Phony board of elections flier tells Virginia Democrats to vote on November 5.
By on Oct 27th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Phony board of elections flier tells Virginia Democrats to vote on November 5.
The Virginia Pilot reports today that a phony Virginia Board of Elections flier is being distributed in Hamption Roads, VA telling Democrats that they are now scheduled to vote on November 5. The flier falsely claims that “an emergency session of the General Assembly” adopted a new voting schedule to “ease the load” at polling places on election day:
As the Pilot explains, “no emergency action has been take by the General Assembly, which isn’t in session, and furthermore, doesn’t have the authority to change the date of a federal election.” Along with the rest of the nation, Virginians in all parties vote on November 4.
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Who ever posted this should be locked up for at least 10 years…that would put an end to this shit.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:53 pmFind who produced this, who handed it out, and throw their horrible asses in jail for as long as possible.
And I would honestly say that if the Democrats pulled this (though they wouldn’t)
October 27th, 2008 at 7:54 pmAin’t that Repugnicant America…
October 27th, 2008 at 7:54 pmWasn’t this same thing done in Wisconsin and perhaps other places in 2004? Meanwhile, McCain and Palin complain about ACORN.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:55 pmCalling AG Mukasey…
October 27th, 2008 at 7:55 pmThe very fabric of our democracy is being being destroyed by Republicans perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country.
We’re being Weyrich’d!
Those responsible for this should be prosecuted as felons. There is no excuse for attempts to deprive citizens of their right to vote.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:56 pmWhy do the hate America?
October 27th, 2008 at 7:57 pmDesperate times apparently foster desperate measures I agree this should be a serious offense Wait and see it will all be swept under the rug and when the repugs responsible are found out It will all be found to be just a joke instead of the election fraud it is
October 27th, 2008 at 7:57 pmYes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and he grants election wishes!
October 27th, 2008 at 7:57 pmI’m sure the Republicans of Virginia, in all their self-righteousness indignation and banter over alleged voter fraud, will vocally denounce this act and castrate any of their flock if they were involved in crap.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:58 pmi am sure this flier was produced and funded by the RNC. scumbags, one and all who truly DO hate us for freedoms. for example, the free election process
October 27th, 2008 at 7:58 pmCalm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
October 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pmsorry, sven, I find it hard to “calm down” over voter suppression
October 27th, 2008 at 8:02 pmSpelling and grammatical errors abownd…
October 27th, 2008 at 8:04 pmObama is up in the polls in Virginia 7-12 points depending on the poll.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:07 pmThe flyer is filled with grammatical errors, you would think they could at least proof read their voter suppression. Maybe it’s hard to see through the eye holes in their pointy hoods
October 27th, 2008 at 8:09 pmSven Ortmann Says:
Calm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
Seriously – you’d have to be pretty darn stupid to fall for this.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:09 pm“Obama is up in the polls in Virginia 7-12 points depending on the poll.”
and i would personally like to attribute this to joe mccain. everytime this assclown opened up his piehole, up went obama’s ratings. joe mccain was the michele bachmann of the mccain campaign.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pmThey do something like this every year. And why is this always done in black neighborhoods? I wonder how the Republicans would react if we did something like this in their working class neighborhoods? I can just hear Hannity now.
Oh well, just more work for the Obama supporters. It’s too bad they will have to be wasting their time countering the Republican lies.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:15 pmFrom the State of Virginia:
Dear Democrat Friends,
In order to allow you to vote, we’ve moved election day to November 5th! So what should you do on November 4th, you ask? Well, there is a Nigerian businessman who is stuck with several million dollars, and he needs your help getting this money out of his country. If you can help him, $1 mil will be yours!
God Bless You!
*****
Scum sucking bottom feeding GOP dooshbags.
PEACE
October 27th, 2008 at 8:18 pmapparently, this isn’t the only state this type of happy horseshit this is going on in. i saw a newsbrief how in colorado the state supreme court is holding a hearing on if the purge of the voters in that state was legal. meanwhile, randi rhodes was talking about the republicans hiring private investigators to go to hispanic households and pretty much threatening them with calling immigration.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:24 pmHmmm…. one could say the same thing about predatory lending. So I guess all those stupid poor people are gettin’ what’s comin’ to ‘em now. It’s a good thing our capitalistic president and Treasury department took steps to save all the virtuous victimized bankers.
I feel so much better about the economic meltdown now. Thanks, Sven!
October 27th, 2008 at 8:25 pmNote that the footer contains a “Contact us” hyperlink and is copied straight from the board’s website:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/
October 27th, 2008 at 8:26 pmThis smell like Rove.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pmSven Ortmann Says:
Calm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
I find your remarks highly offensive. I have an 85 year old Grandmother who is easily confused. If she got a notice like this, she would be likely to believe it. Do you think she should not have the right to vote?
October 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pmoops.
This smells like Rove.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pmThese are the same people who put out flyers in poor and black areas saying that if you have an outstanding warrant or even a traffic ticket, you will be apprehended when you go to vote.
There is a special place in hell reserved for these despicable people, and that includes you Keoti and Sven. May you rot there.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:33 pmLOL, this is good!
October 27th, 2008 at 8:34 pmNow if we could just get these criminal ingenious Wingnuts to work on the economy, and a fair and workable plan for universal health care, or a cure for AIDS, America would be a great nation once again!
This is not covered by freedom of speech. This should be an imprisonable offense.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:37 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Sven Ortmann Says:
Calm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
Seriously – you’d have to be pretty darn stupid to fall for this.
Keltoi:
Or elderly, a first time voter, trusting of things that have official government looking seals. I normally cut you slack for at least being a troll who will engage in conversation and sometimes make some degree of sense (bar isn’t high, mind you), but if you are in any way going to excuse this hideous try to disenfranchise legitimate voters, you are a big steaming pile of fetid poo
October 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pmCalm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
What would you say if the dates were reversed?
October 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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These are the same people who put out flyers in poor and black areas saying that if you have an outstanding warrant or even a traffic ticket, you will be apprehended when you go to vote.
There is a special place in hell reserved for these despicable people, and that includes you Keoti and Sven. May you rot there.
Bilbo! You believe in Hell? I am shocked.
Y’know my McFriend, you slay me. You never fail to ascribe whatever evil motive or belief you are currently in a dither about to me, then you damn me to Hell in the bargain when I never said I condoned this or any other voter fraud.
If you ARE a Christian, what’s with the hatred? Isn’t hate illegal in Oregon, along with pumping your own gas? You disagree with some of my political view, so I get to burn in eternal perdition? I thought the Left was supposed to be the kind, rational party and the Right had all the hate filled fanatics?
October 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm“Left Coast Mike Says:
Who ever posted this should be locked up for at least 10 years…that would put an end to this shit.”
Charles McGee, James Tobin, Allen Raymond. All were tried in connection to the infamous 2002 NH Senate phone jamming scam.
McGee and Raymond served time.
It’s unlikely, but whatever vile operative put out the phony fliers could wind up in prison. Particularly if the Commonwealth of Virginia presses fraud charges.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:42 pmblue state bob Says:
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Keltoi at Night Says:
Sven Ortmann Says:
Calm down. Only stupid people fall prey to this.
Which party counts on the votes of stupid people?
Seriously – you’d have to be pretty darn stupid to fall for this.
Keltoi:
Or elderly, a first time voter, trusting of things that have official government looking seals. I normally cut you slack for at least being a troll who will engage in conversation and sometimes make some degree of sense (bar isn’t high, mind you), but if you are in any way going to excuse this hideous try to disenfranchise legitimate voters, you are a big steaming pile of fetid poo
Steaming fetid poo…you win the imagery contest for this evening.
I did not and do not condone this or any other voter fraud. If this is illegal (and it looks like it is) the people who did it should be prosecuted.
As to the substance of your point, okay, maybe you are right. But I would presume that if you are going to vote you should at least know what day it is and understand the system well enough to know there is NO WAY this flyer could be legit. Perhaps I overestimate the American voter…again, I cannot imagine that anyone will fall for this. The elderly and virgin voters I know are plenty tuned in to the process and would likely laugh their buns off at this.
Hey Zooey, if you are out there, I did a literature drop for the Dems in CDA on Saturday…granted, I know a local candidate personally and was muttering “I can’t believe I am doing this”, but I pounded the pavement for the Dems.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pmI wonder if it’s the same people who put out the notice that college students voting in a precinct different than their parents would result in said parents being unable to claim their little darlings as deductions?
October 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pmKeltoi:
The GOP does this every election, because it works. Some people simply are not that well informed, but they still have the right to vote. The Democratic Party does not do this to republican leaning voters. You don’t see democrats putting out flyers announcing a surprise Toby Keith concert, or a Monica Crowley, Ann Coulter lengerie show on the election day (my skin did just literally crawl).
October 27th, 2008 at 9:01 pmthe sheer amount of typos in this thing shows it to be complete BS… anyone would be a fool to believe it…
The Onion ran a bit like this in 2004:
Republicans Urge Minorities To Get Out And Vote On Nov. 3
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/republicans_urge_minorities_to_get
October 27th, 2008 at 9:16 pmblue state bob Says:
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Keltoi:
The GOP does this every election, because it works. Some people simply are not that well informed, but they still have the right to vote. The Democratic Party does not do this to republican leaning voters. You don’t see democrats putting out flyers announcing a surprise Toby Keith concert, or a Monica Crowley, Ann Coulter lengerie show on the election day (my skin did just literally crawl).
Please, please, please don’t tell me you are suggesting that all voter fraud is Republican and the Democrats would never stoop to such tactics? Because that would be worthy of a long hearty Troll guffaw.
Slate ran a great article recently
http://www.slate.com/id/2202774/
discussing the history of voter fraud in America. Does 1740 do anything for you? And while there is hanky-panky galore committed on both sides, the political machines of the urban Democratic party (notably in Chicago where you know who hails from) and the vicious racist voter suppression done by the KKK in the South during the 75 years following the Civil War are both in the Dem dossier.
Both parties are populated by unscrupulous power hungry whores, is all I am saying. And if you don’t believe that, well, your voting day has been moved to the 5th.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:26 pmTaking Democracy into your own hands defeats the whole idea, doesn’t it? You can’t believe in Democracy and engage in this sort of behavior. Therefore, it should be outlawed to the level of terrorism. Since the whole idea of things like the patriot act and violating the Bill of Rights with retro-active immunity and invading countries et al is to defend Democracy, attempts to keep a vote from happening ought to rank right up there with conspiracy to commit terrorism. Being found in possession of such fraudulent information should be akin to having bomb materials.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:27 pmOn a related not, Obama is sponsoring a bill in the Senate to make election-day deception and misinformation like this a federal crime:
http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/616-Obama-Legislation-Targets-Voter-Intimidation
October 27th, 2008 at 9:28 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Toby Keith concert, or a Monica Crowley, Ann Coulter lengerie show on the election day (my skin did just literally crawl).
At Toby Keith or Ann Coulter ;)
October 27th, 2008 at 9:28 pmIt is a disgraceful act, one to be condemned by both sides as immoral and illegal. Regardless of the intellectual capacity of the people who would fall prey to this type of tactic, they have rights here in American and should not be criminally defrauded from them by any means. There is absolutely no defense, even jokingly, for this type of crime. The punishment should be a felony and the price high in years and made very public. I also feel that if the perpetrator is found to be working on behalf of any campaign organization, that organization should be heavily fined, whether they tacitly approved or not.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:31 pmblue state bob–
The Ann Coulter lingerie show made me throw up in my mouth a little >(
October 27th, 2008 at 9:47 pmInteresting. I live in Virginia. Hampton would be the Tidewater area. I live in the Northern Virginia area. You know, the “Communist” section.
/wonders never cease
October 27th, 2008 at 9:47 pmHow is this not a voter fraud / civil rights violation ? Why is there not an investigation ?
October 27th, 2008 at 9:48 pmthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
blue state bob–
The Ann Coulter lingerie show made me throw up in my mouth a little >(
Yeah, a real Berlin c. 1920 type of image…
October 27th, 2008 at 9:49 pmEnnuiDivine Says:
Lets hope the people of Virginia have had enough also…maybe there will be a better system in place for the next election.
With prosecution of voter suppression and fraud.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:52 pmThe GOOP is running nasty little ads relating Ayers, Wright, and Kirkpatrick together in Michigan. Good grief, they just can’t go with anything resembling truthfulness, can they?
October 27th, 2008 at 9:56 pmblue state bob Says:
Some people simply are not that well informed, but they still have the right to vote.
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You are quite accurate here, blue state bob.
Some people are indeed not that well informed, and they do still have the right to vote… and those people are called “Republicans”…
October 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Hey Zooey, if you are out there, I did a literature drop for the Dems in CDA on Saturday…granted, I know a local candidate personally and was muttering “I can’t believe I am doing this”, but I pounded the pavement for the Dems.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
_________
See? I knew there was some good in you after all!
Soon you’ll be begging your son to take that mask off of you, so you can see him with your own eyes.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pmAfter eight years of electronic Republican fascism and election theft, are Americans ready for a change? You betcha!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:18 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
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Keltoi at Night Says:
Hey Zooey, if you are out there, I did a literature drop for the Dems in CDA on Saturday…granted, I know a local candidate personally and was muttering “I can’t believe I am doing this”, but I pounded the pavement for the Dems.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
_________
See? I knew there was some good in you after all!
Soon you’ll be begging your son to take that mask off of you, so you can see him with your own eyes.
Toasterhead! That was worthy of a good belly laugh….
October 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pmI’m sure the local Faux affiliate will repeatedly inform the voters of the truth [in as confusing a manner as they can conjure up].
October 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pmRepublicans are the ENEMY of America and freedom!
Prove me wrong!!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Please, please, please don’t tell me you are suggesting that all voter fraud is Republican and the Democrats would never stoop to such tactics? Because that would be worthy of a long hearty Troll guffaw.
Ok, put up or shut up. Show us evidence of Democratic voter disenfranchisement or intimidation (neither are voter fraud). Voter fraud is when you vote and you don’t have the right to vote. And there is something funny about all that “voter fraud”. The Republicans can’t seem to come up with any real cases of voter fraud.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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These are the same people who put out flyers in poor and black areas saying that if you have an outstanding warrant or even a traffic ticket, you will be apprehended when you go to vote.
There is a special place in hell reserved for these despicable people, and that includes you Keoti and Sven. May you rot there.
Bilbo! You believe in Hell? I am shocked.
Y’know my McFriend, you slay me. You never fail to ascribe whatever evil motive or belief you are currently in a dither about to me, then you damn me to Hell in the bargain when I never said I condoned this or any other voter fraud.
If you ARE a Christian, what’s with the hatred? Isn’t hate illegal in Oregon, along with pumping your own gas? You disagree with some of my political view, so I get to burn in eternal perdition? I thought the Left was supposed to be the kind, rational party and the Right had all the hate filled fanatics?
October 27th, 2008 at 11:12 pm————–
I use a “special place in hell” as a metaphor. And I don’t “hate” you, I simply have no respect for you and people like you. That makes me very sad because I have always prided myself on being able to tolerate just about anything. But after what you and your ilk have done to my beloved country, my disrespect now knows no bounds. Your day of reckoning is just around the corner, and you deserve everything that happens to you from that day forth. On occasion you do try to convince us that you are not a right wing a$$hole, but truth always wins and sooner or later you expose yourself.
Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
But after what you and your ilk have done to my beloved country, my disrespect now knows no bounds.
Your beloved country…but not mine?
Your day of reckoning is just around the corner, and you deserve everything that happens to you from that day forth.
Sorry, my hateful little Hobbit, but nothing is going to “happen to me”, despite your wishes, whoever wins.
On occasion you do try to convince us that you are not a right wing a$$hole, but truth always wins and sooner or later you expose yourself.
The Royal “We” – a trifecta, Ladies and Gentlemen!
You say you don’t hate but your words belie you, speaking of the truth always winning. You ooze hate, but in your vision of yourself you are just too darn decent and tolerant to hate, so therefore it has to be my fault because of what “I” have done to “your” country.
It is okay Bilbo; BE the hate. You will live longer if you don’t keep it bottled up. Take a page from RHF’s playbook. I am here for you.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:30 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Keltoi at Night Says:
Please, please, please don’t tell me you are suggesting that all voter fraud is Republican and the Democrats would never stoop to such tactics? Because that would be worthy of a long hearty Troll guffaw.
Ok, put up or shut up. Show us evidence of Democratic voter disenfranchisement or intimidation
I cited two such examples from the same post you clipped that quote from and provided a link to more. Are you feeling okay?
October 27th, 2008 at 11:32 pmConservatives must be so proud that this is what they have stooped to. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
October 28th, 2008 at 12:54 amACORN who ??
October 28th, 2008 at 1:57 amAnd I’d have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids..on the internet!
October 28th, 2008 at 4:02 amCheck the flyers for fingerprints! each one hadto be handled by a few people besides the receiver of the flyer!
October 28th, 2008 at 8:15 amThis type of fraud has been tried before. Check out http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/voting.asp
While this is the sort of thing that theoretically could be done by pranksters of either party, the only examples that hit the Snopes radar are ones obviously designed to disenfranchise uninformed Democrats. (I don’t know why some misguided Democrats haven’t tried the same thing — maybe they have, but it just didn’t make a splash anywhere.)
This latest example is the first time we’ve seen a flyer with “official” looking logos and designed to look like an authentic directive. This is obviously criminal fraud, and the perpetrators are subject to prosecution and imprisonment if convicted (and they MUST be caught — this kind of stuff must not be tolerated).
I wouldn’t automatically assume that McCain himself ordered this activity. In the first place, we’ve all seen that McCain has little or no control over his campaign, but even I think that McCain would be more honorable than that (this IS awfully low).
We also need to remember that there are many Republicans who disagree with us on issues and ideology, but fervently believe as we do that the game must be played within the rules. We must not make the mistake of thinking that there can’t be any Republicans who are just as appalled at this as we are.
I sincerely hope there is enough publicity surrounding this in the affected area that everybody who has received one of these flyers knows they are fake.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:06 amHummm… suppressing the vote, attempting to take away first amendment rights of other Americans. Why do these Americans hate other Americans? They yap about “let freedom ring” for Iraqis but don’t want freedom for Americans.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:26 amThis is hilarious on some level. I’ve spent almost the entire election running around the internet trying to get people to go out and vote because I think it’s important. And then you get these yahoos who come along and try to convince people to vote without being registered? That is stunning in its genius, and yet terribly, terribly sad at the same time.
Oh, and for the record: vote! Check out the wonderful Flobots video for more reasons why. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOk9B1hYr4g
October 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pm