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2. Corbett urged his supporters to keep Philadelphia voter turnout down when running for governor
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 11:01 AM
Mar 2012

in 2010. Why? Because 78% of Philadelphia voters are registered Democrats. Now Toxic Tom has enacted legislation to help him suppress the votes of voters that will most likely not support him. All in the name of voter "fraud" when the real fraud is the guy sitting in the governor's mansion.


In a video posted on the website of the Delaware County Daily Times, Corbett is seen telling supporters at a gathering in Upper Darby on Thursday that Democratic Party leaders are hoping for a 50 percent turnout in Pennsylvania’s largest city.

Corbett, the state attorney general, then says, “We want to make sure that they don’t get 50 percent. Keep that down. But we want to get 100 percent all across the state. I don’t get elected if we only have Republicans. We need to have Democrats. We need to have independents. So I’m going to ask you to go out there and work hard on getting those individuals to come out and to vote.”

The Onorato campaign focused on the phrase “keep that down” and accused Corbett of trying to orchestrate voter suppression.

“The attorney general’s job is to protect our right to vote and make sure that every vote counts, so why is Tom Corbett instead telling his Republican activists to ’keep’ the vote down in the city of Philadelphia?” Onorato campaign spokesman Brian Herman asked in a statement.


http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/pennsylvania_gubernatorial_can_8.html

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