VA: Group warns of ‘vote harvesting’ at nursing homes

By   /  October 9, 2012  /  Featured, News, Virginia, Vote 2012, Voter Fraud  /  4 Comments

HELP: A nursing-home patient is assisted in casting her vote.

Part 20 of 25 in the series Voter Fraud

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — A Virginia election-watch organization has sent letters to some 2,000 nursing homes warning that aggressive voter-registration groups may be “harvesting votes” of vulnerable seniors.
But in the absence of formal complaints to the State Board of Elections, skeptics say the Virginia [...]

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FL: Multistate voters emerge amid absentee ballot flurry

By   /  October 2, 2012  /  Featured, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Vote 2012, Voter Fraud  /  2 Comments

WEAPONS: Groups have used indications of high turnout at early voting to accuse Gov. Scott of voter suppression

Part 8 of 25 in the series Voter Fraud

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. —  Thousands of voters in Ohio and New York are also registered to vote in Florida and have cast multiple ballots, a new study charges.
“Pew Research’s finding that 2.75 million Americans are registered to vote in more than one state [...]

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PA: Voter ID law changes come as latest court hearings wrap up

By   /  September 27, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Featured, News, Pennsylvania, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration  /  No Comments

THE PENNSYLVANIA JUDICIAL CENTER is the location of Commonwealth Court, where two hearings were held to determine the accessibility of the state's voter ID law this week.

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania officials are playing catch-up in implementing the voter ID law.
This week, the state announced two more changes relating to the controversial law, involving the same issues debated in a Harrisburg courtroom.
Tuesday and Thursday, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson heard the case, as directed by the Supreme Court, to [...]

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IA: Judge issues an injunction against emergency voting rules

By   /  September 14, 2012  /  Iowa WatchBlog  /  No Comments

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz

By Sheena Dooley | Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — A Polk County judge blocked Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz from moving forward with voting rules aimed at removing noncitizens from voter rolls.
 
Judge Mary Pat Gunderson issued a ruling late Friday ordering an injunction to halt the implementation of the rules until the court makes a [...]

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Florida settles lawsuit similar to that facing Iowa secretary of state

By   /  September 13, 2012  /  Iowa WatchBlog  /  No Comments

Florida officials remove more than 200 noncitizens from voter rolls.

By Sheena Dooley | Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Department of State have already removed more than 200 noncitizen voters from its registration list using the same federal database Iowa plans to use in vetting its list, according to a report by the Miami Herald.
 
Iowa Secretary of State Matt [...]

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