Feds Probe (Arizona) District 20

[johnfunk]

Let the fun begin!

Feds Probe District 20
Whether there was vote tampering is not the most vital question for U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to answer
By John Dougherty

Feb. 9, 2005 /PHOENIX (phoenixnewtimes.com)/ This is a career opportunity for U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton.

The 45-year-old Republican prosecutor could be the public servant who restores integrity to elections in Maricopa County.

Charlton's decision to launch a grand jury investigation into the September 2004 District 20 Republican primary and subsequent recount for a state House seat is a powerful signal that there is something seriously wrong with how our votes are getting counted -- or not counted.

Charlton has stormed onto center stage of the messy District 20 vote-counting scandal at a crucial moment.

Could it be that some in the GOP are finally seeing that ballot fraud is indeed a threat to all of our citizens' right to be represented fairly?

[Fridays Child]

1. Using their fraudulent election tactics on each other, in primaries...

...will be their undoing. Will it be our good luck that Republican greed is outstripped only by Republican stupidity? I hope so.

[lady lib]

2. While he's at it...

maybe he can check into why the absentee ballots of my husband, myself, and my neighbor (all Dems) mysteriously never arrived in our mail boxes for the 2004 Grand Theft Election.

We were able to go and vote early instead, but it took 3 phone calls to find that out. I was originally told to show up on election day and use a provisional ballot - *uck that.

[Wheezy]

3. Excellent news.

Let's see if this gets buried again, or if he really plans to follow through.

[Mnemosyne]

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