Non-citizens caught voting; swing state cracks down

[Treasure_Hunter]

Showing he’s taking voter fraud seriously, Ohio’s secretary of state recommended Wednesday that 17 non-citizens who voted in the 2012 presidential election be prosecuted.

Secretary of State Jon Husted has also found 274 others who remain on voter rolls, and he’s looking for more, Fox News re[prted.

Ohio was an important swing state in 2012. When it was called for President Obama, that was pretty much the end of the ball game for his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney. Obama took the state by just two percentage points.

"I have a responsibility to uphold election law, and under both federal and state law, you must be a citizen to vote," Husted said, according to*Fox News.

And he's not just seeking out non-citizens. Fox reported:

As part of Ohio's efforts to clean up the voting rolls, election officials discovered that more than 257,000 dead people were still listed as active voters. Their names and status, Husted said, have since been removed.*

In addition, election authorities note they have drastically reduced the number of duplicate registrations, from 340,000 in 2011 to just four this past November -- and that more than 370,000 Ohio voters who have moved have been contacted to update their voting information.*

"Now that we have the ability to cross-check citizenship information with Ohio's voter rolls, I will continue to be vigilant and to push the General Assembly for additional tools to modernize our elections systems, making it easy to vote and hard to cheat," Husted told Fox.

The 17 cases referred for prosecution aren’t the first in the Buckeye state. Election officials successfully prosecuted several others since the November 2012 election, including a poll worker accused of*voting six times.

The worker, Melowese Richardson, was convicted on four counts and is serving a five-year prison term. Prosecutors said she voted in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections in the name of her sister, who has been comatose since 2003, according to Fox News. In 2012, she voted under multiple names, including that of her granddaughter, India Richardson, who told Fox News, "It wasn't a big deal."

A Cincinnati man was also sentenced after pleading guilty to voter fraud, Fox reported.

Liberals claim voter fraud investigations cast a chilling effect on minorities exercising their right to vote, and are little more than thinly-veiled voter suppression. Conservatives argue that they’re only legitimizing the process.

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[Dave44]

Good news for Ohio! This needs to be a national campaign! All of our rights are diminished when voter fraud is accepted. But there needs to be harsher sentencing.

 

[TheRingFinder]

We have had huge problems with voting fraud in Minnesota - Trouble is, after the vote is cast; nothing can be done to correct it. Very Sad.

 

[thrillathahunt]

To liberals, the end justify the means.

 

[Dave44]

We have had huge problems with voting fraud in Minnesota - Trouble is, after the vote is cast; nothing can be done to correct it. Very Sad.

I keep expecting the "comedian (Al)" to be kicked out of office. Everyone in the country knows the prisoners got him elected? Your state is in serious DOOO , and we are right behind you. ( It's only up to our waist right now).

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Dave44:

That urban myth was exposed quite some time ago. Mr. Franken won. Unlike the gaggle of right wing radio gasbags, he had the guts to actually run for office.

Good luck to all,

~ The Old Bookaroo

 

[Dave44]

Dave44:

That urban myth was exposed quite some time ago. Mr. Franken won. Unlike the gaggle of right wing radio gasbags, he had the guts to actually run for office.

Good luck to all,

~ The Old Bookaroo

I do get a kick out of your antics though.. Maybe you could post your proof this time? You really will fall for anything a progressive tells you? Or does it exist in your head somehow? I will just post the election count for you.
From wiki-
"When the initial count was completed on November 18, Franken was trailing Coleman by 215 votes.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP] This close margin triggered a mandatory recount.[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP] After reviewing ballots that had been challenged during the recount and counting 953 wrongly rejected absentee ballots, the State Canvassing Board officially certified the recount results with Franken holding a 225-vote lead.[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP]"

 

[Dave44]

York: When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots | WashingtonExaminer.com
Franken and his Democratic allies dispatched an army of lawyers to challenge the results. After the first canvass, Coleman's lead was down to 206 votes. That was followed by months of wrangling and litigation. In the end, Franken was declared the winner by 312 votes. He was sworn into office in July 2009, eight months after the election.

During the controversy a conservative group called Minnesota Majority began to look into claims of voter fraud. Comparing criminal records with voting rolls, the group identified 1,099 felons -- all ineligible to vote -- who had voted in the Franken-Coleman race.
Minnesota Majority took the information to prosecutors across the state, many of whom showed no interest in pursuing it. But Minnesota law requires authorities to investigate such leads. And so far, Fund and von Spakovsky report, 177 people have been convicted -- not just accused, but convicted -- of voting fraudulently in the Senate race. Another 66 are awaiting trial. "The numbers aren't greater," the authors say, "because the standard for convicting someone of voter fraud in Minnesota is that they must have been both ineligible, and 'knowingly' voted unlawfully." The accused can get off by claiming not to have known they did anything wrong.
Still, that's a total of 243 people either convicted of voter fraud or awaiting trial in an election that was decided by 312 votes. With 1,099 examples identified by Minnesota Majority, and with evidence suggesting that felons, when they do vote, strongly favor Democrats, it doesn't require a leap to suggest there might one day be proof that Al Franken was elected on the strength of voter fraud.
And that's just the question of voting by felons. Minnesota Majority also found all sorts of other irregularities that cast further doubt on the Senate results."

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Dave44:

You quote a highly partisan group to prove your point? Minnesota Majority was discredited years ago.

Good luck to all,

~ The Old Bookaroo

 

[Dave44]

Dave44:

You quote a highly partisan group to prove your point? Minnesota Majority was discredited years ago.

Good luck to all,

~ The Old Bookaroo

I'm sorry.. I didn't see your quote to prove your fictional point? Is media matters dry on this one?

 

[olroy70]

Dave44:

You quote a highly partisan group to prove your point? Minnesota Majority was discredited years ago.

Good luck to all,

~ The Old Bookaroo

I witnessed a lot of stuff in NM. They declared algore winner, and while they were busy putting little pieces of paper back into the punch cards in Fla, they quietly announced Bush the winner.

And that was with the absentee ballots from the military thrown out. Dems states hate to count military votes!!!!!!!!! Much easier to let the dead and illegals vote, and be counted.

LBJ was elected the first time to congress by illegals. Known fact.

Sure would like to see some facts out of you, with at least one of your many, many, many comments....... at least I know where you stand, tho. do you ever count votes, or have you ever been a volunteer at the polls??

Probably not........... sorry for asking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Topic is not election in Minnesota. ...

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