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New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
By LYNN CAMPBELL
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
October 25, 2004
Controversy over Iowa's election laws heated up this morning when Republicans
threatened to file a lawsuit and called for Iowa Secretary of State Chet
Culver's resignation, just eight days before Election Day.
At issue is the requirement that voters registering by mail check a box
confirming U.S. citizenship. Republicans allege Culver, a Democrat, is
violating state and federal election laws by deciding last week that he'll
allow Iowa voters to bypass that requirement.
"Voting in Iowa has been going on since September 23rd and now in the middle of
the game, we're seeking to change the rules," said Gentry Collins, deputy
chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. "My view is that this is a partisan
attempt by a partisan election official to rig the election."
Collins said Republicans will consider a lawsuit "to protect the integrity of
Iowa's election process." He did not specify when such a legal challenge would
be filed.
Senate President Jeff Lamberti, an Ankeny Republican, called for Culver to step
down "if he's unwilling to uphold Iowa law." House Speaker Christopher Rants, a
Sioux City Republican, said he shared Lamberti's concerns.
"Apparently, they think they're going to lose Iowa and they want to throw this
thing to the courts," Rants said of Democrats. "They can't win under the rules
as they are today, so they want to change the rules. I've lost a lot of
confidence in the Secretary of State."
Culver, the state's top election official, dismissed Republicans' criticism as
"pathetic partisan blather." Members of his staff repeated their commitment to
making sure that every eligible vote counts.
"What we're trying to do is interpret the laws fairly and give people the
opportunity to vote - and where there's some discrepancy or lack of
clarification, get the legal clarification we need," said Iowa Deputy Secretary
of State Charles Krogmeier.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, advised election officials last
week to accept registration forms of an estimated 364 Iowans who registered to
vote by mail and forgot to check the citizenship box, but signed an affidavit
certifying their eligibility to vote.
The opinion is consistent with the way Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Washington and
Wisconsin have interpreted changes in the federal Help America Vote Act,
approved by Congress in the wake of the controversial 2000 presidential
election.
But the Iowa Voter Registration Commission on Monday refused to go along with
Miller's opinion and voted 2-2 against changing the rules requiring the
checking of the citizenship box. Two Republicans on the panel -Collins and
Guthrie County Auditor Janet Dickson - voted against the measure, while
Krogmeier and Jean Hessburg, executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party,
voted in favor of it.
"The federal and state law is not clear," Hessburg said. "The Iowa voter
registration form could be construed as redundant. The check box and the
signature at the bottom both denote the same thing. . . . It is not partisan
electioneering to clarify the rules."
Krogmeier said despite Monday's vote, election officials still plan to follow
the attorney general's opinion and include voters who forgot to check the
citizenship box on their registration forms. "The opinion still stands and
that's what we're taking as law," Krogmeier said. "So these people will be able
to vote."
That angered Republicans, who said election officials are violating state law
and administrative rules.
"The attorney general's opinion does not have the force of law," Collins said.
"It is the opinion of one staffer in the attorney general's office. . . . The
attorney general is not the king."
About 20 Republicans protested Monday outside the Lucas State Office Building
where the commission met. They held signs protesting Culver's actions and
chanted things like, "Chet the cheater!"
"He's changing the rules to the game and he's trying to give the liberals an
advantage, which they clearly don't need," said Danielle Sturgis, 19, a Drake
University student from Illinois.
While Iowa's controversy evolved Monday around citizenship boxes, Republicans
are also challenging Miller's opinion on "provisional ballots," used when
voters' names do not appear on the voter registration rolls.
In a legal opinion released Friday, Miller said Iowans who vote in the correct
county but wrong precinct should have their votes for president and Congress
count. But over the weekend, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively
nullified rulings in Ohio and Michigan that would have allowed such
out-of-precinct ballots.
That leaves Iowa election officials taking a different route than what other
states have decided, Republicans said.
"I think Tom Miller and Chet Culver have conducted this election in a stunningly
partisan manner," Collins said. "They are now standing alone nationwide in
saying that you ought to be able to show up at a precinct in which you do not
live and you are not registered to vote and cast a ballot."
But Brenda Wright, managing attorney for the National Voting Rights Institute in
Boston, said there are actually 13 states that will count ballots for the
federal election that are filed in the correct county but wrong precinct. She
cited a survey taken on the issue by Demos, a national voting rights
organization based in New York.
Challenges to election law are happening nationwide in what's expected to be
another close presidential election. Iowa is considered one of about 11
battleground states and every vote is expected to make a difference. Four years
ago, Democrat Al Gore defeated President Bush in Iowa by just 4,144 votes.
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| User: "John Democrat Voter Fraud Gigolo Kerry Voter Fraud is the only way i can win @ White House .gov" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 07:30:47 PM |
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"GW *AWOL* Chimpzilla" <patriot-for-cash@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMgfd.7074$R05.3437@attbi_s53...
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
By LYNN CAMPBELL
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
October 25, 2004
Controversy over Iowa's election laws heated up this morning when
Republicans
threatened to file a lawsuit and called for Iowa Secretary of State Chet
Culver's resignation, just eight days before Election Day.
At issue is the requirement that voters registering by mail check a box
confirming U.S. citizenship. Republicans allege Culver, a Democrat, is
violating state and federal election laws by deciding last week that he'll
allow Iowa voters to bypass that requirement.
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Amazing . Republicans wanting voters to follow the Iowa State Election LAw
are being called " supressing the vote".
Guess Radlibs want their Demmirats top be able to vote more then one time
too if they fell like it. So what if Iowa Election law says one vote per
person.
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| User: "Bob" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 07:59:05 PM |
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"John Democrat Voter Fraud Gigolo Kerry" <Voter Fraud is the only way i can win
@ White House .gov> wrote in message news:iM-dnZX_nOgsB-DcRVn-hg@adelphia.com...
"GW *AWOL* Chimpzilla" <patriot-for-cash@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMgfd.7074$R05.3437@attbi_s53...
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
By LYNN CAMPBELL
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
October 25, 2004
Controversy over Iowa's election laws heated up this morning when
Republicans
threatened to file a lawsuit and called for Iowa Secretary of State Chet
Culver's resignation, just eight days before Election Day.
At issue is the requirement that voters registering by mail check a box
confirming U.S. citizenship. Republicans allege Culver, a Democrat, is
violating state and federal election laws by deciding last week that he'll
allow Iowa voters to bypass that requirement.
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Amazing . Republicans wanting voters to follow the Iowa State Election LAw
are being called " supressing the vote".
Guess Radlibs want their Demmirats top be able to vote more then one time
too if they fell like it. So what if Iowa Election law says one vote per
person.
Republicans want to count only legal votes,
and care not whether efforts to verify legality
intimidate some voters.
Democrats want all votes to count (except
the military), and care not if they are legal.
Which is better? I believe the Republican
stance is far better.
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| User: "GW *AWOL* Chimpzilla" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 08:01:12 PM |
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John Democrat Voter Fraud Gigolo Kerry wrote:
"GW *AWOL* Chimpzilla" <patriot-for-cash@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMgfd.7074$R05.3437@attbi_s53...
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
By LYNN CAMPBELL
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
October 25, 2004
Controversy over Iowa's election laws heated up this morning when
Republicans
threatened to file a lawsuit and called for Iowa Secretary of State Chet
Culver's resignation, just eight days before Election Day.
At issue is the requirement that voters registering by mail check a box
confirming U.S. citizenship. Republicans allege Culver, a Democrat, is
violating state and federal election laws by deciding last week that he'll
allow Iowa voters to bypass that requirement.
=========================
Amazing . Republicans wanting voters to follow the Iowa State Election LAw
are being called " supressing the vote".
Guess Radlibs want their Demmirats top be able to vote more then one time
too if they fell like it. So what if Iowa Election law says one vote per
person.
Culver, the state's top election official, dismissed Republicans' criticism as
"pathetic partisan blather." Members of his staff repeated their commitment to
making sure that every eligible vote counts.
"What we're trying to do is interpret the laws fairly and give people the
opportunity to vote - and where there's some discrepancy or lack of
clarification, get the legal clarification we need," said Iowa Deputy Secretary
of State Charles Krogmeier.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, advised election officials last
week to accept registration forms of an estimated 364 Iowans who registered to
vote by mail and forgot to check the citizenship box, but signed an affidavit
certifying their eligibility to vote.
The opinion is consistent with the way Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Washington and
Wisconsin have interpreted changes in the federal Help America Vote Act,
approved by Congress in the wake of the controversial 2000 presidential
election.
--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas -- that says, fool
me once, shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."
http://www.diymedia.net/audio/mp3/tdntb-bushwack2.mp3
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| User: "kw" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 11:46:01 PM |
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In <slhfd.306080$MQ5.160811@attbi_s52>, patriot-for-
cash@hotmail.com says...
Culver, the state's top election official, dismissed Republicans' criticism as
"pathetic partisan blather."
A democrap...
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Support terrorism by voting kerry!!!
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| User: "kw" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 11:45:00 PM |
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In <fMgfd.7074$R05.3437@attbi_s53>, patriot-for-
cash@hotmail.com says...
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
Translation: democraps prepare their post-election
excuse.
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Support terrorism by voting kerry!!!
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| User: "Hound Dog" |
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| Title: Re: New GOP Suppress-The-Vote Effort in Iowa |
25 Oct 2004 11:58:47 PM |
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"kw" <kw@kerry.purple.owies.for.paper.cuts.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1be79242bbba8299899e4@news.charter.net...
In <fMgfd.7074$R05.3437@attbi_s53>, patriot-for-
cash@hotmail.com says...
Republicans threaten lawsuit over voter registration issue
Translation: democraps prepare their post-election
excuse.
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Support terrorism by voting kerry!!!
OK, We'll do that.
Thanks for the advice.
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