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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (11377)	8/27/2006 9:13:00 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 71588

" of the Day Today, 08:40 PM "From privatizing Social Security to drunk driving it becomes clearer every day that Mike McGavick and George Bush are cut from the same cloth." -- Washington Democratic party spokesman Kelly Steele, quoted by the Seattle Times, on U.S. Senate candidate Mike MCGavick's (R) disclosure of a DUI arrest in 1993. In Ohio, Strickland Opens Huge Lead Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH) is enjoying a 25-point lead over Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (R) in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Strickland currently leads Blackwell 57% to 32%, up 14 points from July. Key statistic: Only 59% of Republicans are supporting Blackwell, while 88% of Democrats back Strickland.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (11377)	8/28/2006 10:02:02 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 71588

"President of Tenn. Republican Women charged with voter fraud NASHVILLE - The president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women has been arrested on charges of voter fraud, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Friday. Shirley Ward turned herself in on a misdemeanor charge of false entry on an official registration or election document, TBI spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson said. The Tipton County woman is charged with knowingly voting in the wrong district of the county during early voting on July 14. She was released on her own recognizance and has a court date scheduled for Sept. 5. Ward is the 17th president of the state Federation of Republican Women, which was founded in 1955. The group's Web site touts Ward's political experience, saying she "brings a lifetime of experience that began in Memphis politics in the 1970s." Ward was deputy chairwoman of the President Bush supporter group "W Stands for Women" in 2004, and has served as the county chairwoman for U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and unsuccessful Republican Senate candidate Van Hilleary. She has also been the financial director for TeamGOP, a Republican activist group run by her son, Jeff. A phone message left at her home in Covington, about 35 miles northeast of Memphis, Friday afternoon was not immediately returned. State Republican Party officials have been emphasizing voter fraud problems in Memphis during the current election season. In the special election of former Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford last year, ballots were cast in the names of dead people, felons and out-of-district voters. The Senate ousted Ford earlier this year to void her 13-vote victory, and the state GOP has attacked Harold Ford Jr., the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, for supporting his aunt Ophelia Ford during the ouster proceedings. "Right now we do not have all the facts in this local legal matter, as a result we do not want to prematurely rush to any kind of judgment on this issue," said Chris Devaney, executive director of the state Republican Party.