Santorum Concedes in Voter Fraud Question

[Stingo]

Rick Santorum, who lost his Senate seat in a landslide a couple years ago, is accused of voter fraud in Penn Hills, PA. This is a story brewing for a long time, but it appears Santorum has decided not to fight the charges anymore, instead satisfied to blame the big old scary Democrats for his perpetration of voter fraud.

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2008/11/19/santorum-concedes/

[RedLetterRev]

1. How soon do we hear THIS trumpeted on Limpballs and Insannity?

I thought not.

[Patiod]

2. When you hear them talking about Ann Coulter's voter fraud

Which is....never.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Sadly, you didn't link to the latest story on this: "Santorum's vote in Allegheny County is upheld"

Santorum's vote in Allegheny County is upheld

Allegheny County elections officials today declared Rick Santorum something he already thought he was: a voter in Penn Hills.

Elections director Mark Wolosik ruled against a challenge to absentee ballots cast Nov. 4 by Mr. Santorum and his wife, Karen, saying the petitioner, Ed Vecchio, a Penn Hills Democratic committeeman, did not present sufficient evidence that the couple does not reside there.

"Wow! My vote counts!" said Mr. Santorum, reached in Northern Virginia, where he and his family have lived since he lost re-election to the Senate in 2006.

The Santorums maintained a residential listing at a home they own in Penn Hills. Two years ago, Mr. Vecchio's wife, Erin Vecchio, a Penn Hills school board member and chair of that community's Democratic committee, challenged the family's residency, forcing them to withdraw their children from the school district, which had underwritten tuition for a cyber charter school they attended from their home.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08319/927956-100.stm

[Stingo]

5. The story linked here

is the second round of litigation. Yes, you are right to reference the first round, but the fat lady sang this second time with Santorum giving up.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. No - your story was from the PPG first thing Friday morning; mine is the result

yours said:

Santorums' absentee vote in Penn Hills challenged
Friday, November 14, 2008
By Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Round two of Vecchio versus Santorum takes place today at the Allegheny County elections offices, with the former senator's Nov. 5 absentee ballot under challenge by a Penn Hills couple determined to prove that he doesn't live there.
...
First published on November 14, 2008 at 12:00 am

Mine is from later on Friday:

Santorum's vote in Allegheny County is upheld
Friday, November 14, 2008
By Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Allegheny County elections officials today declared Rick Santorum something he already thought he was: a voter in Penn Hills.
...
More details in tomorrow's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
First published on November 14, 2008 at 11:09 am

What happened was that Santorum said he wasn't going to bother turning up - and they found in his favour anyway.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Santorum.......

Sadly, the link to the Post-Gazette is correct.
Santorum is NOT well thought of here in western PA, especially since he owns a modest house in suburban Penn Hills and claims it as his residence. However, for the past several years he and his family have lived in a NON-modest house in Virginia.
However, Santorum enrolled his children in a PA cyberschool and the Penn Hills School District had to pay for it since he was claiming to be a resident of the district, costing the district thousands of dollars per year! The same Penn Hills people who challenged his vote are the ones that caught him in the cyberschool robbery and blew the whistle on that.
Why he continues to perpetuate this residence fraud is beyond me.