State Dems File Complaint Over 'Subs For Votes'

[hue]

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Source: wisn.com (vid)

MILWAUKEE -- The state Democratic Party said it has filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan over what they call "subs-for-votes" election bribery.

Romney and Ryan appeared at a Cousins Subs in Waukesha earlier Tuesday, where sandwiches were given away.

According to Wisconsin law, it is illegal to offer anything worth more than $1 "in order to induce any elector to go to or refrain from going to the polls".

The Democrats are asking if criminal sanctions should be imposed because Romney and Ryan did not follow the rules.
They claim sandwiches cost more than $1, and Romney asked people to vote.

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[whistler162]

1. Here is someone complaining about something similar

from back in 2000. Wonder whatever happened to the Representative they interviewed? Anyone know?

http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/10/loc_bronson_marlboros.html

[Ian David]

2. But then there is this...

Republicans, Out of Ideas, Ask Prosecutors to Arrest Michael Moore
'October 6th, 2004 12:00 AM
Republicans, Out of Ideas, Ask Prosecutors to Arrest Michael Moore

10/6/04

Dear Friends,

You may have heard by now that the Michigan Republican Party has called for my arrest. That's right. They literally want me brought up on charges -- and hope that I'm locked up.

No, I'm not kidding. The Republican Party, yesterday, filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutors in each of the counties where I spoke last week in Michigan.

My crime? Clean underwear for anyone who will vote in the upcoming election.

Each night on our 60-city "Slacker Uprising Tour" through the 20 battleground states, I've been registering hundreds (and on some nights, thousands) of voters at my arena and stadium events. I then ask for everyone over 23 who has never voted (or didn't vote in the last election) to stand up. I tell these slackers that I understand and respect why they think politicians are not worth the bother. I tell them that I may have been the original slacker, and that I do not want them to change their slacker ways. Keep sleeping 'til noon! Keep drinking beer! Stay on the sofa and watch as much TV as possible! But, please, just for me, on 11/2, I want you to leave the house and give voting a try -- just this once. The stakes this time are just too high.

If they promise me that they'll do this, I give the guys a 3-pack of new Fruit of the Loom underwear, and the women get a day's supply of Ramen noodles, the sustenance of slackers everywhere.

More:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/republicans-out-of-ideas-ask-prosecutors-to-arrest-michael-moore


Republicans Accuse Moore of Vote Bribery
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2456817


IIRC, Mr. Moore was eventually cleared, but I don't remember the details of how.

I think it was because he was enticing them to REGISTER, not enticing them to VOTE?

[Ian David]

3. Mitt Romney: “I Won’t Bribe Voters With A Handout”. President Obama’s Comprehensive List of Accompli

Sandwiches don't count as a hand-out?

Mitt Romney: “I Won’t Bribe Voters With A Handout”. President Obama’s Comprehensive List of Accomplishments in Helping the Poor.
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/02/mitt-romney-i-wont-bribe-voters-with.html