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underpants

(182,736 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 09:43 PM Feb 2012

VOTER FRAUD!! theft. perjury. INVALID. - Mitch Daniel's Repub Indiana Sec. of State CONVICTED

LMFAO

Yesterday, a jury found Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R) guilty on six felony counts of voter fraud, theft, and perjury. The conviction cost White his job, though he plans to ask the judge to reduce the charges to misdemeanors and hopes to perhaps regain the position.

In a statement, Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced White’s deputy will take over on an interim basis:

I have chosen not to make a permanent appointment today out of respect for the judge’s authority to lessen the verdict to a misdemeanor and reinstate the elected office holder… If the felony convictions are not altered, I anticipate making a permanent appointment quickly.

But a second court case could ultimately give the job to Democrat Vop Osili, who lost to White in November 2010. A judge’s December 2011 ruling — currently on hold, pending appeal — held that due to the voter fraud charges, White’s election was invalid. Should that ruling survive the appeals process, Osili would assume the office.

Ironically, White’s now-removed 2010 campaign website listed election integrity as among his top concerns, and promised he would “protect and defend Indiana’s Voter ID law to ensure our elections are fair and protect the most basic and precious right and responsibility of our democracy-voting.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/04/418963/indiana-secretary-of-state-convicted-of-voter-fraud/

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VOTER FRAUD!! theft. perjury. INVALID. - Mitch Daniel's Repub Indiana Sec. of State CONVICTED (Original Post) underpants Feb 2012 OP
Yes thast's one of the keys to stopping voter suppression gopiscrap Feb 2012 #1
So Daniels would reinstate a Secretary of State convicted of voter fraud CanonRay Feb 2012 #2
He may have convicted of "voter fraud," by election fraud sounds/looks more accurate. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #3

gopiscrap

(23,736 posts)
1. Yes thast's one of the keys to stopping voter suppression
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 09:50 PM
Feb 2012

make sure we electr Dedmocratic Sedcretary's of State

CanonRay

(14,097 posts)
2. So Daniels would reinstate a Secretary of State convicted of voter fraud
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 12:07 AM
Feb 2012

if it's only a misdemeanor? That's pretty shamefull all by itself.

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