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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 08:21 PM Nov 2012

Maine Republican Chair Cries Voter Fraud Because 'Dozens of Black People' Voted

Charlie Webster, the chairman of Maine's Republican Party, sees "dozens of black people" voting on Nov. 6 as evidence of voter fraud because "nobody in town knows anyone who’s black."

In an interview with WCSH's Don Carrigan earlier this week, Webster said that Democrats were winning elections because they blocked an effort by the Republican Party to repeal same-day voter registration, which requires an ID and proof of residency.

"Let's just look at what happened on Tuesday," he explained. "I mean, literally hundreds of new people came in. We don't know if they're residents or not but they came in and voted. And there's no way of knowing that."

"In some parts of the state -- for example, in some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens -- dozens of black people who came in and voted election day. Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in town knows anybody that's black. How did that happen? I don't know, but we're going to find out."

more ... http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/maine-republican-chair-cries-voter-fraud-bec

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Maine Republican Chair Cries Voter Fraud Because 'Dozens of Black People' Voted (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 OP
Wow. (nt) DirkGently Nov 2012 #1
Well, in other days those people nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #2
"nobody in town knows anybody that's black." Qutzupalotl Nov 2012 #3
"When visiting New Hampshire, be sure to stop and see the Negro." begin_within Nov 2012 #4
I hear there's a Mexican in Vermont. proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #8
Just shaking my head in disbelief.....that's all I can do right now. louslobbs Nov 2012 #5
"I see black people" 0rganism Nov 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author GETTINGTIRED Nov 2012 #7
Tweety said, yeah, like why would this group of black people choose Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #9
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
2. Well, in other days those people
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 08:26 PM
Nov 2012

And a few others, including women and Latino, would not have voted...that is what this ass is complaining. Them are voting...

because some folks will miss it.

Response to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
9. Tweety said, yeah, like why would this group of black people choose
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 11:45 PM
Nov 2012

to go vote in a state with 4 electoral votes, and which hasn't voted Republican in decades? Then he laughed. Ha!

Then he also said, if those black people were there and weren't registered voters, why did the poll workers let them vote? He laughed again. Ha!

(I'm paraphrasing.) It's all just so silly. The Repubs just CAN'T believe this stuff!

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