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kingofpawns 07-Nov-06, 09:20 |
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kingofpawns 07-Nov-06, 09:23 |
FBI looking into possible Va. voter intimidation The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the possibility of voter intimidation in the U.S. Senate race between Sen. George Allen, a Republican, and Democratic challenger James Webb, officials told NBC News. State officials alerted the Justice Department on Tuesday to several complaints of suspicious phone calls to voters who attempted to misdirect or confuse them about election day, Jean Jensen, Secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections, told NBC’s David Shuster. Jensen told NBC that she had been contacted by FBI agents. The FBI in Richmond refused to comment. State Democratic Party counsel Jay Myerson said in a written statement issued by the Webb campaign that he believed Republicans are behind an orchestrated effort to suppress votes for the Democratic challenger. Republican officials, including the executive director of the Virginia Republican Party, have told NBC that the GOP and Allen campaign are focused on mobilizing voters and have not discouraged anyone from voting. In the Washington, D.C., area, NBC affiliate News4 reported on its Web site that it had received e-mail from a viewer in Virginia who said he received a phone call from so-called volunteers threatening voters with arrest if they cast ballots. News4 reported: “The viewer's e-mail stated after he had voted, he received a call from an unknown caller who said they knew the voter was registered out of state and would be arrested if they voted today. The viewer's e-mail stated he's been registered to vote in Virginia for the last three years and has the Virginia Voter Registration card to prove it.” The Webb campaign also said other voters are getting calls telling them their polling location has changed. Meanwhile, programming errors and inexperience with electronic voting machines frustrated poll workers in hundreds of precincts early Tuesday, delaying voters in Indiana and Ohio and leaving some in Florida with little choice but use paper ballots instead. In Indiana’s Marion County, about 175 of 914 precincts turned to paper because poll workers didn’t know how to run the machines, said Marion County Clerk Doris Ann Sadler. She said it could take most of the day to fix all of the machine-related issues. Election officials in Delaware County, Ind., planned to seek a court order to extend voting after an apparent computer error prevented voters from casting ballots in 75 precincts there. Delaware County Clerk Karen Wenger said the cards that activate the machines were programmed incorrectly. “We are working with precincts one-by-one over the telephone to get the problem fixed,” Wenger said. © 2006 MSNBC Interactive |
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kingofpawns 07-Nov-06, 15:24 |
Election fixing charges fly in Utah town SALT LAKE CITY - Folks love voting in Daggett County. Even when they may not live there. Daggett County registered 947 voters for Tuesday's election — four more than the county's population in 2005, according to the most recent Census figures. Now, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's office is looking into complaints of vote-stuffing in the county, spokesman Paul Murphy said. Democrats suspect County Clerk Vickie McKee is letting outsiders swell the Daggett County registration rolls to give Republicans an advantage. They say the father of the deputy running against Democratic Sheriff Allen Campbell has 14 adults registered at his household. The Republican deputy, Rick Ellsworth, told KSL-TV that his father's address is being used by family members who own property in the county but don't have their own address. Daggett County, which borders Wyoming and Colorado, is home of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and is a vacation spot where many people have second homes. The 2004 Census counted 1,145 housing units. Voters with multiple homes are supposed to pick only one residence for voting purposes, swearing to it on an affidavit, officials said. McKee told KSL-TV she had been asking voters to file property-tax papers showing their primary residence was in the county. But proof of residency isn't required under Utah law, state elections chief Michael Cragun said, so she can't do that. McKee didn't return messages Friday or Monday from The Associated Press. Sheriff Allen Campbell didn't return a message Monday. A woman who answered a phone listed in Ellsworth's name said Monday he was at a doctor's appointment, then hung up before the AP could leave a message. |
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soulcrates 09-Nov-06, 17:37 |
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