Tim Robbins purged from the voting roll!

[Julius Civitatus]

Even politically-involved celebrity Tim Robbins has been purged from the voters roll in his district. He raised holy hell with the polling place:

Apparently Robbins has been voting at that polling place for more than a decade, but today his name wasn't on the register. They told Robbins he had to fill out a provisional ballot but he didn't want to do it. An argument erupted between Robbins and the poll worker. Robbins allegedly got loud and the poll worker said he was calling the cops.

Robbins accused the poll worker of trying to intimidate him so he wouldn't vote.

Robbins went downtown to the City Board of Elections to get proof he was good to vote.

That's where a TMZ camera caught up with him. Robbins held up his papers and told the camera:
"This is what you have to do to vote... I had to go down to see a judge... My name was not on the roll, and I'm not the only one. According to workers, 30 people in 5 hours had been taking off the rolls. You can do the math on that. 6 per hour, per district across America..."

Still developing:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/tim-robbins-polling-place_n_141029.html

Video interview here:
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=6be97c6d-a8f5-4fbc-8a96-1b354d7d1f85

[Blue_In_AK]

1. This is pathetic. What the hell??!!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Wow! And that is in SOLID BLUE NYC!!!!!!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

23. Same thing happened to me in 2004 in Brooklyn (red hook)

I even had the notice that the Board of Elections had sent me telling me exactly which precinct I was go to to vote.

Of course, when I got there, my name had been scrubbed from the rolls...didn't have any trouble in 2006. Wondering if I'll have any issues this year...

[BrklynLiberal]

36. When you are done, come back and let us know.

I did not have a problem...

[Julius Civitatus]

42. Apparently, I'm hearing of many reports of voters purged

and unable to vote in their district... here in New York.
WTF?
People that have lived and voted in the same area for decades, now they find themselves purged form their traditional voting place.

Something smells in this.

[Julius Civitatus]

43. Here's one DU'er

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7755977

[apnu]

3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

They're not even trying to hide this theft are they?

[file83]

49. Oh, some shit is going down - he was actually on the roll, but the worker said he wasn't....

...either that poll worker was lying, or someone was playing with the books between the County records office and the polling station.

There needs to be an investigation for sure!

[berni_mccoy]

4. Pukes Are Trying To Steal This.

[bdamomma]

11. berni, with the electoral college numbers and Obama's lead

could they steal this election again.

[BamaTideFan83]

13. Pukes control the Election Board in NY?

I thought it was pretty solidly Democratic controlled up there.

[glitch]

17. Coups require moles too. nt

[11cents]

5. You can do the math on that. 6 per hour, per district across America..."

Uh, yeah, but there's no evidence that that's been happening across America, so his "math" is for shit.

[file83]

50. "no evidence" ?? umm...

:eyes:

What news channel have you been glued to for the last month? There's all kinds of evidence illegal purging has been going on all over America. His estimate may not be spot on, but it's a lot closer to reality than your sweeping statement that it isn't happening at all. "No evidence", you said.

Wow.

[budkin]

6. thats cuz hes a turrist

[babylonsister]

7. I'm glad to read high-profile people like Tim Robbins are making a

stink about this.

[hlthe2b]

18. Exactly... sorry, Tim, but this was meant to happen to you...

SO that you can carry the message and fight..... Kudos for being the activists you and Susan are.

[intheflow]

45. Oprah, too.

They're not going to get away with stealing this election this time. They're screwing too many high profile people for the US media to ignore.

[babylonsister]

46. Yes, I forgot about her. How could I?! :) nt

[rucky]

8. Palast was right.

at least they picked Tim Robbins to fuck with. we know he'll put up a fight.

[Bozita]

9. I wanna see this covered in depth on those damned newschannels.

Recommended!

[KsStorm]

10. In a way,it's good...

that it happened to a celebrity!! MAybe it will help get the word out how screwed up the system is!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. You got it

[pink-o]

24. Don't forget: Oprah's presidential pick wasn't recorded in her vote either

If enough high-profile people have problems, is that what it takes to get the system fixed for the rest of us???

[izzybeans]

12. My wife was purged in NJ in 2004.

[spiderpig]

19. Tim was just on "Real Time" (Bill Maher) telling voters to unconditionally refuse provisional

ballots.

[izzybeans]

35. I agree with him. My wife didn't find out until 6 months later that they didn't count

her vote.

[Why Syzygy]

14. That's what everyone needs to do.

Everyone who has been illegitimately removed, go to the Board of Elections to VOTE. geeze Maybe then they will stop the treason.

[LisaLynne]

15. With his celebrity status, he can bring a lot of attention to this. nt

[riona]

16. This one won't be swept under the rug.

[crazylikafox]

20. But but but I just heard on the radio that everything is going fine, no major problems at all

Geesh

[crazylikafox]

21. But but but I just heard on the radio that everything is going fine, no major problems at all

Geesh

[Dr Fate]

25. People tell me I look just like this guy- I'll take it as a complement now. n/t

n/t

[uconnyc]

26. I just got my absentee ballot from BOE NYC

I live in Malaysia and I just got my absentee ballot from the NYC BOE, so unfortunately it is too late for me to submit my ballot :C

[sunnystarr]

38. I thought it had to be postmarked today so you still can vote (nt)

[Veruca Salt]

39. You should have done a federal backup write in ballot -

http://www.fvap.gov/overseas-citizens/index.html

My brother who is in Afghanistan right now was going to but luckily he got his ballot in time.

It's too late this time obviously, but keep it in mind for next time.

[tblue37]

27. Oprah's vote was switched to McCain. Tim Robbins was purged from the voter

rolls. It's our random good luck that such high-profile celebrities are among those who have been screwed over by Republcian dirty tricks, because that's the only way that these election theft tactics are going to get reported on by the MSM.

[debbierlus]

28. They cheat. We know it.

[greenmutha]

29. Rut roh. They fucked with the wrong dude!

This is good thing for us, though. He'll be screaming about it at every opportunity!

:patriot: GO MEAT! :patriot:

(Bull Durham is one of my all-time favorite movies.)

[BrklynLiberal]

33. Hhis is a very vocal anit-Bush, anti-war activist...and he ain't gonna take this lying down!!!

[kdmorris]

30. My daughter was told she wasn't registered

She registered at the Obama-Biden campaign office here in Delray Beach, FL and they claim she didn't put on her driver's license number. But the original registration has disappeared.

[zulchzulu]

31. Don't. Fuck. With. Tim.

Ferchrissakes, he's a filmmaker.

[Overseas]

32. K&R -- Many thanks for standing up for your right to vote, Tim !

Letting the country see what happens it is helpful having a celebrity example. And even in "liberal" NYC.

[PurgedVoter]

34. K&R Tired of the purge

I have been purged twice, in the same district, in the district where I am precinct captain. Every year I go in to the registration office. Every year I ask them specifically if there is any current possibility of my being purged again. Every year I ask who specifically would be responsible if my right to vote was infringed.

[AtomicKitten]

37. Ha! They screwed with the wrong Democrat.

:patriot:
:party:

[Left Is Write]

41. No shit!

[The Backlash Cometh]

40. Damn.

[stillcool]

44. Not surprising at all is it?

I hope that any other New Yorkers that this happened to will hear this and come forward, and raise holy hell.

[Julius Civitatus]

47. Kick! - n/t

[Dem2theMax]

48. Well. That was the WRONG guy to mess with.

Tim, you beautiful Democrat, you. I :loveya: Tim.

This won't be the last we hear of this. First Oprah. Now Tim Robbins.

GOP. Dumber than a box of rocks.

[wordpix]

51. Tim is one Hollywood dude who cares and will scream holy hell

[chill_wind]

52. He once said...'A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...' (April 16, 2003)

I took my screen name from his, that speech, which seems ever so long ago. He spoke out against the invasion of Iraq when so extremely few of his contemporaries had yet to find the courage. I am betting he has just few a new sacred cause, and I will cheer and applaud at every sentence and gesture he makes in that cause for the future.



Published on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
'A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...'

Transcript of the speech given by actor Tim Robbins to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2003.


TIM ROBBINS: Thank you. And thanks for the invitation. I had originally been asked here to talk about the war and our current political situation, but I have instead chosen to hijack this opportunity and talk about baseball and show business. (Laughter.) Just kidding. Sort of.

I can't tell you how moved I have been at the overwhelming support I have received from newspapers throughout the country in these past few days. I hold no illusions that all of these journalists agree with me on my views against the war. While the journalists' outrage at the cancellation of our appearance in Cooperstown is not about my views, it is about my right to express these views. I am extremely grateful that there are those of you out there still with a fierce belief in constitutionally guaranteed rights. We need you, the press, now more than ever. This is a crucial moment for all of us.

(...)




Susan and I have been listed as traitors, as supporters of Saddam, and various other epithets by the Aussie gossip rags masquerading as newspapers, and by their fair and balanced electronic media cousins, 19th Century Fox. (Laughter.) Apologies to Gore Vidal. (Applause.)

Two weeks ago, the United Way canceled Susan's appearance at a conference on women's leadership. And both of us last week were told that both we and the First Amendment were not welcome at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A famous middle-aged rock-and-roller called me last week to thank me for speaking out against the war, only to go on to tell me that he could not speak himself because he fears repercussions from Clear Channel. "They promote our concert appearances," he said. "They own most of the stations that play our music. I can't come out against this war."

And here in Washington, Helen Thomas finds herself banished to the back of the room and uncalled on after asking Ari Fleischer whether our showing prisoners of war at Guantanamo Bay on television violated the Geneva Convention.

A chill wind is blowing in this nation. A message is being sent through the White House and its allies in talk radio and Clear Channel and Cooperstown. If you oppose this administration, there can and will be ramifications.

whole speech: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0416-01.htm

[ananda]

53. They messed with the wrong voter.

Go Robbins!

[myrna minx]

54. Mr. Robbins, Thank you for setting the example for how to challenge this BS. n/t

[HamdenRice]

55. NYC elections were run by REPUBLICAN PATRONAGE HACKS

I was listening to a liberal newstalk radio show in NYC yesterday, and they mentioned that Mayor Bloomberg was infuriated with the seemingly purposeful incompetence of the electoral commission. Bloomberg was a Democrat who switched to Republican to run for mayor (ie to skip over the "line" in mayoral politics) and then left the repugs to become an Independent.

Anyway, they mentioned that the electoral commission consists of patronage hacks appointed by former repug governor Pataki.

So yes even in ultra blue New York City, the elections were run by repugs.