crime in NJ is a given On Nov 2, 4:46 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone Liberal, Progressive, or Democrat care??? > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870393290457451161262211... > > >>> Victor Negron, a campaign adviser for independent mayoral candidate > >>> Roberto Feliz, a former director of Camden's public works department, > >>> says he's shocked that more than fifteen times the normal number of > >>> voters are casting absentee ballots in Camden this year. In the 2005, > >>> when the city's voters voted for both governor and mayor on the same day, > >>> only 200 absentee ballots were cast. This year, some 3,700 have already > >>> been received. At least four voters have approached the Feliz campaign to > >>> complain that an absentee ballot was sent to them without their > >>> permission or cast for them without their understanding the documents > >>> they were signing. I spoke with Uremia Rojas who reports that "a man with > >>> a clipboard knocked on my door and had me sign something so I could vote > >>> by mail. I was skeptical but signed and got a ballot. I never really > >>> wanted one." Says Mr. Negron: "We believe this to be underhanded and a > >>> possibly illegal strategy by the Democratic Party to undermine the civil > >>> rights of the residents of Camden." > > There are additional reports from Camden that Hispanic voters have > been misled into voting absentee ballots. So-called bearers who are > allowed to collect and carry absentee ballots are said to have > encouraged voters to fill out applications for absentee ballots. A few > days later, the bearers reportedly return with the actual ballots, > which they offer "assistance" in filling out. > > Authorities in nearby Philadelphia know about such scams. In one > infamous case, a key 1993 race that determined which party would > control the Pennsylvania state senate was thrown out by a federal > judge after massive evidence that hundreds of voters had been > pressured into casting improper absentee ballots. Voters were told by > "bearers" that it was all part of "la nueva forma de votar" -- the new > way to vote. Local politicos tell me Philly operatives associated in > the past with Acorn may now be advising their Jersey cousins on how to > perform such vote harvesting. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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