***** Breaking: A GOP Attorney has turned Absentee Voting into CHAOS*****

[Hutzpa]

A dodgy Attorney living outside of his jurisdiction has stop
absentee voting because, he said people would be breaking the
Law for voting outside of the election office.

We need to stop this guy ASAP, they figure no one can touch them
and they feel they can get away with it too.

Calling on all organizers to pass this on and let the South Carolina Obama
campaign know whats going on in this county. (Aiken)

Arlene Childs, of North Augusta, was among them. She had driven to Kalmia Mall, only to be told that the location had been moved to the elections office in Aiken. She said she was not happy about the extra driving.

County Attorney Jim Holly said he spent the weekend reviewing the state statutes on absentee voting and found no mention of changes in location, leading him to assume that it was left out intentionally. "I'm not going to advise this council or any other board to possibly go outside the law," he said.

PLEASE!!!

Read the article here;

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/101408/met_479378.shtml


Keep this thread kicked so others can see it, thanks


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Edit: To add excerpt.

[tblue]

1. How desperate is McKKKain?

Have you called the BO Georgia office? If you have, what'd they say?

[Hutzpa]

3. Trying to locate the feild office now. n/t

[midnight]

2. And by dodgy you mean, he is dodging the law???

[ej510]

4. Disgusting!

:mad: :puke:

[butterfly77]

5. They have been on tv all day long...

talking about it and saying that people shouldn't be able to do absentee voting because they can't show ID. I have been watching the wingnuts for days now and I have been saying to my friends that when they lose they will try to challenge the votes and that is what they are doing with ACORN because they know they are losing.

[truedelphi]

12. Thank you for the report. I cannot even bear to turn on the TV

The last few times my remote skipped around on channels and landed on CNN, there was reporting covering the "egregious and fruadulent" actions of ACORN.

This is a really scary election. I figure that if they could pull off stealing the elction in 2000, and 2004, they can do it again. They will vary the exact situations, so that their play book this year is different from the others, but steal it they will, or die in the attmepts.


My gut feeling is that some of the bailout monies will go to seeing to it that operatives secure voting machinery and kidnap it until after the election.

[Overseas]

6. When Republicans can't hold their Red states legally

then they resort to creating chaos to disrupt the voting process, in hopes of discouraging Democratic voters and probably trying to counteract the

REPUBLICAN DESERTION EFFECT !!

[MonteLukast]

35. Exactly. ABSENTEE BALLOTS???

I smell DESPERATION! In ALL CAPS.

[southerncrone]

7. K& R!

:kick:

[FloridaGrl]

8. Why would anyone vote for a party

that obviously doesn't believe in the right to vote.

[truedelphi]

43. Sadly, most of the remaining Repugs believe that they are like the Israelites

And we are like the Egyptians or Babylonians - they may be small in number, but God and all righteousness is on their side, while only Beelzeebub smiles on us and our candidate, one Barack Hussein Mussolini Bin Laden Obama!!

[Xipe Totec]

44. They are more like nephroliths

(kidney stones) very small but too painful to endure for long.

[truedelphi]

59. But where as many many cups of peppermint tea helped me dissolve my kidney stones

I could drink peppermint tea for an eternity and not smite too many Repugs!!

[jaxx]

9. Bad news. Where else will this crap turn up.

[PatSeg]

10. K&R

[Hutzpa]

11. K&R

called the Obama HQ and they are calling the field office in South Carolina
to look into it.

[steve2470]

13. k and r nt

[Sunnyshine]

14. K & R - Stay on it and keep us informed. Thank you for this alert OP. We must keep the pressure on.

I am sure Obama camp has a team on it already. Steady at the wheel, this ship can avoid set traps.

[stillcool]

15. These people really do not want anyone to vote...

:kick:

[Hutzpa]

16. K&R

:kick:

[D23MIURG23]

17. kick

[sonias]

18. Damn those cheating liars

They only know one way to win and election and that's by voter suppression. I hate these guys! :grr:


Sonia

[NMDemDist2]

19. I don't get it. Why wouldn't they want voting in GA

if they're worried about GA McCain is in HUGE trouble

[Hutzpa]

20. This happened in South Carolina

in Aiken County.

[NMDemDist2]

21. same diff n/t

[Medusa]

22. Oh my.

Okay let me get this straight. They are trying to suppress votes in a solid Red State? Just how worried are they?

[Joe the Revelator]

23. Don't forget this fat bastards picture

[MonteLukast]

34. He looks like Bob Schaffer! Aaahhhh!!

[KeepItReal]

24. Here's the link to original DU thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3543328&mesg_id=3543328

[donheld]

25. Late night Kick

and recommend

[Eurobabe]

26. ..

what they won't do to steal an election. :shrug:

[kayell]

27. More republican fun and games in Aiken

This story and tactic preceded the change in voting locations. More trying to stop Aiken county voters....so odd. Are republicans really this worried about SC, or is this just an uncontrollable part of their nature? If this is going on in Aiken, SC, how much are we missing that's happening in the rest of the country?

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/101308/met_479292.shtml

"Stuart Bedenbaugh, the director of the county voter registration and election office, said his office has mailed out 3,000 absentee ballots.

"It's been quite heavy," he said.

VOTING FAUX PAS

A few voters tried to cast their absentee ballot this past Friday, but were told they would have to wait until 9 a.m. today. Voters in Aiken County received a brochure from the state Republican Party telling them the wrong start date and location for absentee voting.

The state Republican Party "did not consult with us on these mailings," Mr. Bedenbaugh said."

[redqueen]

31. "FAUX PAS"?!

:nuke:

[MonteLukast]

36. Yeah right. Little mistakes, accidentally... ON PURPOSE.

[BREMPRO]

28. fukin vote suppression assholes.. They can't win with their awful candidates, so they fuk with the

voting system.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Thanks for the alert.

[dccrossman]

30. K & R

:kick:

[OwnedByFerrets]

32. K and R

[stillcool]

33. Making it as hard as possible..

for anyone in this country vote. There's Democracy for you! I hope I never hear again people bemoaning the fact that so many in our country don't vote.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. Funny thing, absentee ballots usually favor Republicans. Just a lawyer seeking publicity. . . nt

[ChiciB1]

54. I ALWAYS Vote Absentee... The County I Live In May Not Count My Vote

no matter which way I vote!! Sarasota County, the place Katherine "Cruella" Harris landed after 2000! My Representative, and wonder how... her protege Kathy Dent seems to have taken lessons from Cruella!!

It SUCKS here!! But Obama IS leading here, just don't know how they will jiggle it!!

[trueblue2007]

38. The Dems need to get on this right now. K and R !!!!

[Arugula Latte]

39. Info. on Todd Kincannon: Received 2008 "Palmetto Elephant Award"

5/31/2008 - J. Todd Kincannon has received the 2008 Palmetto Elephant Award, given “for overwhelming generosity and hours of tireless service to the South Carolina Republican Party” in connection with his work as parliamentarian and attorney for the SCGOP. Mr. Kincannon was presented the award by Katon Dawson, Party Chairman, at the 2008 South Carolina Republican Convention. Mr. Kincannon was also appointed by South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell to serve a third term as Parliamentarian of the South Carolina Republican Convention.

http://www.basjlaw.com/a-kincannon.html

Here is his page from his law firm Barnes Alford in Columbia, S.C.:



Associate

Contact Information
Telephone: [phone] (ext. 3005)
Facsimile: 803-254-1335

Primary Practice Areas
Complex Civil Litigation
Appellate Practice
Professional Malpractice
Products Liability
Federal Practice
Workers' Compensation
Governmental Relations
Election Law

Education
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D. 2007)
Clemson University (Graduate Research 2002-2004)
Erskine College (B.S. 2002)
Greenville Technical College (A.S. 1999)

Bar Admissions
South Carolina
United States District Court, District of South Carolina
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

News Items

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5/31/2008 - J. Todd Kincannon has received the 2008 Palmetto Elephant Award, given “for overwhelming generosity and hours of tireless service to the South Carolina Republican Party” in connection with his work as parliamentarian and attorney for the SCGOP. Mr. Kincannon was presented the award by Katon Dawson, Party Chairman, at the 2008 South Carolina Republican Convention. Mr. Kincannon was also appointed by South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell to serve a third term as Parliamentarian of the South Carolina Republican Convention.
*

3/19/2008 - Barnes Alford attorneys J. Todd Kincannon, R. Jeffords Barham, and Matthew G. Gerrald filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. The brief may be accessed here, and The State newspaper’s coverage of the brief is available here.
*

12/3/2007 - Barnes Alford associates J. Todd Kincannon and Matthew G. Gerrald were ceremonially administered the South Carolina Attorney’s Oath by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on December 3, 2007. The ceremony took place in the West Conference Room of the U.S. Supreme Court building.

________________________________________________________________________

J. Todd Kincannon, originally from Simpsonville, South Carolina, is an attorney at the firm and has been with Barnes Alford since 2005 when he began as a summer associate. Mr. Kincannon earned an A.S. with honors from Greenville Technical College in 1999 at the age of 17, going on to earn a B.S. with honors from Erskine College with a triple major in chemistry, physics, and mathematics in 2002. He then pursued graduate studies in nanotechnology and analytical chemistry at Clemson University before earning a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2007.

Mr. Kincannon’s practice includes all aspects of civil litigation in a variety of areas, including legal malpractice, medical malpractice, civil rights, products liability, personal injury, and workers’ compensation. Mr. Kincannon also frequently handles all manner of appeals, including cases that originated with other trial counsel and the filing of amicus curiae briefs. Mr. Kincannon is an experienced parliamentarian and is frequently consulted in cases with issues of parliamentary law and procedure in corporate boards and voluntary organizations.

Mr. Kincannon also utilizes his extensive background in election law, practicing in the areas of state and federal campaign finance and compliance, voting rights, election practices and procedures, and protests and contests. His notable election law clients have included the South Carolina Republican Party and the Fred Thompson Presidential Campaign.

Mr. Kincannon’s election law background began with his appointment as chairman of the Simpsonville Election Commission in 2003. As chairman, Mr. Kincannon presided over several election protest trials, including a protest which was the subject of a reported opinion by the South Carolina Supreme Court. In that opinion, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Simpsonville Election Commission’s decision authored by Mr. Kincannon. The case is Gecy v. Bagwell, 372 S.C. 237, 642 S.E.2d 569 (2007). Gecy v. Bagwell has become an extremely important case in the field of election law and is also important with regard to the “alternate sustaining ground” doctrine of South Carolina appellate procedure.

During his time in law school, Mr. Kincannon was a member of the South Carolina Law Review, the Order of the Barristers, and the South Carolina Moot Court Bar. He was honored to receive the American Jurisprudence (CALI) Award, the Court of Appeals Award for appellate advocacy, and one of ten Best Advocate Awards from the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition. Mr. Kincannon also served as captain of the South Carolina ABA Moot Court Team. Mr. Kincannon is active in public service and has held a variety of public and private offices.

[Pooka Fey]

40. K&R

[George II]

41. I thought bush, James Baker and Karen (aka "HAIRY-lip) Hughes notoriously accused....

...the GORE campaign of blocking absentee ballots? Now it's ok for the slimes to block absentee voting themselves?

Preposterous! We need to remind these idiots of the Karen Hughes doctrine - accusing DEMOCRATS of exactly what this jerk is trying to do.

[A Simple Game]

42. Maybe something has changed?

Ah, that's right, campaign donations from the military favor Obama by a large margin.

Can't have anything to do with it, could it?

[George II]

48. Could be. In that case....

....they'll have to block ALL voters - campaign donations from just about every segment of the American population favor Obama by a large margin.

They'll need to declare martial law to stave off this Democratic voting onslaught. Where's Cheney when they need him?

[cosmicone]

45. Kicking

:kick:

[Faeya]

46. Kick!

And a Boot To The Head for GOP asshats!
:kick:

[bdamomma]

47. oh crap, they really want to stop our right to vote.

[AzDar]

49. Just utterly fucking UN-American. Republicans are a cancer upon this country.

:mad:

[orleans]

50. the gop fucks strike again. hopefully people can deal

with all the bullshit they are dishing out and not let it get in the way.

when someone is trying to stop you from voting i would imagine it would make many more people even more determined to get out and vote! just to piss off those assholes and make the statement that "we" the people cannot be stopped.

too late to recommend. but i'm kickin it!

[fascisthunter]

51. Once AGain the GOP Shows How Little They Respect Democracy

[Dinger]

52. Kicked & Recommended (nt)

[cat2112]

53. Tricky

Having to show Voter ID before may actually be a great thing. Look at this way. We all know Republicans try to steal elections. Just look at Florida. If you have to show proof of who you are then there will more likely be less chance of voter fraud. Might have saved up Florida and the whole mess we've gotten into with "W".

[ChiciB1]

55. You Have To Show ID When You Vote... But Absentee Ballots Are

sent to you. I've been registered for a very long time, guess they know who I am... still if I decided to vote at the polls, I WILL need to show ID!

[psychmommy]

56. my dad lives in hephzibah, ga

which is close to this part of sc. this is a poor area and going to the mall would have been alot easier for folks to get to. are the repubs worried about sc? i hope they organize buses to get to the county office, bet they'll figure out a way for folks to vote then.

[Wapsie B]

57. K & R

[ancient_nomad]

58. KnR! n/t