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GOP fights for a fair election in Pennsylvania

As we reported earlier this morning,  Obama supporters muscled Republican Election Inspectors in Philadelphia, But the GOP fought and won this initial battle to keep the election fair.

In a written statement, Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason announced that the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued an order to seat Republican Minority Inspectors in Philadelphia Polling places:

“This was a shameless attempt from the Obama campaign to suppress our legally appointed Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia and they got caught.

We’ve seen these shenanigans before and it’s clear that Democratic operatives and the Obama campaign are desperate; trying to shield Republican Minority Inspectors who are employees of the City of Philadelphia today from monitoring election activities.  It certainly raises the question, what are Democrats doing in the polls that they are working so hard to shield folks from monitoring this election?”

Democratic operatives prohibited 75 legally credentialed Republican election workers from accessing polling places in heavily Democratic areas in Philadelphia. Incidents ranged from judges of elections refusing to seat Republican Minority Inspectors and Clerks, to reports of Democratic election operatives announcing that “No Republicans will be allowed in the polling place.”

As a result, the Pennsylvania Republican Party petitioned the Court to issue formal orders to force Democratic judges of elections to seat Republican minority inspectors and clerks. The Court said that they will issue around 6-12 Orders with approximately 6 - 10 names per Order.

It looks like the Romney campaign, with teams of lawyers in every state, is ready for the full range of shenanigans the Democrats might try as they dust off their old 2004 playbook and try everything to keep Obama President. Team Romney just demonstrated they are well prepared and have left nothing to chance.

There they go again, New Black Panthers at Philadelphia poll

Remember when  Obama's Attorney General decided not to go after the New Black Panther Party members who were intimidating voters in 2008?

Well, the New Black Panthers learned the logical lesson from Holder's dereliction of his duty. They are back. Watch the video:

Notice how much more polite and nonthreatening these guys have become. They are not at all  intimidating, right?

More Dem playbook in action, stealing Pennsylvania

As we reported here, here and here, the Democrats have dusted off their 2004 playbook and are trying to steal the election.

It is happening in Philadelphia now.

The Philadelphia GOP reports that court appointed Minority (read Republican) Inspectors are being thrown out of polling locations in several Wards.

These Inspectors are election officials – again, court appointed — and are reportedly being thrown out by the Head Judges of Elections (these Judges are elected Democrats).

According to the Philadelphia GOP, this has occurred at the following locations:

• Ward 32, Div 13
• Ward 43, Div 14
• Ward 56, Div 1
• Ward 56, Div 22
• Ward 32, Div 28
• Ward 32, Div 28
• Ward 12, Div 17
• Ward 39, Div 1
• Ward 24, Div 9
• Ward 18, Div 25
• Ward 43, Div 14
• Ward 29, Div 18
• Ward 65, Div 19
• Ward 20, Div 1
• Ward 6, Div 11

It looks like the Philadelphia Inquirer is on it. At least the paper's political writer, Tom Fitzgerald, Tweeted about it.

 

More Dem playbook in action, shredding GOP registrations

Sunday we warned that the Democrats would dust off their 2004 Election Playbook and engage in all kinds of shenanigans in an all out effort to do whatever it takes to ensure President Obama is reelected.

No sooner had the warning been published, than did the Des Moines Register and ABC News report about absentee ballot irregularities in Iowa.

Somehow a Democrat campaign worker gave his 75-year-old mother the impression that it was OK for her to sign his name on an absentee ballot request form when he wasn’t home. In addition, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation was looking into unauthorized absentee ballot paperwork in which someone allegedly requested paperwork for an absentee ballot without the voter’s consent or knowledge:

"The DCI has approached paid Democratic Party staff to ask questions about allegations of unauthorized requests for absentee ballots in Floyd County, a party official confirmed.  Norm Sterzenbach, the party’s executive director, said a DCI agent spoke briefly to three workers at the Organizing for America office in Charles City. The party’s attorneys then contacted the agent “and said if you need to talk to ... any of our employees, have those conversations with our attorneys,” Sterzenbach said..."

Now, Monday evening, we learn that a so-called non-partisan organization was caught shredding Republican voter registrations:

"The Community Voters Project is a "non-partisan" lefty organization whose mission is to register people to vote, with a particular emphasis on minorities. In the 2008 election, they had offices in 10 states and registered around 300,000 minority voters. So far, so good. This year, however, it seems they aren't registering everyone who wants to vote. Outside a CVP office in Philadelphia, for example, they shredded and threw away numerous registration forms. A number of these were for people trying to register as a Republican."

Like the shenanigans of the DC-based Voter Participation Center, which mailed voter-registration forms to deceased relatives, children, and even pets, the Community Voters Project sounds like ACORN's voter fraud. That shouldn't surprise anyone, According to Breitbart, the Community Voters Project used to work along side ACORN, and several of the Community Voters Project employees were indicted in 2008 for voter registration fraud.

Based on what we have already seen, it looks like the Democrats have indeed dusted off the DNC's 2004 playbook to try and get Obama reelected anyway they can. You can expect to hear about other irregularities as soon as the polls open Tuesday. Hopefully, if we can report about such nefarious activities, we can keep the election fair.

Dem playbook in action, voting machines stealing Colorado

Some of you may remember how much fun the vote count was in Florida back in 2000. It seemed destined to go on forever until the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in. More of you may remember 2004 the last time we had a brutal get out the vote fight down to the wire. The DNC's 2004 Colorado Election Manual is a helpful reminder of what Democrats can be expected to do to try win President Obama's reelection. Page 54 of the manual instructs:

"If no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet, launch a pre-emptive strike..." 

With the presidential contest too close to call, Obama's Justice Department dispatching hundreds of lawyers to 23 states and Democrats having 2,500 lawyers stationed across Ohio, 600 in Cuyahoga County alone, to "monitor" elections there are bound to be more shenanigans than we can imagine. Don't forget Obama's Attorney General decided not to go after the New Black Panther Party members who were intimidating voters in 2008.

So it is troubling that we are hearing numerous reports of voting machines recording votes intended for Romney as votes for Obama.

Colorado's KRDO NewsChannel 13 reports that the Colorado Secretary of State's Office is investigating after more than a dozen Pueblo voters say voting machines switched their pick from Mitt Romney to Barack Obama.

One Romney voter, told KRDO that when she hit the touchscreen for Romney, a check mark appeared next to Obama's name. She said she asked for help to fix the problem, but still feels unsure about her vote:

"I wonder where my vote really counted," she said.

Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder Gilbert Ortiz says that voters have several chances to change their ballot before casting it, and said everyone who's experienced a problem has gotten help and voted how they intended to.

According to KDRO, some are worried that some voters may not notice the machine error, and this problem could persist on election day.

Chuck Schneider, a poll watcher who said he learned of the problem from a Democratic election judge said:

"How many more times has this occurred? None of us know. This could have a significant effect on the election in this county."

Pueblo Republican Chair Becky Mizel said this highlights the importance of voters double checking their print out ballot before casting their vote. She also expects the clerk's office to notify voters of the problem:

"At the very minimum, we would expect the county clerk's office to post a note on the door (of polling places) and have judges tell our voters there could be a problem with the DRE machine."

Similar "machine voting error" is also being investigated in Mesa and Arapahoe counties and, Fox News reports, in six other states -- Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. You can watch Eric Shawn report on the Ohio voting machine machinations here.

The Republican National Committee has sent a letter to election officials in the seven states where voters have reported machines switching votes from Romney to Obama demanding tighter controls on touch-screen machines. In the letter the RNC asked for the following:

1. All voting machines be re-calibrated before Election Day.
2. Additional technicians in the event of further issues.
3. Sign notification reminding voters to double-check the correctness of their ballot in the machine before final submission.
4. Verbal guidance to remind voters to make sure that the ballot they cast is correct. 

You can read the entire letter here.

When I first first heard the claims of voting machines stealing Romney votes I didn't put much stock in it. But now that there are so many such reports spread across seven states, the complaints must be taken seriously. It also makes one wonder whether the false allegations that Romney was rigging voting machines was actually a cover story for some nefarious scheme to steal Romney votes.

It's going to be an interesting week.