TBI to investigate Republican election official's attempt to invalidate 25% of his County's voters

[guruoo]

NASHVILLE - Almost one in five of Benton County's voters got a letter in February saying their registration was invalid, triggering events that led last week to a call for a TBI investigation and a battle in the Legislature.

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The brewing legislative battle is over a Democrat-sponsored bill, awaiting floor votes in both the House and Senate this week, that declares that when a voter registration form is accepted by election officials, it cannot be declared invalid for some minor omission - unless fraud was involved or the omission was the voter's signature.

Christine Borchert, filling out a form to change her voter registration address back in 1963, failed to check the "yes" box beside a question asking if she was a citizen of the United States. She has voted in virtually every election in the 47 years since. The same form had a place for the voter to state his or her place of birth. She had written in Benton County, Tenn., which Rep. Borchert observes, "is in the United States."

Rep. Borchert says that, going by primary voting records, about 68 percent of the voters threatened with invalidation are Democrats. He won his last election by 344 votes and this year faces a rematch with the same Republican opponent, Timothy Wirgau. "They (Republicans) think that, if they can knock enough Democrats off the rolls, they can beat me this time," he said.

More:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/apr/25/review-of-voter-rolls-prompts-outcry/

[Fly by night]

1. We need the USDOJ to investigate wholesale election fraud in Tennessee

The Rethugs stole our legislature in 2008 (assuming control for the first time since Reconstruction) by insisting we continue to vote on unverifiable DREs in that election. As soon as they took power, they announced that they would repeal a law that banned that equipment in 2010, and by damn, they did just that.

The TN tea-hadists know that they do not represent the majority of Tennesseans -- Democrats (who hold an 8% edge among likely voters), independents and traditionally moderate Republicans here. So they continue their (so far successful) efforts to rig our elections.

It is long past due to ship this whole bunch to Guantanamo. Most TN tea-hadists belong there more than most folks who are there now.

K & R

[madokie]

2. In Tennessee

Hell the whole USofA

I just found out my step son was denied voting in the last Presidential election because they said he didn't vote the last time. Hell he is only 28 years old so how the hell could he have not voted enough to keep his registration valid. Its all about the cheating, lying reptilicons and the games they play to get elected. I'm not sure if this is not a true statement. "There would be no and I mean NO reptilicons in any office if our elections were on the up and up."

[nashville_brook]

3. k and r -- important stuff.

[Kablooie]

4. Here we go again. The only way Repugs can win is by illegally eliminating Dem votes.