Voter Fraud

Obama Is Dominating in the Polls, but Four Things Keep Me Awake at Night

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

As a lifelong Democrat who has seen my party lose winnable races, I can't help thinking about how things can go wrong this year. These are the four factors that keep me up at night.

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GOP Trying To Undermine Election With Voter Fraud Claims

Washington Independent | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Republicans Ohio, Vote Fraud, Gop Voter Fraud, Republicans Vote Fraud, Voting Problems, Gop Vote Fraud, Republicans Voter Fraud, Politics News

Earlier this month, Republicans in Ohio lost their lawsuit challenging a state rule that allows voters to register and vote early on the same day. But...

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Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Acorn, Obama Acorn, Acorn Scandal, 2008 Election, Voting, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast

While Republicans had the media searching for links between Obama and ACORN, RNC operatives were busily completing one of the most massive voter suppression and purging efforts in American history.

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Musings, Friday, Around 3 A.M.

Lea Lane | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Michael Moore, Larry King, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Cindy McCain, Happiness, Voter Fraud, Republican Machine, Msnbc, Political Pundits, Ohio Voters, 2008 Presidential Election, Florida Voters, Personal Thought, Internal Dialogue, Living News
Lea Lane

Will Obama really win this thing? And if he does, can he do much about the economy? Am I really losing my funds? I'll have to rent the Florida place. I don't need it. Will I be able to rent it?

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Better Machinery And Registration Procedures Needed To Cure For Election Fraud Fears

LA Times | Charles Stewart III | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Voter Registration, Voting Machines, Election 2008, Voter Fraud, Voting Problems, 2008 Election, Voting, Politics News

Escalating rage over the role of ACORN in registering presumably Democratic voters threatens to undermine the political legitimacy of a Barack Obama v...

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Fighting Voter Fraud

Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting Problems, Voter Fraud, Acorn, Justice Department, 2008 Election, 2008 Elections, Election 2008, Politics News

We've all read a lot about the "politicization" of the Justice Department in recent years, and that political pounding is having an ironic effect. The...

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What to do Before and (If Necessary) After the Election is Stolen

Roberto Lovato | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Srolen Elections, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Suppression, History of Stolen Elections, General Strike, Voters, How to Fight Stolen Elections, 2000 Elections Stolen, Voter Fraud, Voting, Political Action and Elections, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

When I hear the fear of first-time voters like 21-year-old Bertha Barrios, I hear the voice of a generation raised beneath the specter of questions about our last two elections.

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Saturday Night Live Takes On Princess Nudelman

Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Voter Fraud, Beth Nudelman, Thursday Update, Princess Nudelman Saturday Night Live, Snl, Princess Nudelman, Lake County Voting, Amy Poehler, Princess the Goldfish, Chicago News

Princess the Goldfish, suburban Chicago's most famous ghost voter, hit prime time Thursday when Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler joked about the sto...

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And Larry David Thinks He's Frightened?

Richard Lewis | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Voting, Voter Suppression, George Bush, 2004 Election, Al Gore, 2000 Election, Voter Fraud, Stolen Election, Bush v. Gore, Celebrities Talk Politics, Election Politics, Election Anxiety, Larry David, Entertainment News
Richard Lewis

I simply will not tolerate another stolen vote and election, tantamount to a sentence of another four-to-eight years of Hell, because we haven't been vigilant and done our jobs.

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Video The Vote Urges Voters To Document Poll Problems

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Early Voting, Vote, Vote Early, Voters, Stolen Election, Video the Vote, Voting Problems, Voting, Politics News

"Video The Vote" is urging voters to get ready for election problems with a new video. The group urges people to film any issues they see at polling p...

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How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, Acorn, Mark Ritchie, Greg Palast, Vote Suppression, Robert Kennedy Jr, Republican Vote Suppression, Acorn Nevada Raid, Electoral Process, Democratic Vote, Minnite, Minority Voters, 2008 Presidential Election, Voter Registration, Poor Voters, Voter Fraud, Voting Problems, Politics News
Sarah van Gelder

The issues of ACORN and voter fraud are a smokescreen designed to cover a much more serious issue with a long and ugly history: the suppression of the vote of groups that tend to vote Democratic.

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Mark Kirk Alleges 'Massive Voter Fraud Efforts' In Illinois

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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During a tele-townhall with constituents last night, GOP Rep. Mark Kirk used the notorious case of "Princess the Goldfish" to raise concerns about "ma...

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McCain's Smear Campaign Will Have an Impact Long After Election Day

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

McCain has gone "all in" with a strategy focusing exclusively on smearing and lying about Obama, win or lose, he has created a dangerous situation for November 5 and the four years to follow.

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Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Bbc, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Alaska, Joe Biden, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Belgium, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Czech Republic, Voting, Voting Problems, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

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Can the National Guard Safeguard Voting Machines?

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting Irregularities, Elections, Voter Fraud, 2008 Election, Voting Machines, Voting, Voting Problems, Politics News
Keith Thomson

Suppose I believed it my patriotic duty to illegally alter election results on November 4. Here's how, with just a couple hours of internet research and a call or two to my fellow "patriots," I would do it.

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Smells Like Republican Schadenfreude

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Kamala Lopez

I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.

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Obama to Florida: We'll Make Sure Your Vote Will Count

Shawna Vercher | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Voter Fraud, Legends Field, Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Voting, Early Voting, 2008 Presidential Race, Get Out the Vote, Gotv, Tampa Rally, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Voter Protection, Alex Sink, Home News
Shawna Vercher

A team of military veterans, state and local government officials, Barack Obama and, less than twenty-four hours after winning game #7 of the American...

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RNC Spokesman Stumped When Asked For Examples Of Voter Fraud

Talking Points Memo | Zachary Roth | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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As if you needed any more evidence that the Republican effort to tout voter fraud is less about legitimate claims and more about a political agenda, c...

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Republican Official Wants Voter ID's Checked

AP | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Voter Fraud, Illinois Voter Fraud, Willard Helander, Lake County Voting, 2008 Election, Lake County Elections, Voting Problems, Chicago News

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- A Republican official in Lake County wants to require some voters to show IDs if voter registration problems are clustered in certai...

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Critical US Supreme Court Ruling Against Rovian GOP Vote Meddling May Prove Temporary

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ohio, Voter Fraud, Acorn, Supreme Court, Voter Manipulation, Gop, 2008 Election, Jennifer Brunner, Voting Problems, Ohio Supreme Court, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

In its on-going campaign to inject chaos and confusion into the voting process, the GOP has sued Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

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Final Acts of Ugly Desperation

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Obama, Mccain, Constitution, Civil Rights, Election, Acorn Voter Registration, Acorn, New Voters, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

If McCain cannot attract voters to him, the only strategy left is to prevent voters from getting to the polls to support his opponent.

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California Voters Say They Were Tricked Into Registering As Republicans

Los Angeles Times | Evan Halper and Michael Rothfeld | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP contractor with a trail of fraud complaints stretching ac...

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The ACORN Hysteria

Rick Hasen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Election 2008, Acorn, Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, Obama Acorn, Obama Acorn Smears, Voting Problems, Politics News
Rick Hasen

Fraudulent voter registrations don't translate into election fraud at the polls that has any reasonable chance of influencing an election, much less a presidential election.

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Fired U.S. Attorney: "I'm Astounded" By DOJ's ACORN Probe

TPMMuckraker | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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David Iglesias says he's shocked by the news, leaked today to the Associated Press, that the FBI is pursuing a voter-fraud investigation into ACORN ju...

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John McCain: "One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History"

Brad Friedman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Charlie Crist, Florida, John McCain, Democracy, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Fraud, Acorn, 2008 Election, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Back in 2004, Michelle Malkin and wingnut "media" outlet Newsmax (along with many others of her ilk), alleged ACORN "voter fraud" in Ohio, just days before the Presidential election.

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