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I'll start:

Husted trying to hustle voters in Ohio

http://www.politicususa.com/ohios-repub ... n-hat.html


Bomb threat in Florida

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... 3626.story


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http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles ... hread.html

I assume this site will mostly keep up with reports of fraud that harm conservatives.

Question too, wish IB was still around, but I'm seeing alot of stories where people are giving away things, pizza, guns, yada yada, just for voting. My question is, is there a distinction between paying (not just cash but any type compensation) someone just to vote, and then paying someone to vote a certain way? For instance, like one of the examples I saw on the above page, some group of democrats is having a "pizza party" giving away pizza if you vote. The article didnt specify whether it was just for voting, or for a committed voted for Obama, but lets assume the best, and say it was just in return for the simple act of voting, and not for voting a certain way. Is that still wrong? In my mind its not. I mean I guess you could argue if you're bringing them into a location that's heavy with advertising for a certain side, then you could draw some conclusion that a subliminal coersion to a certain side was made, maybe thats the deal. But I'd say a unpartisan reward to someone just to vote, period, given in a non influential way, would be ok. Im not saying I like it, but it would be ok maybe? Im for limiting the vote of the uninformed, so I assume someone voting just to get a slice of pie is probably not well informed on the issues, so I'd prefer they not vote anyway. If you're not convinced to get your a** out and vote just because its your civic duty, then just stay home please.

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Voter fraud? The Republican primaries comes to mind.

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That was delegate fraud, different animal.

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Another symptom of the same illness. Parse away.

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themadscientist wrote:Voter fraud? The Republican primaries comes to mind.
Oh Ronnie baby....

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Ok so I assume basically anything generally stinky related at the polls qualifies here?

http://washingtonexaminer.com/philly-go ... JmCZm_A-Q2

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stebo0728 wrote:Ok so I assume basically anything generally stinky related at the polls qualifies here?
Well, I had mexican food for dinner last evening, so I might have left a small lingering gift for the voter behind me. :) Does that qualify? Otherwise, nothing stinky at my little town's polling place.

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Bubba1 wrote:
stebo0728 wrote:Ok so I assume basically anything generally stinky related at the polls qualifies here?
Well, I had mexican food for dinner last evening, so I might have left a small lingering gift for the voter behind me. :) Does that qualify? Otherwise, nothing stinky at my little town's polling place.
If it made him leave, holding his nose, then it was voter suppression!

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http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conser ... 19984.html

Strange with all the outrage for Voter ID laws, the highly progressive UN officials are shocked that most state's don't ID.

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Saw that on Reddit Stebo. I agree with somethingaz, our election model sucks.

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Haha, funny, sorta like a ball team winning by 2 touchdowns b*tching over a missed field goal that the refs called good.

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stebo0728 wrote:Haha, funny, sorta like a ball team winning by 2 touchdowns b*tching over a missed field goal that the refs called good.
:chuckle:

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My question is, is there a distinction between paying (not just cash but any type compensation) someone just to vote, and then paying someone to vote a certain way?
Not sure, but it would strike me as so. I could look it up in a few weeks if you're still curious.


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