Clintons File RICO Suit Against Obama - ACORN Stole the Nomination Too!

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Actions apparently the result of mistakes in complying with 2002 law
--NY Times
updated 12:06 a.m. ET, Thurs., Oct. 9, 2008

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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The Times’s methodology for calculating the purge estimates was reviewed by two voting experts, Kimball Brace, the director of Election Data Services, a Washington consulting firm that tracks voting trends, and R. Michael Alvarez, a political science professor at the California Institute of Technology.

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.

Usually, when state election officials check a registration and find that it does not match a database entry, they alert local election officials to contact the voter and request further proof of identification. If that is not possible, most states flag the voter file and require identification from the voter at the polling place.

In Florida, Iowa, Louisiana and South Dakota, the problem is more serious because voters are not added to the rolls until the states remove the flags.

Ms. McFall said she was angry to learn from the state recently that it was her responsibility to contact each flagged voter to clear up the discrepancies before Election Day. “This situation with voter registrations is going to land us in court,” she said.

In fact, it already has.

In Michigan and Florida, rights groups are suing state officials, accusing them of being too aggressive in purging voter rolls and of preventing people from registering.

In Georgia, the Justice Department is considering legal action against officials in Cobb and Cherokee Counties who sent letters to hundreds of voters stating that their voter registrations had been flagged and telling them they cannot vote until they clear up the discrepancy.

On Monday, the Ohio Republican Party filed a motion in federal court against the secretary of state to get the list of all names that have been flagged by the Social Security database since Jan. 1. The motion seeks to require that any voter who does not clear up a discrepancy be required to vote using a provisional ballot.

The Ohio secretary of state, Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, said in court papers that she believes the Republicans are seeking grounds to challenge voters and get them removed from the rolls.

Considering that in the past year the state received nearly 290,000 nonmatches, such a plan could have significant impact at the polls.

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ACORN Watch: RICO suit filed in Ohio

By Michelle Malkin • October 14, 2008 12:31 PM
The Buckeye Institute has filed a RICO suit against ACORN in Ohio.
This should be done in every one of the states where ACORN “franchises” operate.
Details:

The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, today filed a state RICO action against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on behalf of two Warren County voters. The action filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas alleges ACORN has engaged in a pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime. It seeks ACORN’s dissolution as a legal entity, the revocation of any licenses in Ohio, and an injunction against fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities.

Plaintiffs Jennifer Miller of Mason, Ohio and Kimberly Grant of Loveland, allege that ACORN’s actions deprive them of the right to participate in an honest and effective elections process. They allege fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN dilute the votes of legally registered voters.

“The right to cast a vote that is not diluted by fraudulent votes is a fundamental individual right,” Buckeye Institute President David Hansen said.

“ACORN appears to be recklessly disregarding Ohio laws and adding thousands of fraudulent voters to the state’s roles in the process,” Maurice Thompson, Director of the Buckeye Institute’s 1851 Center for Constitutional Law said. “Such voter fraud erodes the value of legally cast votes,” he added.
In the complaint, Thompson cites an accumulation of evidence showing numerous instances of admitted fraud by ACORN employees, as well as individuals solicited by ACORN.

“In light of its hiring, training and compensation practices, ACORN should have known its conduct would cause fraud,” Thompson said. “It also should know that its conduct will cause fraud in the future.”

In addition, the complaint cites conduct by ACORN in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

[SuperScout]

In a typical, knee-jerk reaction, der gimpster whines that any reports of voter fraud by Da Dims is some how bad! Keep up the good work Joy, and hopefully some of the guilty will go to jail.

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October 14th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
6TH CIRCUIT REQUIRES OHIO SEC. STATE TO DO HER JOB - VALIDATE VOTER REGISTRATIONS

» by Bill Dupray in: Barack Obama, Corruption, Courts, Crime & Punishment, Law
This is nice. Ace has the scoop, but he defers to Darke Blog for the analysis, which is essentially that the court has agreed to hear the case en banc (all the judges), and until they do, they reinstated the order of the original trial judge, who ordered Ohio’s Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, to do her effing job by validating crooked ACORN voter registrations. You may recall that a three judge panel reversed the trial judge over the weekend. This overrules those left-wing tool bags.
The court had a couple of snarky digs at Brunner’s expense. From Darke Blog.

Here are some highlights:
“So far as this record is concerned, the Secretary has given no tenable exlanation why her current interpretation of the statute, as opposed to the office’s prior implementation of the law, remotely furthers the anti-fraud objective of the law.”
The Ohio Republican Party’s position is “not only sensible but it is also fair - and it also furthers both objectives of HAVA …”
The court mocks Brunner’s defense as “[t]he bureaucrats’ lament - that this will be difficult to do.”

This is terrific news and may throw some sand in ACORN’s gears. We’ll take it.
http://patriotroom.com/?p=3026

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
BREAKING: 6th Circuit reverses on TRO (devastation, humiliation for Jennifer Brunner)
A 3-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a temporary restraining order which would effectively make Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner follow the law - and do her job - in preventing election fraud. Tonight, the full court decided to hear the case en banc, and has reimposed the TRO. This is great news.

Here are some highlights:

"So far as this record is concerned, the Secretary has given no tenable exlanation why her current interpretation of the statute, as opposed to the office's prior implementation of the law, remotely furthers the anti-fraud objective of the law."

The Ohio Republican Party's position is "not only sensible but it is also fair - and it also furthers both objectives of HAVA ..."

The court mocks Brunner's defense as "[t]he bureaucrats' lament - that this will be difficult to do."


UPDATE: In looking at the decision, it appears the full court voted 9-6 to hear the case en banc (which means all of them). I'd say the 9-6 vote is a good sign, but doesn't necessarily mean the case will end that way. Tonight's decision has been described as the opportunity to "live and fight another day." But in the world of temporary restraining orders, if you have it, that's all that matters for the time being. And the time being is what is crucial right now.


Second point - the initial district court decision got some press because the judge found that Brunner was actually violating the law. That dialogue was snuffed out by the subsequent reversal. But now it's back. When you run into Jennifer Brunner on the street, you can ask her why she's violating federal election laws.

http://darkegop.blogspot.com/2008/10...-reverses.html

[Seascamp]

As of yesterday, more ACORN skullduggery coming down in Nevada. Evidently work release NSP inmates were supplied to ACORN via a private NSP employment contractor. It is very much against the law for inmates to have access to identity information so Nevada Investigators have seized ACORN computer data and records. Many redfaces happening within the NSP infrastructure this day, big time oops as in busted.

Scamp

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15 Oct

Democrat Secretary of State In Ohio Admits To Hiding 200,000 Fraudulent Voter Cards

Posted by: Curt @ 3:55 pm in Politics
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We’ve seen ACORN at work, now we see what the fruits of that labor is: (h/t Ace of Spades HQ)

More than 200,000 Ohioans who registered to vote this year for the first time or updated their voting information since Jan. 1 could be affected by the latest court ruling requiring the state to set up a new registration verification system by Friday, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said.
Brunner said she would comply with the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Tuesday but said she is deeply concerned that the decision is a veiled attempt at disenfranchising voters.
The court’s 9-6 opinion, written by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, suggested that voters whose driver’s license number or Social Security number does not exactly match those found on databases maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or Social Security Administration could be required to use provisional ballots instead of conventional ones.
“The thing that concerns me is that Judge Sutton indicated that these mismatched names could be subjected to provisional voting and nowhere in [Help America Vote Act] is that the case. The Help America Vote Act is really not meant to be used to disenfranchise or to help determine voter eligibility,” Brunner said in an interview today.
“Essentially that provision of HAVA is basically supposed to maintain voter registration databases,” she said. “It is not for determining voter eligibility. The interpretation that seems to be coming from at least that particular judge takes HAVA and uses it as a means to exclude voters from a regular ballot. That is a concern.”
The full 6th Circuit’s opinion overturned the decision of a three-judge panel at the federal court last week and restored the ruling announced last week by U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith.
Since Jan. 1, Ohio has 666,000 newly registered or updated voters — all of whom fall under scrutiny by this latest court ruling. Brunner said an initial review found that at least 200,000 of them might have mismatched information. Once the office identifies all of the mismatched voters, Brunner will send the list to the county boards of election where the individuals have registered.

200,000!
To top it all off Brunner deliberately hid the existence of these bad registrations all to deny the local boards of election the opportunity to check for themselves.
Ace:

Brunner was fighting to make sure these dodgy/suspect voters never had to prove they were real voters — she wanted their votes dumped straight into the pile, where no one could later yank them out from. Remember, even if you’re a proven fraudulent voter, your votes can’t be pulled out of the mix — because it’s secret ballot. Who knows who you voted for? In Bizarro world, it’s even possible you voted for McCain ten times.
Brunner was determined to get these suspect — not necessarily fraudulent, but suspect and requiring investigation — into that pile of voter by hook or by crook. She wasn’t willing to check them out herself, and also conspired to prevent the local boards from knocking on doors and placing follow-up calls, too.

The left is determined to ensure victory this election, and they don’t trust the people. They can’t risk leaving it in their hands so they are taking steps to make sure the “right” outcome is achieved.

http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/10/...t-voter-cards/

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Questions raised in Ohio on 200,000 new voters
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CINCINNATI - About 200,000 newly registered Ohio voters will be affected by a federal appeals court ruling that requires the state to do more to help county election boards verify eligibility, an elections spokesman said yesterday.


Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner estimated that an initial review found at least 200,000 potential voters reported driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers that don't match records in other government databases, said Kevin Kidder, a spokesman for the office.


The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati sided with the Ohio Republican Party on Tuesday and ordered Ms. Brunner to set up a system that provides those names to county elections boards.


The GOP contends the information will help prevent fraud.


"Things already are in motion to comply," Mr. Kidder said. "We're working to establish these processes on how we can make this work. The computer work actually began last week."


Ms. Brunner, a Democrat, said yesterday she is concerned the court decision is a veiled attempt at disenfranchising voters. Ms. Brunner said she'll urge counties not to force these people to use provisional ballots.


Ms. Brunner has said that new-voter registrations were being cross-checked with databases run by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle and the Social Security Administration, and that was all that the federal Help Americans Vote Act required her to do.


The 6th Circuit took her to task for that interpretation of the law, saying it required her to help county election boards ferret out mismatches, rather than leave it to local boards to go through Ms. Brunner's list of mismatches.


About 666,000 Ohioans have registered to vote since January, with many doing so before the contested Democratic presidential primary election between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in March.

County election officials, some of whom said they were already overworked, were trying to determine yesterday the effect of the court ruling.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll...WS09/810160378