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Dead Venezuelans must register in person to be eligible for Referendum vote | ||
2003-08-08 | ||
That's gotta be the headline of the month... National Electoral College (CNE) authorities say thousands of deceased Venezuelans must register in person with the Permanent Electoral Register (REP) otherwise they will not be eligible to vote in upcoming ballots, including a national referendum to decide if President Hugo Chavez Frias should remain in office until the end of his current mandate in 2006.
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Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#8 Después de que usted consigue su licencia de conductores por favor regÃÂstrese para votar para 'el Gray Davis en la elección de memoria. ¡Si usted vota al Republicano, ellos se llevarán a sus niños y los comerán! -La Gente la República de California |
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-8-8 6:26:06 PM |
#7 Tutored by Sam Rayburn, his predecessor as Speaker, and the even more underhanded techniques he invented and mastered during his time, you just know he had favors he could call in all over the Dem Congressional Districts of the State. For it to be close, he must've lost by a landslide in the actual tally. He was a Pro's Pro and a Whore's Whore. I was there in Texas all those years and saw all the winks and elbow nudges. BTW, I distributed yard signs and bumper stickers for Goldwater when he ran against LBJ - and discovered that being in the opposition in LBJ's home state was sometimes dangerous. It was a good thing I was only a kid, else I prolly would've gotten mysteriously mugged or shot in a stickup attempt. |
Posted by: ·com 2003-8-8 2:51:34 PM |
#6 LBJ was jokingly known as "Landslide Lyndon" by his peers in the Seanate for the way he won his Senate seat -- by a few hundred votes after frantic, ah, "creative voting" techniques. |
Posted by: Steve White 2003-8-8 2:22:20 PM |
#5 Michael - I would like to hear some of the Daley stories! I know LBJ's legendary early forays well enough: He won his congressional seat in an election (Uvalde, in S. Texas, I think it was) where there were more votes cast than there were registered voters. And no one batted an eye. The rest is history, as they say. |
Posted by: ·com 2003-8-8 12:46:10 PM |
#4 Don't forget Daley I, dot com |
Posted by: Michael 2003-8-8 12:17:08 PM |
#3 Too bad LBJ's dead. He coulda shown Hugo the ropes. |
Posted by: ·com 2003-8-8 11:51:44 AM |
#2 Hugo will make sure every one of them shows up to register. They're one of his core constituencies. |
Posted by: tu3031 2003-8-8 8:44:50 AM |
#1 You realize that Gray Davis has now signed a no-questions-asked California driver's license bill... and that driver's license holders can vote? We demand Venezuelan observers for the upcoming Kalifornian elections! The voices of the Undead must be heard! If you have been dead more than 20 years, please ask an illegal immigrant to cast your vote for you. Come to think of it, these Venezuelan fellers must be some kind of conservatives. |
Posted by: Mark IV 2003-8-8 12:44:00 AM |