GOP sues Acorn in PA. Included in suit is the election official because he is a Dem & can't be trust

[Robbien]

Pennsylvania GOPers filed a lawsuit on Friday against Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes and Acorn.

The lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court. The suit charges Cortes, a Rendell appointee, with not giving county officials "timely" data to search the state's computer system to look for fraudulent voter registrations. It seeks an order directing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to ensure that the Statewide Uniform Registry of Elector (SURE) System "provides, in a timely and efficient manner all Election Officials data about registrants ineligible to vote, as required by state and federal law." It also demands that Cortes "ensure that all Election Officials require identification from all first-time registrants and also demands that the Secretary provide a significantly larger amount of provisional ballots at each polling place so that voters whose voter registration has not been timely processed by Election Officials on or before the day of the 2008 General Election can vote provisionally."

The state GOP is also asking that ACORN and its subsidiaries be blocked "from all attempts to encourage voters who have submitted false or duplicate registration forms from voting or attempting to vote in the 2008 General Election," and that the court "directs the ACORN Defendants to provide to the Plaintiffs, the Secretary and the Election Officials copies of any and all lists identifying the names of individuals for whom the ACORN Defendants submitted voter registration forms, and directs the ACORN Defendants to fund public service announcements to educate all first time voters about the requirements to present identification in accordance with state and federal law, whether voting in person or via absentee ballot."


http://spectator.org/archives/2008/10/17/pennsylvania-gop-sues-acorn-an

The GOP wants to be supplied with a list of people it can force to use provisional ballots. The only basis for this suit is that the election officials are Dems and the voters being registered are minorities--thus of course they are suspect.

[rocktivity]

1. The October Surprise has arrived

If they can't win, or at least narrow the polls within stealing distance, they'll dirty it up. All we can do is hope that 2000 and 2004 elections are investigated as well!

:scared:
rocknation

[BlueIdaho]

2. I'd love to see this lawsuit find a spot on the court docket in February 2009... nm.

[LiberalFighter]

3. The spot this lawsuit should be is up is their own dark hole.

[PA Democrat]

4. PA already require ID for first-time voters. GOP is trying to de-legitimize election results

and possibly disenfranchise some first-time voters.

Current PA election law:

Bring Identification

All voters who appear at a polling place for the first time must show proof of identification. Approved forms of photo identification include:

Pennsylvania driver’s license or PennDOT ID card
ID issued by any Commonwealth agency
ID issued by the U.S. Government
U.S. passport
U.S. Armed Forces ID
Student ID
Employee ID

If you do not have a photo ID, you can use a non-photo identification that includes your name and address. Approved forms of non-photo identification include:

Confirmation issued by the County Voter Registration Office
Non-photo ID issued by the Commonwealth
Non-photo ID issued by the U.S. Government
Firearm permit
Current utility bill
Current bank statement
Current paycheck
Government check


http://www.votespa.com/HowtoVote/GuideforFirstTimeVoters/tabid/77/language/en-