October 29, 2004

News You Can Use

Al Tompkins, who writes the Al's Morning Meeting online column for the the Poynter Institute's website, has compiled an extensive post today titled "The Electoral College, Provisional Ballots, Voter Fraud & Other Information You Need Before Nov. 2" It explains the Electoral College, followed by a voter fraud news roundup that includes a nice mention of the efforts of this blog to track such stories and gather them in one place. Before he landed that cushy Poynter gig, Tompkins was a highly respected TV news producer . His column is read by about 16,000 journalists in local media across the nation.

If you're one of those journalists, following the link from Tompkins, welcome. Here, forthwith, here is today's roundup of news coverage, blog coverage and reader emails about voter registration fraud and related topics:

Media Coverage:
Out of Denver comes an AP report that prosecutors have charged two people with filling out multiple voter-registration forms and said they were investigating "reams" of documents for potential problems. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports:

The Republican Party of Wisconsin checked the addresses of more than 300,000 people registered to vote in the city with a software program also used by the U.S. Postal Service. Republicans found that 5,619 addresses may be non-existent and then visited a number of the addresses. They snapped photos showing vacant lots, a gyro stand, a park and spots between two houses where the address should have been.

Bloggage:
John Little examines a manufactured voter-intimidation controversy in Florida and exposes the hate-filled leftwing "journalist" behind it. Powerline reports on an investigation into the ease of fraudulently registering to vote in Wisconsin by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Susan Tully, midwestern field director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, became alarmed when she realized that the deputy registrar of voters in Racine, Wisconsin, was an illegal alien. To see whether her fears were justified, Tully sent two individuals from other states to Racine to register to vote. Here is what happened...

I particularly like this quote from a Kerry spokesman: "A spokesman for John Kerry sharply criticized the move by Republicans, saying it was merely to prevent people, most likely those who lean Democratic, to vote." Another example of stereotyping – that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to live in real, but invisible, housing units.

Reader Emails:
Karl Filippini from FAIR, the Federation for Ameican Immigration Reform, writes that FAIR "has been conducting an investigation into voter fraud in Wisconsin."

FAIR was able to have two investigators, posing as illegal aliens, registered to vote - by a woman who herself is an illegal alien, yet is the deputy registrar of voters in Racine, Wisconsin. If you have any questions about this report, you can contact our Midwest Field Director Susan Tully at tullys@fairus.org.

If you spot a news story about suspected voter fraud in your part of the country, please send me the link and a brief summary to voterfraud-at-gmail.com.

And, finally, the most recent email I received at that voterfraud-at-gmail.com address begins this way:

This request may seem strange, but if I may crave your indulgence and hope that you view this proposal very seriously. My name is LAWRENCE TAYLOR, the junior brother to mr Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia due to the current situations in our country (Liberia) we where forced to leave the country for Nigeria where we are currently on political asylum. My brother ex. President Taylor on getting to Nigeria. Based on these developments, the various foreign banks Account of my Uncle is already being investigated and that of Switzerland has already been frozen. In view of this very unpleasant development the sum of $45.7 million dollar has been Secretly moved to a private security vault for safekeeping...