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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:10 PM
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Big Trouble? - DOJ to monitor Pennsylvania primaries.
DOJ to monitor Pennsylvania primaries.

Justice Department officials will be monitoring today’s primary elections in Philadelphia “to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.” According to a DOJ press release, the monitoring arises from “a settlement agreement with Philadelphia related to allegations that the city had violated the Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).” Pennsylvania election officials are expecting twice as many Democrats to vote in today’s contests as turned out for the 2004 primaries.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/22/doj-to-monitor-pennsylvania-primaries/
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/April/08_crt_321.html
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:12 PM
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1. bu$hit's DOJ? Bwah! Boy they MUST be afraid that if they don't mess with the PA
primary, Obama will win.

EVERY EXCUSE IN THE BOOK to mess with the vote - this one directly from the bu$hit admin.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:12 PM
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2. With their well-known "impartiality" of course
10 years ago I might have trusted the DoJ, not any more.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:14 PM
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3. Big trouble for the GOP. Record Democratic party turnout! n/t
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:49 PM
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4. 5th rec - (n/t)
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:55 PM
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5. taking notes to figure out how to derail the barack train.
gotta assume.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 01:08 PM
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6. Should we worry that it's them that are assigned the task?
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 01:18 PM
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7. They've got their work cut out for them with all those voters.
Making sure that HAVA is working as designed just can't be good for Democracy.
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 02:43 PM
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8. Isn't the DOJ monitoring elections like a fox guarding the hen house?
Before Bush I would have not had a problem with it. Now I wonder how much they will corrupt election results.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 03:51 PM
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9. Y'all are assuming that the DOJ hasn't seen the writing on the wall...
and is now turning on their former masters. Granted, there will always be some faithful, but anyone too stupid to know what's coming, deserves what they're going to get after next January.

There are already reports of "minor" problems with the voting in PA. So many "minor" problems, in fact, that it looks like a concerted effort.

It will be interesting to see how this is spun by the MSM and handled by the DOJ.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:19 PM
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10. That inspires alot of confidence..............NOT!
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