NYT finds bathyspheric new depths in its support for O!
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times.
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Ann McFall, the Volusia County supervisor of elections.
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The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a 2002 federal law, intended to overhaul the way elections are run.
Still, because Democrats have been more aggressive at registering new voters this year, according to state election officials, any heightened screening of new applications may affect their party’s supporters disproportionately. The screening or trimming of voter registration lists in the six states  Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina  could also result in problems at the polls on Election Day: people who have been removed from the rolls are likely to show up only to be challenged by political party officials or election workers, resulting in confusion, long lines and heated tempers.
Some states allow such voters to cast provisional ballots. But they are often not counted because they require added verification.
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So, wait . . . because Dems have registered more new voters, they shouldn’t be subject to the same standards of proof? Let me digest that a little.
There’s one thing and one thing only that this represents: a pre-emptive attempt to take the sting out of the systematic fraud that ACORN has been conducting around the country, and what it says about O! and his operatives.
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By using the Social Security database so extensively, states are flagging extra registrations and creating extra work for local officials who are already struggling to process all the registration applications by Election Day.
“I simply don’t have the staff to keep up,†said Ann McFall, the supervisor of elections in Volusia County, Fla.
It takes 10 minutes to process a normal registration and up to a week to deal with a flagged one, said Ms. McFall, a Republican, adding that she was receiving 100 or so flagged registrations a week.
Gosh! That must be a hundred weeks! Man up. Get the staff you need to do your fucking job.
Or can’t you find people who need the work?
Jesus Christ! This is like Waxman saying that he’s not going to waste taxpayer money getting to the bottom of the mortgage meltdown.
Comment by cranky-d on 10/9 @ 4:46 pm #
My liberal employed said once, when voter fraud came up (he brought it up), that “everyone does it.” I didn’t respond, but all I have to ask is which party is in favor of having to show and ID, and which party isn’t?
Prosecution rests.
Comment by cranky-d on 10/9 @ 4:47 pm #
employed -> employer
Comment by dicentra on 10/9 @ 9:16 pm #
which party is in favor of having to show an ID
That’s because they’re racists! Poll tax! Redlining! Selma!