Breaking: GOP Caught Red Handed, Election Fraud in Indiana

[kpete]

There's a story developing in La Porte County, Indiana. It seems a voter purge in 2011 went rogue. The local GOP successfully purged about 20% of our voters—%16 of them illegally, it seems. Fortunately, they were caught red handed at the last minute, and County scrambles to get eligible voters back in system.

In today's paper, La Porte County Democratic Chair John Jones has called for Federal Investigation of election fraud here.
http://www.heraldargus.com/articles/2012/10/24/news/local/doc50872d6ed7555164195815.txt

If that 80% error rate holds for the entire purge, about 4% were removed correctly.

That's in the normal range.
But, about 16% of our voters were purged incorrectly.
That's about one in every six voters.

Local headlines assure us we'll get back the whole 20%. Our Election Board is REALLY embarrassed that they were alerted to this very problem in February, but failed to correct it.

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MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/24/1149641/-Breaking-GOP-Caught-Red-Handed-Voter-Fraud-in-Indiana
http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2012/10/24/news/local/doc5085f15b0788d784162625.txt

[Maraya1969]

1. These people don't shame easily do they?

[mountain grammy]

19. no shame here, these are zealots

who are so convinced they are the true believers in God and country and white Christian supremacy, they will do whatever is necessary for a GOP win. This is what makes them so scary, they really believe in their twisted agenda and that they are defeating the Godless traitors who would take white America straight to hell! Or something like that.

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. Exactly right: the current day GOP is made up of fanatics

Real Ends Justify the Means folks - extremely dangerous.

[freshwest]

48. +1

[bubba4249]

68. fanatics???

GOP stormtroopers!!!!!

[Delphinus]

63. +1,000

Got 'em pegged (sadly).

[defacto7]

72. +++

That's what it's about...

[bvar22]

59. They don't shame easy, but there IS an easy way to stop this.

Depriving citizens of their constitutional rights is a Federal crime.

Holding meetings to discuss and implement strategies to deprive citizens of their right to vote is Conspiracy.

Targeting minorities could probably qualify as a hate crime.

Instead of wasting his time keeping our country safe from Pot Smokers, our Attorney General should make an "example" of a few of these assholes, and not just low level foot soldiers.



The only reason they keep doing this is because we let them.

[Coyotl]

67. Send God after them

[defacto7]

73. I think this is absolutely correct..

Crimes.., conspiracy, hate...

and we must NOT let them get away with it.


and a waste of time, money... all the stupid battles we have to fight that are useless and distract us from advancing.

[mountain grammy]

74. I expect and hope Holder will be replaced in the President's second term

[99th_Monkey]

76. Amen! Team Obama 2 needs to show Holder the door. nt

[Coyotl]

88. another new DUer bashing Holder. Thanks for the CONCERN

but no thanks

Remember who got Obama elected? Holder was his campaign guy.

[Bainbridge Bear]

75. I agree with you but

Eric Holder (formerly a corporate lawyer) has been a huge disappointment. We will get no help from the DOJ.

[Coyotl]

87. Eric Holder is doing his job, unlike Alberto Gonzales who used the DOJ as a political tool.

What does being a corporate lawyer have to do with it anyway? Why do you say this crap?

[libdem4life]

2. Wow...Really Embarrassed...how about some lock-up time...just until elections are over.

[Supersedeas]

50. but Chuckie Todd thinks that RW election fraud is just another silly conspiracy theory

[davidpdx]

80. Someone needs to tell Chuckie he is the fraud

and that he needs to go to the nearest mental hospital immediately and check himself in for believe in a cult.

[doublethink]

3. ...

[C_U_L8R]

4. and they are going to jail... yes?

yes?

[GetTheRightVote]

5. These acts are criminal...

and heads should roll.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. The real problem for Romney is, if he manages to "win", he'll be seen by half the....

country as illegitimate because of all the stories swirling around these voter purge irregularities. We've got well paid companies tossing valid registration forms in dumpsters, and repuke Sec's of State, unceremoniously, dropping folks like flies from voter rolls. And then there's the trickery happening in PA, where people are still being told they need to show ID, even though the court ruled otherwise.

Romney will be as unpopular as Bush was, and they'll have to start WW III to get his numbers up, just so they can rape the earth for Rmoney's big money donors.

[Melissa G]

7. They couldn't care less how they are viewed.

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Winning is everything. Money and power are everything. Too sad.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

16. And because so many American worship money and power, no matter how sleazy or downright criminal

the tactics used to acquire it, sleaze and criminality will continue to be employed.

[Arugula Latte]

64. Didn't seem to bother Bushco. The stole it and acted like they'd had a landslide.

[sevenseas]

8. Yup.

[No Vested Interest]

10. Illegitimate election

Never seemed to bother Bush; I don't think it would bother Romney either.
To Republicans, the ends justify the means.
I've come to believe the same philosophy may be held by Mormons, especially those deeply involved in evangelizing.

[0rganism]

39. if Rmoney wins, he'll be unpopular for 6 months and get re-elected in 2016

the economic recovery is just kicking into gear now. there's a reason Rmoney can make the "12 million jobs" claim with confidence, that's what's been forecast to happen anyway. if Rmoney wins this election, he'll be able to take credit for the whole recovery, and win easily 4 years from now.

[Tarheel_Dem]

44. Agreed. nt

[Mutiny In Heaven]

54. The GOP will be unstoppable for at least 12 years

probably more. Just think, the Kochs will know that their money can buy them the defacto leadership of the western world; they're not giving that prize up.

[Ilsa]

9. And they wonder why civil libertarian groups have requested

international monitoring of our elections?
I hope Rick Perry and his staff get caught pulling shenanigans.

[Zorra]

11. Federal Investigation?

[Left Coast2020]

27. Someone other than Holder.

Please!!!!!!!

[formercia]

40. Holder is thinking about his Future

..going back to a job as a big-shot Lawyer for Wall Street clients. How is he going to get the job, if he sends his potential employers to Prison?

[WinkyDink]

12. "Oh, I'm SOOO embarrassed!" GMA*B here. Get the FEDS!! (Note the article's use of "Democrat".)

[reformist2]

13. For the record, La Porte county went for Obama in 2008 over McCain, 60% to 39%.

[Thinkingabout]

71. Looks like they looked to see which direction voting went.

I hope provisional ballots will be give to everyone who seeks to vote.

[izzybeans]

14. Looks like the cochair doing the purge is the wife of GOP county chair. 2nd link. See comment

Section.

[HooptieWagon]

33. Throw her ass in jail.

[SaveAmerica]

43. Conflict of interest much?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

15. Happens TOO often. nt

[Care Acutely]

17. JAIL.

This bullshit will not change until Republican vote-fraudsters go to JAIL.

[porphyrian]

18. The hits keep on comin'! n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. Too few Americans vote already.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Voting should be easier than buying cold medicine!

Maybe they should just get off their lazy butts and register more voters for their side? I know it takes more work than eliminating valid voters from ours, but suck it up.

[kestrel91316]

21. There WILL BE NO federal investigation. DOJ doesn't touch repukes.

[Leond]

49. So Correct..............................

I get so angry with this DOJ for this very reason. These acts should be investigated and some examples made as to what the price to pay is for such acts.

[glinda]

22. Press charges someone! Geeeze louise!

[Coyotl]

23. More and more we see the truth coming out about cheating to win

Hey GOP, if you were really winning like we are, you wouldn't need to cheat

[Supersedeas]

84. A legacy Sandra D. O'Connor can live with

[Coyotl]

86. It only takes five cheaters to rule America!

[tblue37]

24. The Democratic powers that be are way too complacent

about the rampant and varied voter suppression tactics the Republicans have been using everywhere, as well as about the ease with which they can hack the electronic machines and switch votes.

[KharmaTrain]

25. Obama Won LaPorte County In '08...

...it's one of the suburban Chicago counties and surely helped make a difference in '08 when Obama won the state. It's a purple county and no surprise a target for voter suppression efforts. Hopefully all have been restored to the rolls...but I have little confidence that there will be any follow up on this once the election passes...

[ThatsMyBarack]

29. In THAT case....

Let's hope history repeats itself!

[CobaltBlue]

32. ...

In 2004, John Kerry won the county by less than a full percentage point. In 2008, Barack Obama won LaPorte County by over 20 points (reaching 60 percent of the countywide vote).

This is no accident.

No accident this corruption happens in presidential elections. And favoring the Republicans.

I'm tired of it. And I'd like to know what Democrats are doing about it.

[catbyte]

26. Gotta watch those sneaky, underhanded bastards every single day

Thank you for your vigilance.

[ffr]

28. Infuriating!

All the more reason to keep the pressure on GOTV.

People that do stuff like this are the lowest of life forms.

[Cha]

30. Thank you, kpete! Yes, sounds necessary..A Federal Invertigation of Election

Fraud in Indiana.

[caraher]

31. But, but...

We were the first state in the nation with one of them newfangled stringent ID card requirements for voting. Doesn't that mean Indiana elections are the purest of all, immune to fraud?

[Hutzpa]

35. Whoah!

First warning shot.

[Up2Late]

36. Grrrrr!

[cui bono]

37. When the hell is someone going to go to jail for this or for misleading robocalls

or for sending wrong information via mail???

Seriously, how do blatant efforts to rig the voting go on with no prosecutions?

[progressoid]

41. +1

[Posteritatis]

57. I'm sure they'll arrest an intern or two, but I don't expect anything beyond that. (nt)

[Kurovski]

38. Kick (nt)

[Ganja Ninja]

42. Throw them in jail.

Let them rot!

[RainDog]

45. k&r n/t

[allan01]

46. re:Breaking: GOP Caught Red Handed, Election Fraud in Indiana

busted

all i can say is that the (rs) are getting very desperate.

[bluedigger]

47. I voted early yesterday in CO and was listed as "Inactive".

I voted in the last local election (May?) and also did jury service this summer, but apparently that isn't enough civic participation to remain active on the rolls.

They let me vote after showing ID and filling out two forms.

Voter disqualification is prevalent everywhere, it seems, and the preferred GOP tactic to win the election.

[Dirty Socialist]

51. This Should Be A Major Story

and GOP voter purges should be a major election issue. WTF is wrong with the "LIB-rul" media?

[NBachers]

52. Why isn't this the opening story on every newscast?

[Selatius]

85. You might wanna ask major institutional shareholders and the rich who own the news outlets.

Freedom of the press is limited to those who operate one.

[Uncle Joe]

53. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[silvershadow]

56. Enjoy your stay.

[WilliamPitt]

58. You were a catheter

Probably a better handle.

[They_Live]

61. My thought

as well.

[silvershadow]

62. Good one, Will. :) I noticed the similarity. n/t

[They_Live]

60. Did you read the thread?

are you lost?

[Dollface]

65. Republickins get away with this by pleading ignorance knowing it's hard to argue that they're not.

[santamargarita]

66. They were just playing around. Nothing to see

here.
These bastards are going to do everything they can to steal this election.

[colsohlibgal]

69. When?

When will the truth about what the republicans have become reach critical mass? Or will it?

It's now run by combinations of bigots, religious holy roller nutjobs, con men and women. They set the agenda and any half way sane republican has to march to the beat or face the wrath of Fox and Rush.

All you have to hear to realize these people are zealot nuts is the charge that Obama is a marxist or communist - when Nixon was largely to the left of Obama. Fruit Loop Central, that's the new party of Lincoln, yikes.

[desertduck]

70. PROSECUTE!!!!!! nt

[Cherchez la Femme]

77. Wow, is the GOP gonna be in troubbllleee...

Not.

[geckosfeet]

78. Embarassed? They should terrified --- becuase they should be in PRISON!

[New Earth]

79. not shit sh** again

thank god they caught it

[felix_numinous]

81. Where are the lawyers

who can defend all the people who have had their voting rights stolen? I think they should get together and sue the Republican Party--why the hell not?

[CoffeeCat]

82. Why would they do this in INDIANA???

Someone, please...help me out here!

Why in the world would these criminal Republicans execute such a highly organized fraud plan in a state that is solidly Republican? Indiana is not a swing state!

I'm mystified.

[Brother Buzz]

89. I have it on double super secret background...

that Indiana could be in play the way Romney is trending

[midnight]

83. K&R