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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 12:37 PM
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The McCain "absentee voter" scam

The McCain "absentee voter" scam

by kos
Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 10:10:24 AM PDT

Here's how it works:
  1. Mail forms to hard core Democratic voters, asking them to register to vote by mail.

  2. Have those forms addressed to the wrong county registrar.

  3. Pray overworked registrar workers, swamped with hundreds of mis-addressed forms, forget to forward to the right county, or forward them past the registration deadline.

  4. Disenfranchise thousands.
Heck says, "I spoke with the Caledonia clerk and learned if we (in Mount Pleasant) used the form and sent it to the pre-printed address they would have to forward it to the right jurisdiction (if they had the time and the people) who would then have to send out the absentee ballot. As the deadline to submit a request is Oct. 30, and the clerks have a deadline of Oct. 31, this bogus form not only gums up and overworks the process to get absentee ballots sent out, it could cause some to not even be mailed."

The election officials Heck spoke to -- Racine County and Caledonia -- said sending the absentee ballot request to the wrong clerk would not jeopardize a voter's registration, but might result in the absentee ballot not getting sent due to overworked personnel, or the possibility of missing the deadline.


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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 12:39 PM
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1. Typical Rovian tactics.
The forclosure scam, now this. What's next?
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