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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 02:43 PM
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Texas Strike Force in Waukesha County, WI--is this anything?
ran across this woman's website yesterday when looking for info about another post...

(emphasis mine)
I have volunteered for the McLennan County Republican Party along with helping several Republican candidates (beginning with George Bush Sr. when he ran against Reagan.) I currently am a Republican Party of McLennan County Executive Committee Member and Precinct Chair.

I led a Pro-Bush rally at the Crawford showing of Michael Moore's film against President Bush. Our group didn't wimp out and stay in downtown Crawford. We went into the "lions den" and confronted the film and it's lies head on!

I was honored to have been elected as the alternate Delegate from President Bush's home county to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City where I was selected to serve on an economic panel for women in small business.

I was also honored to serve on the Texas Strike Force with my friend Dot Snyder. We were part of a team that volunteered for Bush-Cheney '04 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, a Republican strong hold close to Milwaukee. We were so happy when it was announced that Waukesha County had the largest voter turnout in the country with 97.6 percent. We were proud to have even a small hand in their success.


www.crawford-texas.org/id6.html
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 02:49 PM
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1. Well, the Republican stronghold is certainly true.
Whether the R's brought in illegal voters from Texas I don't know.

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mgr Donating Member (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 03:14 PM
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2. Two Thoughts
1. Start checking those poll books.

2. Find out what they did to get that kind of turnout.

Mike
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 03:26 PM
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3. Every little bit of information is important. n/t
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Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 04:02 PM
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4. 97 percent...
Boy, that sure is some "turnout."
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 07:16 PM
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6. It's amazing how all those in the nursing home managed to vote. n/t
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:00 PM
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9. No wonder she's proud! 83% of the entire (2003) population over 18 voted
on 11/2.

I know nothing about that area, maybe that's to be expected...

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/Tabular/050/05000US551331.htm
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Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:34 PM
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12. Yeah, maybe...
Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 11:36 PM by Boo Boo
And maybe monkeys will fly out of my ass!
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southwood Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 07:12 PM
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5. May I assume that you all remember ...
Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 07:14 PM by southwood
... that the "original" Texas Strike Force was the group of Republicans making phone calls from the downtown Columbus (Ohio) Hilton (across the street from GOP Headquarters)to potential Democratic voters trying to scare them away from the polling stations?
I think this is an extremely important find, it shows that there was a concerted Republican effort probably aimed at voter intimidation in more States than one. Thank you Satya!

on edit: typo
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:10 PM
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11. I did recall a bunch of guys in Ohio used that name. That's what caught my
eye when I saw Ms. Duty's web page. Thanks!
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berniew1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 10:08 PM
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7. Wisconsin was state with most (illegal) GOP dirty tricks
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:03 PM
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10. Thanks--great info. Maybe Ms. Duty and her friend Ms. Snyder could
shed some light on this...
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 10:49 PM
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8. Seems odd--number of voter regs jumped almost 50K AFTER 11/2.
Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 11:20 PM by satya
at least according to website.
http://elections.waukeshacounty.gov/past_results/results11152004.php
http://elections.waukeshacounty.gov/past_results/results02152005.php

Maybe someone was registering voters before the general election, then turned the forms in after?

Thanks to all for input!

edited to add 2nd link and comment: number of registrations on 2/15/05 exceeds 2003 over 18 population?

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