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Title: Bush Orders DOJ to Probe Ohio Voter Registrations
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URL Source: http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld.html?task=category§ionid=1
Published: Oct 25, 2008
Author: Jason Leopold
Post Date: 2008-10-25 12:52:45 by angle
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Comments: 4
President George W. Bush late Friday asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey to investigate whether hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters in the battleground state of Ohio would have to verify the information on their voter registration forms or be given provisional ballots, an issue the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on last week. The unprecedented intervention by the White House less than two weeks before the presidential election may result in at least 200,000 voters in Ohio not being able to vote on Election Day. Information on the 200,000 voter registration forms does not match up exactly with information on government databases. Republicans are claiming that's evidence of voter registration fraud. But the mismatched information can be attributed to misspellings and other minor mistakes, not a malicious intent on the part of voters to cast fraudulent ballots. Still, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Bush Friday asking that he order the Department of Justice to probe the matter claiming Ohio election officials are not complying with federal law. Boehner wants Mukasey to order the Ohio Secretary of State to identify the 200,000 voters by county and precinct and be given a provisional ballot until their registrations are confirmed. Provisional ballots largely go uncounted. “I strongly urge you to direct Attorney General Mukasey and the Department of Justice to act." Boehner said in his letter “Unless action is taken by the Department immediately, thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of names whose information has not been verified through the [Help America Vote Act] procedures mandated by Congress will remain on the voter rolls during the November 4 election; and there is a significant risk if not a certainty, that unlawful votes will be cast and counted. Given the Election Day is less than two weeks away, immediate action by the Department is not only warranted, but also crucial.”
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#1. To: angle (#0)
Perfect, I hear Bush has some experience with voting fraud.
Akin to the Fox ordering a probe as to where the chickens went to. The farmer is not that dumb.
Moderately hilarious, all things considered.
Would it be racist of me to suggest that welfare recipients need not participate in the scam called voting? Would I be excluding too many blacks and Hispanics? Hmmm???? Lord knows as voting blocks they're as American as
#2. To: maxbluto (#1)
#3. To: angle (#0)
#4. To: Cynicom (#2)
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apple Marxist pie.
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