tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/16/2008
—
Not to worry, America. The continued menace of voter fraud will remain a focus of your Justice Department. It went overlooked amid the other problems with Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) questioned the attorney ...
pr.thinkprogress.org - 10/15/2008
—
pr.thinkprogress.org —
ELECTION '08 The Truth About Voter Fraud As
the 2008 election process draws near -- and with...
early voting in many states having already begun -- conservatives are raising a great hue and cry about the threat of voter fraud. Attacks have centered on ...
(more)
Election '08 -- The Truth About Voter Fraud
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/10/2008
—
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
The Justice Department has a longstanding policy regarding
the prosecution of election law or voter fraud cases:...
the closer to the election it gets, the more cautious prosecutors should be about bringing indictments. The reason is simple. Bringing an ...
(more)
Talking Points Memo | Controversial USA Delivered ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Talking Points Memo —
... Let's note a few points. DC Republicans have been aggressively lobbying the DOJ to open an investigation into ACORN in advance of the election. And leaking word of such an investigation (possibly starting the investigation at all) most likely violates DOJ guidelines about DOJ/FBI actions which can end up interfering with or manipulating an election. ...
Short Memories
Talking Points Memo —
... was using his powers as a US Attorney to pull together a made to order investigation and subsequent indictments to add more credibility to Republican charges. That violates DOJ guidelines which are in place to prevent the party in power from using the DOJ to manipulate elections. And now we appear to be witnessing a replay of Schlozman's scam, though perhaps on a much larger scale. ...
Hullabaloo —
... Update: for a nice primer on the DOJ rules about investigating "voter fruad" in the days before an election, here's Paul Kiel at TPM. More ...
Hullabaloo —
... who has been the most outspoken of the fired U.S. attorneys, went on to say that the FBI's investigation seemed designed to inappropriately create a "boogeyman" out of voter fraud. And he added that it "stands to reason" that the investigation was launched in response to GOP complaints. In recent weeks, national Republican figures -- including John McCain at last night's debate -- have sought to make an issue out of ACORN's voter-registration activities. As we noted earlier, last year, Sen. Diane Feinstein publicly highlighted changes made to ...
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) Talks Voters, Elections, And Protecting Your Vote
Firedoglake —
... -- creating even more doubt and uncertainty. Something prior DOJ regulations sought to prevent during an election year because of its potential damaging impact on the nation. ...
Related Content
DOJ & Voter Fraud
corner.nationalreview.com 10/28/2008 — Useful editorial from WSJ, including this bit:
Justice has also failed to enter the fray in Ohio. As many as 200,000 new voter registrations in that state are suspect, yet Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is refusing to follow the ...
THE VOTER FRAUD FRAUD.
prospect.org 10/15/2008 — It's probably worth saying that the ACORN gambit isn't exactly a new strategy. It's just the latest iteration of what Art Levine has termed the "voter fraud fraud":
Voter fraud is actually less likely to occur than lightning striking a person, ...
A Real Case of Voter Fraud:
volokh.com 10/22/2008 — Why am I so interested in voter fraud allegations? Perhaps because the first time I looked into voter fraud allegations, they turned out to be real -- ballots had been forged...
A Note on “Voter Fraud”
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — By design, it’s relatively difficult in the United States to register to vote compared to what exists in many other countries or compared to other systems one could imagine. One consequence of this is that incentives exist to mount “voter ...
A Victory Against Voter Fraud
online.wsj.com 10/10/2008 — In ruling on the constitutionality of Indiana's voter ID law the toughest in the nation the Supreme Court had to deal with the claim that such laws demanded the strictest of scrutiny by courts, because they could disenfranchise voters. All nine ...
More Fraud
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — So what about those made-up names on voter registration forms? Well, it’s an inevitable consequence of ACORN paying people based on the number of names they bring in — it creates an incentive for people to pad their lists. But how ...
More "voter fraud" fraud
WWW.samefacts.com 1/29/2009 — Republican prosecutor in Ohio says there was evidence of massive voter fraud, refers the case to a Republican special prosecutor who used to work for him. Special prosecutor checks 600 accusations, finds one actual case.
Republican prosecutor isn't ...
What, *another* ACORN voter fraud event?
redstate.com 10/14/2008 — If this keeps up, people might talk.
The latest report on the Democrat-allied activist group comes
from Connecticut .
Nice to know that they're branching out past the battlefield
states:
HARTFORD -- The State Elections Enforcement Commission ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
