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Julian Walker The Virginian-Pilot October 28, 2008 RICHMOND A phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. In fact, Election Day, for voters of all political stripes, remains Nov. The four-paragraph flier concludes with: "We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but felt this was the only way to ensure fairness to the complete electorial process." No emergency action has been taken by the General Assembly. It is not in session and lacks the authority to change the date of a federal election. State Board of Election officials today said they are aware of the flier but disavowed any connection to it. they just copied the logo from our Web site," said agency staffer Ryan Enright, noting the flier has been forwarded to State Police for investigation as a possible incident of voter intimidation. Election officials did not specify in which Hampton Roads localities the flier had been spotted. State Police are aware of the complaint and are looking into it, said spokeswoman Corinne Geller. In 2007, the General Assembly passed a law making it a Class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly communicate false information to registered voters about the date, time and place of the election or voters' precincts, polling places or voter registration statuses in order to impede their voting. The measure is one of the few such deceptive voting practice laws in the country, according to the watchdog group Common Cause.
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An intentionally false and illegal flier that has been circulating in the area which attempts to mislead democratic-leaning voters into missing the opportunity to vote is strictly the fault of Democrats.
resq, I'm sure you understand that if you don't back up your comment stating "I have it on good authority that this was perpetrated by the democratic party so that they could blame the republicans", we all assume you're lying. You may may not be old enough to remember that the Civil Rights Act outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests. If someone does not know the date for voting, are you suggesting they should be denied their right to vote?
Between all the false registrations, voting computers that are either faulty or can be easily manipulated to come up with incorrect voting records, eligible voters being purged from the voting rosters, our ridiculous system for financing political campaigns and now this where someone or some people are trying to fool people into not voting on the correct date, America is looking more and more like a corrupt Third World country.
Folks, some form or another of this "flier" has been bouncing around the Internet since as far back as 2000. If you're all worked up over this, you must also still be waiting for Bill Gates to send you $100 for every e-mail you forward.
I had no idea that the elections are always the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Some people are actually able to discern a prank when the see it. This has absolutely nothing to do with politics, other than the election is near and made a good target. Actually I believe there is a bigger lesson to be learned from this, and it has something to do with common sense. Hey, if you still think that the republicans did this to keep democrats from voting, I've got some land south and a little east of Suffolk to sell you.
I would have taken it for exactly what it was, somebody's idea of a joke. But then again, like I said, I have on my tin foil hat to make sure that the aliens don't plant all those conspiracy ideas in my head. It is so sad to see so many people actually take this whole thing seriously. As stated, you would have to be entirely out of touch, with absolutely no education to not know that the election is held on the firt Tuesday, after the first Monday of November.
If this is being investigated - and if the perpetrator of this misinformation is discovered - will there be prosecution? All this phony concern about Acorn (whose false registrations won't result in a single fraudulent vote) is a screen for this kind of true voter fraud. And the people who attempt to defraud others of their right to vote should sit in jail.
I know this to be a true flier, because I sent it to all my democrate buddies and they said they were glad to get that news because they didn't have a clue what day they were supposed to vote, or for who.
No matter who did it in the 60s, or what side of the fence you're on, or who is actually doing it now--you'd have to be ignorant not to see what its purpose is, which is to keep Dems from voting. Of course you'd be ignorant to blindly follow these instructions without some sort of follow-up or confirmation but whoever is doing this is depending on that. People might be ignorant but THEY STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
Two elections later, we still have the same miserable "cheats" trying to rig the election again. Al Gore lost the election by 6 or 7 electorial votes, It all came down to Florida - Jeb Bush and the attorney general there.
it is amazing how fast this became some great republican conspiracy designed to keep the democrats from voting. same ol' same ol' there is always someone trying to keep you down isn't there? Maybe it is time to show some responsibility for your own actions. Get your own or your mind will be taken over by the little green men.
While I have no problem with Democrats or Republicans or any other legitimate political party, since I am not a member of any, I do have a problem with censorship. I would like to call out the VB Pilot editors who pass judgement on what posts they deign to be excluded from online discussions. If your decisions are based on political ideals, as seems abundantly apparent, then I question your role in our democracy and your responsibility to provide ALL the facts and opinions pursuant to a story you report on. If you do not chose to be a fair and unbiased arbiter of public opinion than you should declaim yourselves on your letterhead and bylines as a publication for all citizens, since you seem to serve only a segment that you define.
Anyone ignorant enough to believe this flyer should not be voting. Do you REALLY believe that the Republican Party would stoop? I didn't think so, but from the looks of some of the comments here, it's like VA is going for Obama.
I thought, no way an independent newspaper would ever lower itself to do that and chalked it up to partisanship. I have posted various thoughts both pro and con for both Democrats and Republicans. negative posts against Republicans were posted no problem. If an VB Pilot editor reads this, would you please take the time to respond?
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