ME Vote Fraud Probe Finds ONE Illegal Incident

[otohara]

AUGUSTA -- Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers said Wednesday that his investigation into allegations of voter fraud revealed "vulnerabilities" in Maine's voting system, but only one case of illegal voting.


PROBE: Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers tells reporters that his investigations into allegations of voter fraud revealed "vulnerabilities" in Maine's voting system.

Among almost 500 names that he scrutinized, one non-U.S. citizen was proved to have registered and voted in Maine, in 2002, Summers said at a press conference.

Summers and Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster cited the results of Summers' investigation as proof that Maine's voting system needs improvement.

But David Farmer, spokesman for a group that is campaigning to preserve the state law allowing voters to register on the day of an election, said it proved just the opposite.http://www.pressherald.com/news/vote-fraud-probe-finds-one-illegal-incident_2011-09-22.html

[Tesha]

1. I'm surprised he didn't find the case where...

...the *SON* of the Republican Speaker of the NH House
was voting in Maine while runnig for office in NH (or vice-
versa).

While that might not have been "vote fraud" in Maine, it
certainly was Registration Fraud in both states.

But maybe IOKIYAR?

Tesha

[struggle4progress]

2. Mebbe folk in Maine need a high tech border fence? cuz the Vermonters could be sneakin in!

... investigation turned up one person, determined to be a noncitizen, who registered and voted on Election Day in Portland in 2002.

According to federal records, Summers said, that person was reportedly "removed, deported or excluded" from the country in 2006.

After that, Maine's previous secretary of state, Matthew Dunlap, oversaw a change in the law that made it more difficult for illegal or undocumented immigrants to get Maine identification ...
Posted: September 23
Updated: Today at 9:40 PM
Summers cites results of probe into voter fraud
Maine's secretary of state promotes his investigation on the radio and during a luncheon in Portland.
By Rebekah Metzler
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MaineToday Media State House Writer
http://www.pressherald.com/news/summers-cites-results-of-probe-into-voter-fraud_2011-09-23.html

[wiggs]

3. Sums up RW thinking...they would rather prevent tens of thousands of

people from voting (caging, voter ID laws, under-equipping polling stations, etc) in order to root out the one person per state per decade who might commit voter fraud.

Just as they would rather deny a justified benefit to 95% of eligible persons in order to deny it to 5% of people who might not deserve it as much.

Just as they would rather execute potentially innocent people in order to deliver hard ass justice to others

Just as they would rather keep planned parenthood from providing valuable services to women in order to make sure that more minor aspects of their service (abortion services) don't take place.

They are willing to take down our entire economy or let the most vulnerable starve in order to uphold a principle (such as tax breaks for the wealthy or elimination of a program they don't like)

Just as they would prefer eliminating important voter registration efforts (Acorn) in response to very minor issues having to do with technicalities of how those working to register people are paid.

Just as they are willing to scrap critical environmental protections, wholesale, because of isolated but much publicized cases where a farmer might not be able to increase farmed acreage due to a threatened wasp or mouse.

Just as they would torpedo a successful government program because one aspect might be inefficient or not perfect. This is not limited to just specific programs...because government is not perfect, they are willing to say that government is the problem.

Just as they would base policy on the 1% of scientists who are willing to state that climate change may not have to do with human activity


...what is comes down to is adherence to doctrine, not facts or reason. They will continue to claim that voter fraud is a large problem that justifies hard-assed, undemocratic over-reaction in order to protect the principle. Consequences don't matter...only the 'faith' that you sign up for when you join the 'team'.

[Blue Meany]

4. If only they held corporations to the standards to which they hold government n/t

[Old and In the Way]

5. It's all about limiting the vote for the benefit of Republicans.

They know their agenda will make life worse for the vast majority of the middle-class. They have no ideas to fix things, just more taxcuts for the top 5% that will make things worse. But it's all about making sure that they maintain power so change can't happen. Maine Republicans are taking their orders from out-of-staters who are trying to force their anti-democratic agenda at all levels of government, nationwide. Until 50% of the voting public wake up and figure this out, they will continue their agenda to kill democracy in this country.