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Title: GOP voter fraud
Post by: gyeonghwa on February 06, 2012, 05:02:21 am: Take notes, James O'Keefe, it isn't liberals who are committing voter fraud.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/05/indiana-republican-secretary-of-state-found-guilty-of-voter-fraud/

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LetÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s admit it, we all saw this one coming. After passing restrictive voter ID laws to combat non-existent voter fraud, it turns out that so far, the only people really committing voter fraud are Republicans. During the New Hampshire primary last month, conservative journalist wannabe James OÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Keefe committed voter fraud on camera. And now, the Republican Secretary of State in Indiana has been found guilty of committing voter fraud.

According to the Indianapolis Star, Charlie White was convicted of 6 felony charges, three of which involve voter fraud. Apparently, White claimed he lived on one side of the town of Fishers with his ex-wife, when he actually lived on the other side of town with his fiancÃƒÂ©e. In others words, he lied about his residency on his voter registration. Oops.

So all those "anti-fraud" measures the GOP puts out really amount to voter suppression instead. And water is wet.
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: Smurfette Principle on February 06, 2012, 07:22:01 pm: And fire is hot, what else is new?
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: StallChaser on February 07, 2012, 07:48:27 am: And of course, they'll use this as a "totally legit" reason for passing bills to disenfranchise the poor/minority population...
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: Eniliad on February 07, 2012, 01:25:21 pm: Wait, it's just one guy? Isn't it a bit hyperbolic to say "Republicans are committing voter fraud" as opposed to "A Republican has committed voter fraud"? And no, James O'Keefe doesn't count in my book, douche though he is.

Eww... did I just defend the GOP? I think I need water... :S
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: gyeonghwa on February 07, 2012, 01:26:31 pm: Quote from: Eniliad on February 07, 2012, 01:25:21 pm
Wait, it's just one guy? Isn't it a bit hyperbolic to say "Republicans are committing voter fraud" as opposed to "A Republican has committed voter fraud"? And no, James O'Keefe doesn't count in my book, douche though he is.

Eww... did I just defend the GOP? I think I need water... :S

Um, I think I can dig up a long history of GOP voter fraud and voter suppression.
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: Eniliad on February 07, 2012, 01:30:53 pm: Probably, but the article is claiming many, and citing one. Seems rather unprofessional; it'd be trivial to at least in passing mention the other fraud cases, no?
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: DasFuchs on February 07, 2012, 02:11:07 pm: It's usually those that scream loudest that are the culprits.

Doesn't surprise me a bit, commit it in election after election, claim the other side's doing it, then commit it against your own party.
Title: Re: GOP voter fraud
Post by: Captain Jack Harkness on February 07, 2012, 02:57:04 pm: Quote from: Eniliad on February 07, 2012, 01:30:53 pm
Probably, but the article is claiming many, and citing one. Seems rather unprofessional; it'd be trivial to at least in passing mention the other fraud cases, no?

Yeah. I've noticed a trend for Addicting Info to jump all over these kind of stories and sensationalize them as much as possible. Also, it sounds like this might be intentional, rather than accidental. It sounds like the guy's having an affair and will soon have a tsunami of shit to deal with.