Voter registration problems widening in Florida

[louis-t]

Source: Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in at least seven counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida.

The company said earlier this week that it was cooperating with elections officials in Florida. It said the suspect forms were turned in by one person, who has been fired.

In Florida, it is a third-degree felony to "willfully submit" any false voter registration information, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/voter-registration-problems-widening-florida-154156242--election.html

[2pooped2pop]

1. I kinda doubt it was one person

that did this in at least seven counties.

at least seven counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida.

It said the suspect forms were turned in by one person, who has been fired.

[DollarBillHines]

21. "There's nothing more to see here, please go about your business."

Yeah, that's it.

[wakemewhenitsover]

39. Good point. Who is this guy? The itinerant voter-frauder?

[rfranklin]

2. That Republican firm was probably a front for ACORN...

they are like zombies roaming the land.

[Dont call me Shirley]

29. Hope you forgot to put a sarcasm thingy on your comment.

[PatrynXX]

3. don't forget

Acorn went down because they policed themselves. and turned in someone who was cheating. now how big a deal will Fox make of this. nada. (not talking shep smith here. somewhere in the control room someone has a really bad head. So maybe they just have nothing but unpaid interns running the controls there...

[Sedona]

4. I hope someone is looking at PA and OH for these assholes!

Just sayin'

[TrollBuster9090]

5. According to the Colorado story, the company changed it's name last spring to keep one step ahead of

its history of election fraud and dirty tricks.

But, nevertheless, the GOP hired the sleazy company to play those dirty tricks in SEVEN SWING STATES.

[movonne]

26. Why didn't anyone in this company go to jail...it is a felony..

[2pooped2pop]

45. felony if you are a dem or poor /middle class

not a malfeasance at all if you are a republican or just rich, apparently.

[Ash_F]

6. All this time, it was projection. /nt

[wakemewhenitsover]

40. Bingo.

Classic Republican tactic: accuse Democrats of the very thing Republicans are guilty of.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. This story has TRACTION. We need to run with it. Here's the most important feature of the story:

This company changed its name last spring because IT HAD A HISTORY OF VOTER FRAUD. The GOP HIRED THEM KNOWING THIS. It was no 'mistake.' They WANTED this guy's company to commit election fraud.

[silvershadow]

15. I agree. I hope this story has legs. nt

[NEWYORKDEM]

19. Despicable

The GOP has no credibility, no merit, but a lot of hate and greed.

[2pooped2pop]

46. yes. Outside of being caught, they got exactly

what they paid for.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Republicans cannot win on merits/ideas, they can only cheat and steal.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

9. Shades of Watergate

This reminds me of the media's coverage - or lack of coverage - during the 1972 campaign. Other than the Washington Post the Watergate break-in itself was treated as a little more than a political prank. There was virtually no effort on the media's part to dig into it except, as noted, the Washington Post.
A story such as this, particularly coming just 12 years after the disaster in Florida in 2000, should be a major story.
About 18 months from now maybe the media will wake up to it.

[oldhippydude]

11. remember the burglary well....

your rght...Nixon won in a landslide... the difference now is that Watergate became what it was because of the press... that cant happen with todays corporate control of the media..

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

16. Sadly incredible but true n/t

[lexw]

10. Lock 'em up and throw away the key!

Bastards!

[Kteachums]

12. This is probably why Mitt Romney says he has news today. He is going to win Pa.

They are making up false voters and registering and keeping the Democratic voters from being registered.

[flamingdem]

13. Hmm. So maybe he's giving cover to later claim

their internal polling had him up over Obama

[Don C. Nuttin]

14. look in the mirror

The emphasis of Gestalt therapy is on what is being done, thought, and felt at the present moment, rather than on what was, might be, could be, or should have been. The Republicans would be well-advised to look at what they ARE doing. Instead of imagined horribles by people of color who Republicans will never meet in places they will never go.

[SDjack]

17. Have police ready to arrest the goper fakers when they show up to vote. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. In droves. Fill the holding cells and the overflows they use against protesters. nt

[oldhippydude]

22. my guess is that they will be voting absentee

its the GOP way.. in fact many Republicans have voted absentee for years, to give them cover..

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. It flows from the top whether by wink & nod or overtly and explicitly. nt

[glowing]

23. They have to register fake Republicans in swing states so that on election night when

the computer voting totals are "fixed", it won't look so oddball in a tight race.

Mitt is basically screwed. He's very far down in the polls, they know he's a cooked goose, but that doesn't mean they won't try to mess with down ticket races for the House and the Senate seats up for grabs.

Unfortunately, Mitt is so toxic, he's bringing down their entire house of cards. Karma couldn't hit a nice group of jack asses. KKKarl and the minions need to be mandated away into the history books, and we need to move Forward with addressing real issues.

[Dont call me Shirley]

30. Manadated into prison cells!

[SeattleVet]

42. I've heard that they are also registering Democrats, but

making changes on the address or name spelling so that when the person shows up to vote they have problems. One person was using a 4-year-old registration database to create his applications.

[flying-skeleton]

24. As usual, maybe a fine here or there BUT nobody will go to jail

[Stuart G]

25. k & r thanks for posting...nt

[47of74]

27. If I had my way this sort of shit would be...

....punishable by life imprisonment in a SuperMax with no possibility of reprieve or parole.

[AlbertCat]

28. Cooperate with FL election officials all you want

But give it to 'em like ACORN!
But the company out of business!

[EmeraldCityGrl]

34. It doesn't seem to me the firm is putting

up much of an argument. It seems as if there is so little voter fraud out
there committed by Democrats, they have to manufacture their own scandal
in order to support the argument for the bogus voter ID laws they are
attempting to pass. Suppressing the right to vote of potentially millions
of Americans is the real crime.

Not to belittle what has occurred here there is just much more at stake.

[NBachers]

31. Suspend the Republican party, candidates, and voters in states where this has happened

[EmeraldCityGrl]

32. Same Firm Connected to Girl in Colorado Safeway video

http://kdvr.com/2012/09/28/colorado-gop-dumps-firm-with-ties-to-voter-fraud/


DENVER – The Colorado Republican Party has terminated its contract with a firm hired to run voter registration and get-out-the-vote operations here after allegations of fraud, FOX31 Denver has confirmed.

[NAO]

33. there is so little time to address this

even if they are 100% guilty and it's total fraud, once a candidate concedes on the day after election day, it all becomes something to "look at for the future".

Look at 2000. Gore clearly won. There was clear evidence of voter suppression (caging) It's clear that Gore would have won be much higher margins if not for the unethical activities of Katherine Harris.

Gore even fought, but Bush still prevailed.

In 2004 there was plenty of evidence of foul play. But Kerry conceded and the whole thing was forgotten about.

If anything is to be done, IT HAS TO BE DONE NOW!!!!

[sandyshoes17]

37. I remember that

It was like getting kicked in the gut.
The exit polls were wrong. (again)

[Uncle Joe]

35. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, louis-t.

[sandyshoes17]

36. They are openly trying to steal this election

It is amazing. They are doing everything, I would not put the hacking of the machines off the table. I hope people start going to jail for this stuff. Unbelievable!!!

[Stuart G]

38. I've looked around, this story is getting some coverage, but not the kind that it should.

I know if it was a Democratic company, it would get more coverage..but ...the media is reporting it, but kinda half ass.
barely..as if this will go away in a day or so.

[Waltons_Mtn]

41. I pointed this story out to a repuke friend of mine.

He said "Well Democrats have a history of doing the same thing. Look at ACORN." I had to walk away. I wanted to put him through the wall.

[SeattleVet]

43. Tell him that ACORN is supposedly why the repubs

got the law changed to make it a felony to submit false information on registration forms in Florida, and now they are getting ready to reap the benefits of that law. Thank him for making it that much easier to prosecute the slimebuckets that are doing it now.

This is a situation where irony meets karma...

[Waltons_Mtn]

44. Thanks I will use that.