford!
Gatsu on September 10, 2012 at 6:07 PM
My mom is 81 and finishing up with stage 2 of non-Alzheimer’s dementia, expectanly preparing for stage 3; I would believe that my mom wouldn’t be able to remember as a matter of her present state, but only under those circumstances.
ericdijon on September 10, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Isn’t this a felony? Lock her up NOW. She knows that she voted twice and she knows how she voted and she knew what she was doing. Make an example of a few people and we may get back to fairness someday. Somebody named Reid told me that All liberals cheat, period. I believe him.
j bo on September 10, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Hey, if she ain’t an Obama bundler, her azz is grazz . . .
BigAlSouth on September 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM
If they want to block voter ID at every turn, let’s do it the Iraqi way. Dip the finger in the ink. Could we at least manage that?? Any objection from the libs on that one??? Hmmmmmm??? Bueller?
Sasha List on September 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Which is easy to do in Florida. Simply go online and request a replacement DL by saying you’ve lost yours. They mail you the new DL using the same picture that was on the one you supposedly lost.
You move to another state that requires you to turn over your Florida DL, no problemo, you’ve got a spare.
Flora Duh on September 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Don’t know if this has been mentioned yet:
This woman knows one vote alone wouldn’t swing the MD or the FL elections. So what are the odds she and/or her FL “friend” engaged in more widespread fraud in MD or FL? After all, why would she take the risk herself, over one vote?
Mayday on September 10, 2012 at 6:11 PM
If they want to block voter ID at every turn, let’s do it the Iraqi way. Dip the finger in the ink. Could we at least manage that?? Any objection from the libs on that one??? Hmmmmmm??? Bueller?
Sasha List on September 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Well, that would require the Dem at the polling place to stop someone with ink from voting. And afterwards, you couldn’t tell if someone dipped their finger in ink twice.
oldroy on September 10, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Multiple residences, multiple times to vote for President!
And it does not have to be in different states.
Just have residences in different counties and it works, too.
albill on September 10, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Republicans have been accured of voter fraud for as long as I can remember, but every time real voter fraud is found, it’s a democrat.
Alabama Infidel on September 10, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Heck,I’ve had friends who were running for local office in other munipicalities…I didn’t know I could register there and vote for them because they’re…really good friend an’ stuff like that.
Bob's Kid on September 10, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Just a quick question, would voter ID work in this case? I just spoke to both my city and state elections offices and both told me there is no national data base they are able to check to confirm that a person is registered in another state. It is basically an honor system….when you sign you application to register to vote you are signing an affidavit swearing that you are registered in only one state. If no one turns you in (or the government doesn’t find out by some other manner) you are pretty much scott free. In this case she was on the voting rolls in both states (I’d like to say because of their lack of due diligence, but there doesn’t seem to be any way for them to check at all) and could have provided valid ID in both states to vote. I do understand that she committed voter fraud and I am absolutely for voter ID laws, but I’m not sure they would work in this case. My apologies for rambling.
kekelaward on September 10, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Someday the Republicans need to produce a PR campaign to educate the public about how the Dems project their own behavior to others. It would be so easy to show examples.
In this same dream world, the GOP has another PR campaign to reveal media bias to the low info voters.
Mayday on September 10, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Should I admire the fact that the Dems outed her or do I figure some unbiased media outlet had the goods on her?
Cindy Munford on September 10, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Heh. I bet…
socalcon on September 10, 2012 at 6:26 PM
There it is!
kekelaward on September 10, 2012 at 6:26 PM
Cindy Munford -I live in MD’s 1st district, and will tell you absolutely that the Dems would never have done this without being forced to.
Turn MD Red on September 10, 2012 at 6:31 PM
She’s got a job waiting at the DNC.
“How I did it and almost got away with it 101″
Hell, they put a tax cheat in charge of the Treasury, what’s the problem???
BigWyo on September 10, 2012 at 6:32 PM
We never get to hear the good parts!!!!
Cindy Munford on September 10, 2012 at 6:37 PM
As a fellow MD resident I agree 100%
Gatsu on September 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM
Is the Post Office going to dunk her finger in the purple ink when someone mails out their absentee ballot? And will the Post Office ask to check their fingers for purple dye the following day when they mail off their second (or third … or fourth … or–) early voting ballot?
catsandbooks on September 10, 2012 at 6:39 PM
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BadgesId’s? We don’t need no stinkin’badgesid’s.”chewmeister on September 10, 2012 at 6:42 PM
Wearing scoops of mint chip ice cream as a necklace did help her. WTF is that?
Christien on September 10, 2012 at 6:43 PM
No, but its a start.
cozmo on September 10, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Looks more like a fuzzy dice necklace.
chewmeister on September 10, 2012 at 6:46 PM
My district too. Eastern Shore Talbot County here. The awesome awesomeliness of this is awesomely awesome! Andy Harris strolls into a second term! Now if we can get Bongino to beat Cardin I’ll start liking this state a whole lot more!
Trafalgar on September 10, 2012 at 6:48 PM
LOL! I thought of that, too, and whiffle balls.
Christien on September 10, 2012 at 6:48 PM
No. It’s just rare. So that makes it insignificant to the demo-freaks. As usual when say this crap it means it conflicts with one of their future goals.
yhxqqsn on September 10, 2012 at 6:49 PM
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