How can we steal the vote, let us count the ways.
I'll leave the fraudulent behavior up to expert investigators over at TheBradBlog.
I thought this particular case was quite clever:
1. Let's handle the ballots often, by lots of people first scheme.
Secret count preceded Saguache election ‘retabulation’
SAGUACHE —Examination of election videotapes reveal that the Saguache County Clerk’s office and two judges conducted a secret vote count Nov. 4 from 2 p.m. to about 7:12 p.m. prior to the Nov. 5 "retabulation."
The video recording copies were obtained through a Colorado Open Records Act request Nov. 16. The county clerk’s office is required by law to keep continuous recordings of all election areas and activities, beginning two months before the election, up to and including any recounts, for two years.
Well, thank heavens they have to be video taped. I'm sure that rule is strictly abided by.
Do other states video record all activities? If so, is there a video tape of Minnesota finding all those votes under a couch or wherever?
2. Let's hide the ballots that didn't vote GOP.
More Franken Ballots Found!
The U.S. Senate recount took two abrupt turns Tuesday, both boosting the prospects of DFLer Al Franken.
Franken unexpectedly picked up 37 votes due to a combined machine malfunction and human error on Election Day that left 171 Maplewood ballots safe, secure but uncounted until Tuesday’s final day of recounting in Ramsey County. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office immediately asked county officials to explain what had happened, and U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign said it sent its own experts to Ramsey County to review the situation and said it was “skeptical about [the ballots'] sudden appearance.”
I think this year the GOP stepped it up. They have been caught red handed throwing Democratic Voter Registrations in a dumpster in Virginia. An isolated incidence?
3. Let's destroy Democrats Voter Registration Forms scheme.
'RNC Official' Arrested for Trashing Voter Registrations in VA Worked for Romney Consultant, 'Fired' GOP Operative Nathan Sproul
I have a bridge to sell you if you answered yes. Oh, and this
4. Let's own all the Voting Machine companies scheme
About that Voting Machine Company Tied to Mitt Romney and Bain Capital...
And this doozy
5. Let's lie to minorities and the elderly scheme.
Vote-by-Phone Scam Targeting Seniors in Virginia Calls falsely telling them they can vote over the phone
6. Let's scare people with threats of JAIL TIME bill boards scheme:
Clear Channel Donates Billboard Space Promoting Voting
I beleive Bain Capital has connections with the billboard travesty.
Bain Capital May Have Ties to Voter Fraud Billboards
7. Let's put the wrong election date of on Spanish language voter ID information packets scheme. TY to Reflections below.
Wrong date printed in Spanish on Maricopa County voter documents
8. Let's intimidate voters at the polls. TY SeaTurtle below
A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats
Whatever shenanigans True the Vote and their tea party cells had or has in plans for November will run up against a brick wall in the form of civil rights lawyers and government officials who are striking back against threats to corrupt voting rights. News reports from across the nation this week are showing a formidable resistance to True the Vote’s operations, which include recruiting “a million” poll watchers and poll workers, and making voters feel “like driving and seeing the police follow you.”
Well, this is good news. Hope things stay peaceful at the polls this year. Do we need International voter rights oversight?
9. Tell your employees to vote for Mitt Romney.
Is Your Boss Going To 'Mine' Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion
In recent weeks, a flurry of news coverage has focused on an undemocratic trend in workplaces around the country: employers telling their workers which politicians they should vote for. CEOs for Murray Energy, Koch Industries, ASG Software, and Westgate Resorts have pressured their employees to vote for particular political candidates, like Mitt Romney.
"Mining the Vote" reminds me of the politics exposed in Sinclair Lewis' book
THE JUNGLE. The entire book is at the link. Actually, employees were paid to vote a certain way as well. Politics was a bloody game in those days.
10. Voter Registration purging. TY Groilin, below.
Justice Dept. sues Florida over voter purge
Florida came up with a list that shows that as many as 182,000 registered voters may not be U.S. citizens. Election supervisors have been asked to check a much smaller list.
The database relies on some outdated driver's license information, and a number of the people on the list of possible non-citizens have since proven their citizenship, according to the state's election department. Opponents of the purge argue that the efforts disproportionately targeted Latinos and Democrats.
ONE WOULD GUESS THAT THE GOP MUST BE PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT WINNING.
Otherwise, why would they be pulling so many tricks?
Why do they feel they have to lie, cheat, and steal the vote. Two words: George Bush!
I half expect Fox News to announce a pending Alien Attack the week of elections so people will stay close to their families.
And, lastly, I'm sure I missed some of the WAYS THE GOP LIE, CHEAT, AND STEAL. Let me know, k?
The only way to win against these tactics (never forgetting that SCOTUS helped Bush steal the 2000 election) is A JUGGERNAUT OF TURNOUT.
GOTV