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Dem Party Ohio and Dem527 (ACT) sued in Ohio under RICO
2004-11-02
Not hearing this on in the MSM are you? Imagine if it was Republicans and the NRA and Democrat urban people being screwed with... The press/MSM double standard continues to Lie by Omission
Mark Weaver, legal counsel of the Ohio Republican Party, said the state GOP was planning to file a temporary restraining order with the Marion County Court of Common Pleas, which is north of Columbus, to stop or try and enjoin certain parties from making misrepresenting phone calls to voters in several counties. Named in the suit are the Ohio Democratic Party, the Marion County Democratic Party, the Greene County Democratic Party and the left-leaning group America Coming Together (search). Weaver said the suit alleges civil conspiracy, fraud and racketeering charges. The racketeering, or RICO, charge was levied because the GOP alleges certain illegal acts were carried out by more than one person.

Weaver said these groups have been placing dozens of phone calls in several counties, telling voters to go to the wrong polling places, and falsely saying they must bring utility bills and other pieces of information to the polls. He also said one person told the GOP that the origin of one of the phone calls came up on the caller ID, and the call was traced back to the Ohio Democratic Party. Weaver said the counties where these calls have taken place are "rock rib" GOP counties. He said he's not sure a court will be able to take the appropriate action before Tuesday's vote, but "to know that this is happening and not do anything would have been an injustice."

Weaver acknowledged that dirty campaigning is typical at this time before the election, but suggested Democrats have reached a new low with these calls. He also said calls were being placed to people trained by the GOP to be Election Day challengers. These people were told they no longer were needed on Election Day. Weaver characterized these phone calls as another dirty measure.
Posted by:OldSpook

#15  I also voted straight Republican for the first time. I have been angered at the blatant press propaganda against the Republicans, the denigration of the war against the Islamists, and constant errors by omission favoring the Democrats. I have come to expect a certain level of it from the press, but the last few years have been a rude awakening to where the Democrats, press, media and liberal/socialist elites want to take our country.

I am so utterly, totally, completely dismayed that the Democratic party chose a traitor for the presidential ticket, who has a 30 year track record of shilling for our enemies, ignoring Lieberman, or better yet Zell Miller, who understands the nature of our enemies and who would make uncompromising war against them. Unfortunately I have come to the conclusion that all the leftist elites care about is power, not honor, not the safety of Americans, not the health of our nation, just power.
Posted by: ed   2004-11-02 6:22:37 PM  

#14  Crap like this is why, should Kerry win, he will not be able to govern. The Dems bought the Florida fable and are still bitter. What do they think the Republican reaction will be to election fraud on a national scale. It really is rule or ruin, Sampson in the Temple, time for these people. They are destroying the system.
Posted by: RWV   2004-11-02 6:00:09 PM  

#13  Filthy bastards.

For the first time since 1980, I voted a straight Republican ticket, all the way down to county sheriff. In the one case in which the Democrat was unopposed, I wrote in Myself.

As long as the Democrats keep up their brownshirt tactics, I'm voting straight R every time.

I really don't like RICO and think it has been greatly abused, but in this case...
Posted by: jackal   2004-11-02 3:15:33 PM  

#12  Yes, Rendell has been busy--he very nearly kept the ballots going out to our PA men and women in uniform from being counted because they would not have been returned from Afghanistan, Iraq, or other such scenic locales early enough to meet the deadline. Fortunately, that was successfully challenged and the deadline extended. The man is slime, I tell ya!
Posted by: Dar   2004-11-02 1:08:52 PM  

#11  Ed Rendell's been busy. POS
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-02 10:27:47 AM  

#10  And who were those votes for may I ask????
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-02 10:25:29 AM  

#9  Drudge: VOTES FOUND ON MACHINES IN PHILLY, BEFORE POLLS OPEN
Before voting even began in Philadelphia -- poll watchers found nearly 2000 votes already planted on machines scattered throughout the city... One incident occurred at the SALVATION ARMY, 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa: Ward 37, division 8... pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over 200 and one with nearly 500... A second location, 1901 W. Girard Ave., Berean Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, had 300+ votes already on 2 machines at start of day... INCIDENT: 292 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 7/7: ADDRESS: 122 W. Erie Ave., Roberto Clemente School, Philadelphia, Pa.; INCIDENT: 456 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 12/3; ADDRESS: 5657 Chew Ave., storefront, Philadelphia, Pa... A gun was purposely made visible to scare poll watchers at Ward 30, division 11, at 905 S. 20th St., Grand Court. Police were called and surrounded the location... Developing...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-02 10:20:04 AM  

#8  I guess if you are a certain kind of democrat, its not enough to simply support terrorism abroad; you have to do more- much more.
Posted by: mhw   2004-11-02 9:55:05 AM  

#7  A bit off topic. Ohio Sec. Of State Blackwell announced a estimated turnout of 72% of eligible voters today.

That seems to be the case talking to workmates that voted this morning. Every polling place had very long lines even as early as 6:30am. I passed my voting station at 7:00am; the line was wrapped around the church and to my untrained eye, looked like a hour or two wait. I just kept driving - absentee is the way to go!!
Posted by: Doc8404   2004-11-02 9:02:23 AM  

#6  *sigh* As above, Cyber Sarge -- that was a given.
Posted by: Shaiter Thrutle8631   2004-11-02 8:44:59 AM  

#5  In my best goat voice:
"One vote gooood." (Republican)
"two votes better" (Democrat)
I hope they can live with themselves in the morning.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-11-02 8:32:42 AM  

#4  They aren't doing anything wrong.
We are all equal.
Just some are a little more equal than others.
Oink!
Posted by: Animal Farm   2004-11-02 7:37:50 AM  

#3  ... umm, we knew that months ago.

Now vote and THEN smack! They were cheating months ago, they're cheating now! No moral tirades about it, just smack and whack!
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-11-02 12:50:37 AM  

#2  I am so damend furious about this kind of crap, it will be hard not to get out of my car and slap the face of every Kerry sign-waving idiot I see, while I am driving Republicans and Republican leaning voters to thepolls all day tomorrow.

They have become domestic enemies of the Constitution I swore to uphold and defend.

Time for rest. But damn, is there nothing the Democrats will not stoop to?
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-02 12:38:59 AM  

#1  More Dem criminal behavior... Can anyone honestly vote for these theives after this systematic campaign of lies, distortion and violanece the Dems have put up against Republicans?

Schwarzkopf has endorsed President Bush, but in a recording of a phone call played for The Associated Press, a man identifying himself as the Persian Gulf War general says, "In 2000, I voted for George W. Bush, but this year I'm voting for John Kerry. ... John Kerry has a real plan to make our military stronger and to go after terrorists wherever they hide. We need a vote for change, vote for John Kerry."

A voice says the message was paid for by the Democratic National Committee.

In a statement from the Bush campaign, Schwarzkopf said the DNC was making fraudulent phone calls claiming that he had endorsed Kerry, and "nothing could be further from the truth, and I demand that they stop immediately.

The DNC had no immediate reaction.

...

In Lancaster County, Pa., Republican officials said bogus phone calls have gone to at least a dozen elderly voters, alleging they are ineligible to vote. The calls appeared to target Republicans, said Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., who called them "an outrageous effort on the part of someone to try to repress the vote."

Registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats in Lancaster County more than a 3-to-1 margin.

GOP officials, meanwhile, have been getting reports of phone calls being made by a person who says he's representing the Bush campaign, and then unlooses a string of swear words. Another phone call is said to tell voters they've been drafted for military service because Bush needs them for the war in Iraq.

Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-02 12:36:59 AM  

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