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| Virginia Democrats fight purge of voter rolls ordered weeks before election |
| 2013-10-15 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] Election officials across Virginia are grappling with how to follow through with a directive from the State Board of Elections to purge up to 57,000 registered voters from the state rolls -- a move that has prompted a lawsuit from the Democratic Party of Virginia and outright defiance by at least one registrar. The state, working this year for the first time as part of a multistate program intended to validate voters, says it is required by law to conduct maintenance on voter lists and is not canceling voters but directing local registrars to review registrants carefully. The program provides information to election boards about voters who are registered in more than one state. But the timing of the move -- weeks before the state's gubernatorial election -- has raised eyebrows. The state Democratic Party filed a lawsuit this month and asked a federal court for an injunction. A high number of registered voters and a large turnout generally are considered to be advantages for Democrats. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 18 -- three days after the voter registration deadline passes in Virginia. "Local election officials in counties throughout the state have identified countless errors in the SBE's list of 57,000," the lawsuit says. It further argues that the purge is being enforced by Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, "notwithstanding the direct conflict of interest that Cuccinelli has as the Republican gubernatorial candidate." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Funny . . . Russians heard about that, and wondered in awe at a country so wealthy, we had special food for cats. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-10-15 21:59 |
| #13 Same thing as a 6% increase in social security is a slash-cut which will result in Seniors starving and having to eat canned cat food. That is what the MSM decreed during the 80's or 90's. They even admitted it - and then went right on telling it. Of course back then they pretty much had a lock on the information flow. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-10-15 21:14 |
| #12 Right - and clowns who throw a loud, public hissy fit when their ability to cheat is jeopardized. Thereby exposing their bad faith, as JFM points out. That's the part that blows my mind. Of course, these sorts also equate opposition to subsidizing something (abortion, contraceptives) with support for making it illegal. The dishonesty is just so brazen. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-10-15 18:16 |
| #11 "who would oppose that?" Clowns who know they can't win without cheating. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-10-15 17:52 |
| #10 It blows my mind that they're so open about it. This should be as uncontroversial as cleaning out the fridge or vacuuming out the car. I mean, who would oppose that? |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-10-15 17:46 |
| #9 Zombies eat brains Besoeker... which in a way explains the typical liberal voter... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-10-15 17:10 |
| #8 You sure about that, Bobby? :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-10-15 14:00 |
| #7 My brother lived with us for a few years, then moved out. I might have voted for him, in 2012, but I was asked for my Virginia driver's license to vote. A few weeks ago, he was dropped from the Virginia voter rolls. At least he can't vote Democratic from Korea. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-15 12:01 |
| #6 Each state should delete the entire voters list every 4 years and let people register all over again. Dems could view it as guaranteed permanent employment for ACORN and its progeny. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-10-15 11:49 |
| #5 Bounce the 57,000 names against EBT applications and weekly usage. That should give you an indication of status, and if nothing else, dietary habits, which then can be sold to NSA for commercial marketing purposes. Zombies don't eat, right ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-15 11:20 |
| #4 Zombie time at the voting booths. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-10-15 11:10 |
| #3 a photo ID is required for Obamacare |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-15 10:29 |
| #2 Reminds me one day I was talking with a one of these French who believe flowers grow under Obama's steps. I told him about Democratic voter fraud. Of course he replied Republicans cheat at least at much. I told him: It is easy to know which party relies on voter fraud to win elections: Which party wants to enforce voter id and which one opposes it". That silenced him. :-) BTW, here in France it is simply a no-brainer that you have to produce an offiical Id with photo for voting. No ID no vote. You are also required to register at the latest by end of Decemeber of the preceeding year and for registering you are required to prove you are a citizen. No registering, no vote. This prevents or at least reduces the amount of voters who vote without knowing whom they are voting for and the amount of cheating consisting into picking bumps in the street, give them a sandwich and bus them to vote. (BTW: At last presidential election in many districts of Massachusetss rollout was over 100%. At times over 200%. Ie unregistereed people, who probably weren't required to produce an ID, exceeded the number of registered people. Those districts voted massively for Obama. And they influenced the vote at state level. Now do that in swing states and you can alter the outcome of a presidential election. Obama won about evry swing state. |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-10-15 08:21 |
| #1 "Let the undead vote! You don't want to deny them their right in the political process, do you, ya Teabaggers?" |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-10-15 00:50 |