Time to Shut Down Early Voting - Santorum and Hannity say it causes "Election Fraud!" - esp Ohio!

[powergirl]

So, in case you are interested - this is the first time I have heard the Republicans implicitely acknowledge that they are LOSING in early voting:

"WASHINGTON -- Voter fraud has been an ongoing debate in this election season, as states purge voter rolls and citizen vigilante poll-watchers aim to ensure that only legal citizens cast ballots.

"Now, early voting is being added the list of possible suspect actions.

"Speaking to Sean Hannity on his radio show on Wednesday, former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed that letting citizens cast ballots in person before Election Day opens the door to corruption:

Hannity: I don't like this early voting --
Santorum: I hate it.

Hannity: It's been going on forever --

Santorum: I hate it.

Hannity: And it opens up the door to corruption.

Santorum: It does. And look, the race changed from a month ago. When Ohio was early voting, it was before the first debate and the people who went out and voted, really in my opinion, really didn't know Governor Romney and what kind of candidate he really is and the real distinction between Romney and Obama.

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"Tokaji noted that fraud is much more prevalent among votes cast by mail, including absentee ballots submitted by mail.

"Why don't you see the same statements being made about absentee, mail-in voting?" Tokaji said. "If you look at the population that predominantly uses it -- they're Republican."The Romney campaign has made a concerted effort to check that states sent out absentee ballots to members of the military serving abroad at least 45 days before the election, as required by law.

"Early in-person voting, on the other hand, played a hand in tipping the scales for President Barack Obama in 2008 in key swing states like North Carolina. In recent years, early-voting has been popular with African-American and other minority voters.

"Tokaji said he believes that that high Democratic turnout has led Republicans to start attacking the process. In 2012, Republican-led state legislatures in both Florida and Ohio tried to limit the number of early voting hours."




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/early-voting-election-fraud-republicans-democrats_n_2019831.html

[reflection]

1. "I don't like early voting."

"The demographics of the people that take advantage of it don't favor me."

Well, at least they're honest.

[yellowcanine]

6. Leave off the "early" part and it would still be true.

Hannity doesn't like voting at all when minorities are doing it.

[reflection]

8. I can't tell if Hannity believes the shit he says

or if he's a Rush Limbaugh. I'm pretty sure Rush is just a carnival barker that prefers it when Dems are in power.

If Hannity really believes the nonsense that comes out of his mouth, he is one twisted fuck.

[animalcrackers]

13. I can't believe that anything comes out of his mouth

Considering it's filled with Karl Rove's balls most of the time

[yellowcanine]

18. He is one twisted f*** either way.

In fact it is almost worse if he doesn't believe it.

[abumbyanyothername]

17. Let's face it.

They don't like voting.

[Warpy]

26. Shut them down, instead

Make Pox abide by truth in advertising laws and advertise themselves as a propaganda channel, not news. And yes, make MSNBC do the same, along with any other "news" outlet that features personalities spewing opinion.

[Kalidurga]

2. If my understanding is correct...

You have to show a picture ID or something with your signature on it to compare signatures with. So, it would seem if you want to reduce fraud, early voting would be something to be encouraged.

[hogwyld]

3. That's probably going to be the next wave

of voter suppression efforts. These A**holes do not believe in democracy. They want a Feudal system where only white property owners get a say. Shame on them.

[Blue Owl]

4. Rmoney's family counting non-verifiable votes isn't opening the door to corruption or anything.

Now shut the fuck up, you GOP hypocrite douchebags of damaged democracy.

[Dubster]

5. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[nykym]

7. Well Sean

How come it is only the repigs we hear about throwing registration forms out, caging and so on?

[TexasCPA]

9. Republicans are un-American.

They hate democracy. They would prefer a dictatorship.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. Republicans hate voters who have to go to work

or have children and responsibilities that make voting on a certain tuesday difficult or impossible.

[powergirl]

12. Republicans hate voters who have a brain too

All of these early voters have the intellect to plan their lives and "take responsibility" for voting early so they don't need to stand in line on Election Day.

[Frustratedlady]

11. If they'd go back to paper ballots, we would vote at the polls.

I want a record.

They are just afraid that the voters whose registrations were thrown in the trash will find out and have time to register again. Early voting will also cut down on a lot of the confusion on Nov. 6th so they won't be able to pull their shenanigans.

Sorry, guys!! We both have something to worry about. Difference is, I don't trust either of you or our ilk.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. ROFL...the writing's on the wall

[LisaL]

15. Something tells me they aren't concerned about early voting in TX.

[hrmjustin]

16. Awwww poor children are not getting their way.

[Phx_Dem]

19. Translation: When too many people vote early, it's makes it hard for us to steal the election.

[Dawson Leery]

20. Bull Connor Hannity.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. Sean:"You know what else I don't like....black people voting"

Ricky: "I hate it".

Just say it already.

[blue neen]

22. Santorum IS a fraud.

Oh my god, he's such a jerk.

[arcane1]

24. It does allow mailed ballots to be disposed of

But I don't think that's what Hannity meant.

[Turbineguy]

27. Anything that leads to a republican loss

is election fraud. That's why it's important to make sure no democrat votes. Even better, after stealing the White House next time, outlaw elections altogether. What this country needs is a dictator. It's the democrats in congress that make it disfunctional.

[marsis]

28. I wonder if Santorum

is afraid of losing his private seat in heaven by misleading and lying to his peeps?

[randr]

29. Two twerks with no clothes on

The transparency of their argument is the most blatant I have ever heard.
Maybe they really meant to say that larger voter turn out favors the Democrats but they are just a bit dyslectic.
It is becoming starkly evident that the "faith" based crowd will accept any line of bullshit as long as it puts down their supposed opposition.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

30. "I don't like early voting." Well,

I don't like these two turds revolving about one another in the bowl! Away with them

[Botany]

31. the truth means nothing to these people ...... and i have done voter protection work in OH

1) The only way a person can show up and vote at an early voting place is to be
a registered voter and to be on the voting rolls.

2) Republicans loved the old fashioned way when most people voted on the 1st tuesday
in november ...... having just one day of voting allowed the republicans to have all kinds
of dirty tricks to keep people from voting or to keep certain votes from being counted.

3) The Republicans have had a "good old boy network" going on with county BOEs and
certain poll workers.

4) Election fraud = black people voting for Republicans. You don't have to look too
deep in many right wingers to find out that they think black people really shouldn't be allowed
to vote.

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In 2012 President Obama won by 400,000 votes and Sen. Brown won by 300,000 votes (in my view
they might have won by an even bigger margin but Sec. Husted and others were very busy) .... so
we have more Ds then Rs but only 4 out 16 Congressional Seats went to the Democrats and so if you
want to talk about voter fraud I think one must talk about gerrymandering and that certain votes
just don't count as much.



District 12 is sweet Clintonville (N. Columbus liberal is tied into Mansfield and then the district
dips south and then east to Zanesville)


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