President Bush concerned about possible Nevada voter fraud

[kskiska]

(snip)

Clark County Registrar Larry Lomax first warned the public in July that his office was receiving a large number of suspect forms distributed by groups looking to register new voters in this tight election season.

Lomax originally turned over the matter to the FBI, which he said had declined to investigate.

The issue later went to the Nevada Division of Investigations, which continues to look into the matter, Heller said.

While the president was speaking Tuesday, Heller said he turned to presidential adviser Karl Rove on the matter. Rove told Heller he also was worried about the potential fraud and hoped to send in federal investigators.

Heller called it a "normal reaction" because of the troubles encountered in the last presidential race in Florida.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/16/state1724EDT0112.DTL

[AlCzervik]

1. Whaaaaa???? Now he's concerned about voter fraud?

blah!

[LisaL]

3. Bush is concerned he will loose Nevada

because he wants to turn it into a radioactive dump.

[no_arbusto]

39. He'd better be concerned

As of 2003, Clark County (Las Vegas and neighboring communities) has 70% of the population of the entire state of NV. About 55% of the workforce is in service or sales, and that's only counting those who legally report their income. There are PLENTY of people in Vegas who are not on the "official" tally because of either immigration or legal status with regards to employment. Vegas has 24 hour drinking, gambling, stripping, clubbing, you name it. Not exactly a hotbed of modern neo-conservatism. Clark County also has a rather sizable population of retirees from the Northeast and Midwest. There are probably still a few good ole boys who run the show in Clark but this is fading.

[Ravy]

8. POSSIBLE vote fraud, it says... Bush wants GUARANTEED vote fraud!

Hopefully, not this time!

[Jackie M.]

16. nevada voter fraud

Don't you see-the repugs are setting this up, so they can slip through a little later with the same bullshit! Listen to Bartcop show 54.

[prolesunited]

32. Welcome, Jackie!

Any Bartcopper is a friend of DU. :hi:

[GainesT1958]

2. Guess they're scared about all those folks moved to vote..

Because of Yucca Mountain!:eyes:

Sorry, Chip..ya can't have it both ways!:D

B-)

[GreenArrow]

4. Translation:

They are planning to steal Nevada.

[kysrsoze]

13. Beautiful assessment. I was just thinking this would be some job

where they will try to show a supposed Kerry voter fraud taking place. I can't wait to see this.

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. FBI declines...

...Heller whines to Junta Boy, and his brain.

Just wait -- tomorrow FBI un-declines.

No politics there, uh-huh...

Why are they sweating NV, anyways? Four lousy EV's... I mean it's in the bag, right? That's what Mr. Gallup is flogging....

[napi21]

6. What is suspect about these voter forms?

Are they just looking to sign up new voters and the Pubs are afraid the new voters will vote Dem? I read the article and it doesn't say what makes these forms "suspect".

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. They're from Clark County...

...where the colored people are.

That's the problem.

[Eye and Monkey]

12. Clark County - wherein resides 70% of the Nevada population

Clark County - as described by the US Census Bureau...
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/32003.html

[Dem2theMax]

26. They aren't already filled out with the X next to *'s name!

THAT'S what's wrong with them in the eyes of KKKarl and his mob. :evilgrin:

[flordehinojos]

9. Bush is concerned about voter fraud in Nevada?

The FBI is refusing to investigate?

Karl Machiavelli Rove was put on the smell trail of it?

ONE MORE LIE. ONE MORE HYPOCRISY.

AREN'T THE INDELIBLE BUSH HANDS BEHIND NEVADA'S VOTER FRAUD? I would be shocked to find out that they were not!

[Nebraska_Liberal]

11. Im worried about voter fraud here...

All of our voting machines are made by ES&S... which was recently run by our senator Chuch Hagel... but there is no conflict of interest here.

[bluedeminredstate]

10. Watch Time and Newsweek

treat it with deadly seriousness next week as though democracy itself is riding on this.

[COSFlyer]

17. here is the strategy

if you must know...Right now Rove and team know they are losing or will lose badly....so they pump up the polls to make it look like bush is winning and/or neck in neck with Kerry (this will bring out the base on both sides)....

but when kerry wins with a popular vote of 55 or 60% then Rove can scream bloodly murder that the vote must have been rigged because the polls showed they were neck in neck just before the election....
file this message for later use on Nov 3!

[last_texas_dem]

14. Hmm...

"Suspect" applications from Clark County- the only county in Nevada that favored Gore over * in '00 but still made the election there quite close...

I'm willing to bet * is less worried about new registrations being fraudulent and more worried about newly registered voters voting his ass out!

[wtmusic]

15. I was in LV last weekend and word on the street was

the GOP had requested 30K absentee voter forms.

That sounds like a recipe for fraud to me.

[Eloriel]

19. Yep

Never forget: Jeb Bush sent an absentee ballot and a plea to use it to every registered Republican, complete with a picture of himself and the Governor's seal, in 2000. FL is famous for absentee vote fraud. We just don't have too many of the details for the 2000 election.

[drdtroit]

18. No no, you're the fraud were afraid of shrub! n/t

[Booster]

20. Well, he's not the only one worried about voter fraud.

I'm worried as Hell and for good reason. You can just feel something slimey will come out of Florida because of these hurricanes and Bush now is trying to line up Nevada too. Jesus.

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. He's worried?

And then he turns and shakes the guy's hand for installing failsafe voting machines. :eyes:

Oh, and since when does Karl Rove have the authority to send in federal investigators?

[Zorra]

22. Bu$h thinks a recountable paper trail is evidence of voter fraud.

[JoFerret]

23. This is a CLEAR signal that he has something planned

Psychologically revealing.

[aquart]

24. Yes.

It isn't even that he can't win honestly, it's that he would never even try. He can't imagine doing anything unless the fix was in.

[pinniped]

25. Only Nevada? Meanwhile the fix is in when it comes to the state...

his asshole bro tries to maintain.

I hope there will be an amendment that bans these * assholes from public office in the future. One of the most disgusting if not the most disgusting families I've ever known of.

[bpilgrim]

30. and the TURD blossom is ON the 'CASE'

:crazy:

" I hope there will be an amendment that bans these * assholes from public office in the future. One of the most disgusting if not the most disgusting families I've ever known of."

DITTO

peace

[NewYorkerfromMass]

27. I have a big fat FUCK YOU for Bush, his brother, and Kate Harris

We are going to win this because we have got all the motivated voters on our side, and we intend on doing nothing illegal to win it.

[yellowcanine]

28. "Heller said he turned to presidential adviser Karl Rove on the matter."

Fox, meet henhouse.

[bpilgrim]

29. ONLY nevada... and that MORE wanna VOTE?! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

peace

[Tommy_Douglas]

31. Of course Bush is concerned about Fraud....

That's his fancy word for States he'll lose. States he'll win are fraud on his behalf and he's not concerned about that.

[nolabels]

33. I wonder if Bushco has another problem they don't want to talk about

July 22, 2004

Nevada Democratic voters close in on Republicans
By BRENDAN RILEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada Democrats made more voter registration gains in June and by the end of the month were only 1 percent below Republicans, according to a report Thursday from Secretary of State Dean Heller.

Heller said voter registration at the end of June stood at 882,602. The 363,463 Republicans accounted for 41 percent of the total, and the 354,950 Democrats accounted for 40 percent. The difference between the two parties is 8,513, down from 10,131 at the end of May.

Nonpartisans accounted for another 15 percent of the end-of-June total, and the remaining 4 percent included Independent American, Libertarian, Green, Natural Law, Reform and other splinter party members.

Heller didn't have totals so far this month - but Democrats added in the latest numbers from the Las Vegas area and said the Republican registration advantage now is only 5,140 statewide.
(snip)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/jul/22/072210359.html

[leesa]

34. Suspect forms? Either they are voter registration forms or they are not

They are suspect because they don't have R checked.

[struggle4progress]

35. "he turned to presidential adviser Karl Rove" says everything. eom

[Neecy]

36. oh, lordie

Yeah, the first person I would turn to if I was a'skeered of voter fraud would be Karl Rove, Mr. Clean Elections.

No doubt the only 'fraud' they're worried about are new Democratic registrations. How much do you want to bet they scrub the new D registrations, and don't even glance at the new R ones?

I hope the Nevada Democratic party has some good lawyers.

[loudsue]

37. "I hope the Nevada Democratic party has some good lawyers."

I do too, "oh, lordie".... in fact, I hope they're bearing down HARD on elections officials RIGHT NOW to make sure there's no funny stuff going on during the elections.

The lawyers need to be there NOW!!! AND in Florida, AND in Texas, AND in Georgia, AND in North Carolina, AND ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA!!!! Bush didn't make the terminator a governor for nothing!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[NVMojo]

38. Karl Rove is from Reno

...and has been in secret meetings with State Repukes several times in Reno over the past two years. The Repukes in Nevada just can't spew enough of their semen on themselves when he brings Bush or Cheney here. This article is a message, "watch out! We are coming to smear your election, Nevada!" Bush can't handle the nuclear waste enema one more time. He's going to give it back to Las Vegas with a vengence now.

The big QUESTION is "what does Senator Harry Reid have to say about this?"

[hyphenate]

40. You don't send in the fox

to inspect the hen house. How surprising will it be if Nevada falls to Bush? I think those international U.N. moderators better get their asses to Nevada as much as they need to get to Arizona, Ohio, Florida and any other battleground states. This think is beginning to stink like 3 day old fish, and it's only gonna get worse.