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geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 01:44 PM Oct 2014

A Hispanic man delivers absentee ballots, and now conservatives want him dead

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/a-hispanic-man-delivers-absentee-ballots-and-now-conservatives-want-him-dead/

Conservatives are outraged over what they claim, mistakenly, to be evidence of massive voter fraud being perpetrated in Arizona, The Daily Dot reports.

In the video — which was posted at Glenn Beck’s The Blaze under the headline, “Surveillance video apparently catches guy doing something at the ballot box that left Republican monitor stunned” — Ben Marine can be seen entering the lobby of the polling station in a Citizens for a Better Arizona (CBA) shirt and delivering absentee ballots he had collected.

Despite the outrage from conservative sites, Marine was not behaving illegally when he delivered the ballots to the polling station.

But A.J. LaFaro, the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, told the Arizona Daily Independent that Marine’s behavior was suspicious, and complained that Marine was “a vulgar, direspectful, violent thug that has no respect for our laws. I would have followed him to the parking lot to take down his tag number but I feared for my life.”

“I believe it’s inconceivable,” LaFaro continued, “unacceptable and should be illegal for groups to collect hundreds, if not thousands, of voter’s ballots and return them to the elections offices or polling locations.”

In Arizona, however, it is not illegal for groups like the CBA to collect absentee ballots and deliver them on behalf of the citizens who filled them out. As stated in the Arizona Elections Manual, “(a)fter (voters) have securely sealed the voted ballot inside the early ballot return envelope, voters may voluntarily give their voted early ballot to a person of their choice for delivery to the Recorder or a polling place.”

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A Hispanic man delivers absentee ballots, and now conservatives want him dead (Original Post) geardaddy Oct 2014 OP
remind them of kathy niclaus in waukesha county belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1
Yes! geardaddy Oct 2014 #2
On her laptop computer lobodons Oct 2014 #12
oh yeah i forgot that little nugget belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #13
Get the name straight stop using my name Jul 2015 #19
Welcome to DU. A quick search shows 2. uppityperson Jul 2015 #20
Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #21
Of course it's illegal! It is counter to their wishes, doncha know??? CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #3
"In Arizona it's not illegal" Retrograde Oct 2014 #4
Groups do they mean like the post office too... Historic NY Oct 2014 #5
O the poutrage. lpbk2713 Oct 2014 #6
no, Lafaro: you are the "violent thug" noiretextatique Oct 2014 #7
A.J. LaFaro is a hyperbolic liar and a racist douchebag to boot. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #8
To the GOP, just having black or brown skin is "suspicious." blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #9
Outrage! Someone is following the law to the letter! How dare he! tclambert Oct 2014 #10
Is this the Onion? BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #11
"a vulgar, direspectful, violent thug that has no respect for our laws" vlyons Oct 2014 #14
per your last question heaven05 Oct 2014 #15
“I believe it’s inconceivable,” ashling Oct 2014 #16
after watching the video..... blackspade Oct 2014 #17
Stochastic Terrorism may strike again in Arizona. From the usual GOP suspects putting this out... freshwest Oct 2014 #18
 

belzabubba333

(1,237 posts)
1. remind them of kathy niclaus in waukesha county
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 01:49 PM
Oct 2014

Last edited Wed Oct 22, 2014, 03:58 PM - Edit history (1)

who keeps appearing magically with enough votes for a republican win

 
19. Get the name straight
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 02:29 PM
Jul 2015

The woman from Waukesha County is Kathy Nickolaus, not Kathy Niclaus. If you are going to discuss a public figure then at least have the decency to spell check and research to make sure you have spelled their name right. There is only one Kathy Niclaus in the USA, I am her, and I have never been to Waukesha County, wherever that is located. I am tired of my name coming up in online searches because people like you are too lazy to do your homework before you start typing.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
20. Welcome to DU. A quick search shows 2.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 02:40 PM
Jul 2015

AZ and NJ. Or are they both you? I've a suggestion for you, don't be rude when your name is available online.

Response to uppityperson (Reply #20)

Retrograde

(10,070 posts)
4. "In Arizona it's not illegal"
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 01:55 PM
Oct 2014

Except, of course, if you're guilty of voting while not Republican. The party that advocates States' Rights when it suits them seems to have a hard time dealing grasping the concept that different states may have different laws: in California Marine's actions would have been illegal (only people with certain relationships to the voter can deliver their ballots) but that's irrelevant.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
6. O the poutrage.
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:02 PM
Oct 2014



If LaFaro truly thought it was illegal he should have contacted the authorities instead of whining his indignation at the local newsrag. If, in his mind, any laws are violated he's not an effective leader for not reporting it.




noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
7. no, Lafaro: you are the "violent thug"
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:07 PM
Oct 2014
and disrespectful, racist asshole. so you "feared for your life" because a latino man delivered absentee ballots?! only other racist assholes believe that. unfortunately...
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
9. To the GOP, just having black or brown skin is "suspicious."
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:52 PM
Oct 2014

And, how did Beck obtain surveillance video???

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
10. Outrage! Someone is following the law to the letter! How dare he!
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:56 PM
Oct 2014

You have to allow hand delivery of absentee ballots, or the cost of postage becomes a sort of poll tax. You cannot require people to spend money to vote. Not yet, anyway. I'm sure the Roberts Court will try to make it possible in time, plus giving corporations the right to vote. They're people, after all.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
11. Is this the Onion?
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:57 PM
Oct 2014

Seriously?

But A.J. LaFaro, the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, told the Arizona Daily Independent that Marine’s behavior was suspicious, and complained that Marine was “a vulgar, direspectful, violent thug that has no respect for our laws. I would have followed him to the parking lot to take down his tag number but I feared for my life.”


Who fucking speaks that way anymore? Just die out already you stupid fucking racists.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
14. "a vulgar, direspectful, violent thug that has no respect for our laws"
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 03:19 PM
Oct 2014

Wow! It takes one to know one, Dude. It's your mind that is generating that image. We Buddhists believe that the guy delivering the ballots is empty of those qualities. Probably shunyata, or emptiness, is far too subtle for that Dude to grasp.

And what's this bit about "our laws?" As tho' the law belonged to them, and only them.

Have you ever noticed that RWer fundie christians are always demonizing those of whom they disapprove? Jesus Christ God Almighty. When will they actually start to love their neighbors?

blackspade

(10,056 posts)
17. after watching the video.....
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 04:51 PM
Oct 2014

where did this occur?


But A.J. LaFaro, the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, told the Arizona Daily Independent that Marine’s behavior was suspicious, and complained that Marine was “a vulgar, direspectful, violent thug that has no respect for our laws. I would have followed him to the parking lot to take down his tag number but I feared for my life.”


LaFaro is a fucking liar. Period.
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