Thursday, October 23, 2008

Video Your Vote

Republican efforts to silence the vote continue unabated across the country. They are trying to gum up the works by filing frivolous lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit.

One problem with this methodology: Judges keep throwing out their lawsuits, or ruling against them. The latest:

GOP: James Taylor concert equaled vote buying

Republicans will take case to Board of Elections Friday

ASHEVILLE – A recent concert given here by music icon James Taylor in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign amounted to vote-buying, Republican officials are saying.

GOP officials plan to bring their case to the Buncombe County Board of Elections Friday.

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Madison
- A Dane County judge dismissed Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's lawsuit against the state's elections board, saying Van Hollen had not shown that any state or federal laws had been violated.

The ruling comes just 12 days before voters will cast ballots for president.

Van Hollen sued the Government Accountability Board on Sept. 10, arguing the law requires the board to check registration information for more voters against driver's license or Social Security records.

But Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi ruled this morning that Van Hollen had not shown any laws had been violated.
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Time for Plan B: Steal the vote...
More voting problems reported

Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse.

"I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes.

"But I am scratching my head. Why did the machine switch my votes five different times? I asked someone to come over and explain it to me," Belozier said on Wednesday.

"I am concerned about a lot of people who might not notice or people who might be intimidated. They have to raise their hands and ask for some help."

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Folks, bring your video cameras to the voting booth. Record what you encounter.

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