Dogs, dead people get election docs from nonprofitHow many fraudulent registrations have already seeped in? Who would know? Not Eric Holder, that's for sure.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The voter registration form arrived in the mail last month with some key information already filled in: Rosie Charlston's name was complete, as was her Seattle address.
Problem is, Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998.
A group called the Voter Participation Center has touted the distribution of some 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic-leaning voting blocs such as unmarried women, blacks, Latinos and young adults.
But residents and election administrators around the country also have reported a series of bizarre and questionable mailings addressed to animals, dead people, noncitizens and people already registered to vote.
Brenda Charlston wasn't the only person to get documents for her pet: A Virginia man said similar documents arrived for his dead dog, Mozart, while a woman in the state got forms for her cat, Scampers....
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Voter Fraud: Very Much With Us
This would be hilarious were it not for what's at stake in November 2012:
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This is why voter registration laws must be reformed.
No more people with clipboards accosting you as you exit Walmart. No more registrations at pot smoking college concerts. To register, you must present yourself at a county office with proper ID.
Deputized country workers could visit old folks homes, the sick and the shut-ins.
not so fast, all 3 pets of ours vote republican, hobbes, cleo, and emma.
Certainly you don't begrudge Obama's Portugese Water Dog the right to vote do you?
Da Blade,
Only if all my cats can vote, too. **wink**
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