Blogsprirator - Buried in a Washington Times article published today, we found this...
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, an effort by state Republicans to send letters to 130,000 newly registered voters asking them to support Republican candidates resulted in 10,000 being returned because there was "no such number" or "no such persons" at the address.
Christian Marrone, legal counsel to Pennsylvania Republicans, said some of the new registrations listed vacant lots as addresses, and others went to boarded-up buildings. He said there was "some serious fraud taking place."
Not surprisingly, Democrats aren't concerned about voter fraud.
In fact, they view any attempt to prevent it to be "voter suppression."
In a related matter, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) has asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to refrain from issuing directives and communications that could deter voters, saying Justice Department policy clearly shows that voter fraud investigations or the threat of them can lead to voter suppression.
LCCR officials urged Mr. Ashcroft to tell U.S. attorneys nationwide that press releases about efforts to preserve voting integrity should simply provide contact information, rather than outline penalties and types of activities vulnerable to fraud. They said the releases could "scare some voters off or cause them not to seek legitimate help."
"We are concerned that the Justice Department is more focused on potential voter fraud than voter intimidation or vote suppression," said Wade Henderson, LCCR executive director.
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LCCR also reiterated its concerns about the need to protect the voting rights of blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians and other minorities, urging Mr. Ashcroft to "reach out to election officials across the country to ensure they are doing all they can to combat efforts to intimidate minority voters."
This is simply Orwellian.
Wade Henderson's argument, in a nutshell, is a non sequiter. (Non sequiter is the latin phrase for a a logical fallacy which means "does not follow," as in that the conclusion does not logically follow the evidence.)
What he's saying is that somehow the Justice Department trying to do it's job by preventing voter fraud somehow intimidates primarily minority voters, though he never explains HOW.
Also, while he's worried about this hypothetical voter intimidation which is caused by following electoral law, he is totally unconcerned by the massive evidence of voter fraud. After all, each fraudulent vote cancels the expressed desire of another voting citizen.
Meanwhile, Algore had to urge these poor, weak, easily intimidated minority voters not to riot. /sarcasm
On Sunday, former Vice President Al Gore told black voters in Jacksonville, Fla., who still might be angry over his narrow 2000 defeat not to let their concern "turn into angry acts or angry words," and instead to channel their anger "into energy at the polls."
Elizabeth Edwards, on the other hand, promised riots if the Democrats lost.
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards, said the election would not result in riots if it ended in a victory for Sen. John Kerry. Mrs. Edwards' assertion was in response to a supporter at an event in Pennsylvania who expressed fears that the election result will produce riots.
"Uh ... well ... not if we win," Mrs. Edwards said in an exchange aired on C-SPAN.
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