'Dead voter' claims quickly dying
source: http://www.examiner.com/charleston-democrat-in-charleston-sc/dead-voters-claim-quickly-dying
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A review by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, required by the Voting Rights Act, overturned that law in December, however, on basis it would unfairly affect rural, disabled, elderly and minority voters.
The state quickly began its challenge to that overturn, though, claiming the restrictions this Voter ID law imposed were necessary. And as proof, State Atty. Gen. Alan Wilson stated records were found that indicate 900 deceased voters had their votes counted in recent elections.
Today, however, those claims by Wilson and his state Dept. of Motor Vehicles source were found to be rather dead themselves.
At a hearing before the House Election Laws Subcommittee, the State Election Commission revealed only six incidents of dead voter claims provided by the Atty. Gen.’s office. Sinking the argument further, not one of the incidents supported Wilson’s claims, according to data provided by SEC Exec. Director Marci Anderson.
In a press release, SEC offered the following review of those six incidents discussed in testimony this morning:
One was an absentee ballot cast by a voter who then died before election day;
Another was the result of an error by a poll worker who mistakenly marked the voter as Samuel Ferguson, Jr. when the voter was in fact Samuel Ferguson, III;
Two were the result of stray marks on the voter registration list detected by the scanner – again, a clerical error;
The final two were the result of poll managers incorrectly marking the name of the voter in question instead of the voter listed either above or below on the list.
As a result, not one of these six incidents – which were the only ones provided after Wilson claimed record of over 900 – indicates voter fraudulence.
http://www.examiner.com/charleston-democrat-in-charleston-sc/dead-voters-claim-q...
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Great post, thanks for sharing.
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900 Dead Voters in SC: Fraud or Clerical Errors?
Columbia, SC --
The South Carolina Attorney General's office and State Law Enforcement Division are investigating more than 900 cases of dead people being recorded as voting in the state to see whether there was fraud or clerical errors.SC Attorney General Alan Wilson says, "If there's some discrepancy or some glitch or some mistake, we're going to look at it. And before I start throwing out the idea that there is fraud going on, I want to know. I want facts."
The question surfaced in relation to the state's new voter ID law, which requires people voting in person to have a photo ID. Critics of the law say it would hurt thousands of South Carolinians who are registered voters but don't have picture IDs.
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/jan/12/900-dead-voters-sc-fraud-or-clerical-error...
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letsliveinpeace
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SCARY VIDEO: DEAD VOTERS GET BALLOTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY
If you don’t believe that dead people vote, watch this video from Project Veritas. If this doesn’t cause you to fear for the future of the republic nothing will. It goes on in every state that doesn’t require a picture ID to vote, which is why the Dems fight voter ID laws tooth and nail. Dead Republicans can vote as well. Feel better? Not me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-uVhhIlPk0&feature=player_embedded
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letsliveinpeace
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regroce
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letsliveinpeace:
Just remember - Project Veritas is James O'Keefe's toy. And just like he's even been arrested for trying to pull completely false junk, this one is false, too.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/okeefe_voter_fraud_stunt_confu...
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