Wed Aug 8, 2012, 07:28 PM

Bozita (26,949 posts)

Criminal charges coming Thursday in allegedly fraudulent McCotter petitions

Source: Detroit Free Press

Criminal charges coming Thursday in allegedly fraudulent McCotter petitions
4:53 PM, August 8, 2012
By Dawson Bell
Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau

Attorney General Bill Schuette is scheduled to announce criminal charges Thursday arising out of the investigation of allegedly fraudulent petitions submitted in the failed attempt to qualify former U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter for the ballot.

Multiple defendants will face both felony and misdemeanor charges in the case, according to a person familiar with the 11 a.m. announcement.

It remained unclear whether McCotter himself was a target in the probe.

State elections officials said petition signatures submitted by McCotter’s campaign were riddled with duplications and other irregularities, leaving him far short of the number of valid signatures needed to appear on the ballot.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20120808/NEWS15/120808076/thaddeus-mccotter-fraudulent-petitions?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Criminal charges coming Thursday in allegedly fraudulent McCotter petitions (Original post)	Bozita	Aug 2012	OP
In just 24	Pab Sungenis	Aug 2012	#1
would you committ a crime to help this man get re-elected?	Enrique	Aug 2012	#2
Hmmmm	Politicalboi	Aug 2012	#3
Yes, he's R	Sanity Claws	Aug 2012	#6
There's your voter fraud, right there. n/t	Wilms	Aug 2012	#4
At least one MI politician crook will answer	catbyte	Aug 2012	#5
Why are all the real examples of voter fraud always done by repukes?	on point	Aug 2012	#7

Response to Bozita (Original post)

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 07:29 PM

Pab Sungenis (8,924 posts)

1. In just 24

"business hours"?

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 07:38 PM

Enrique (22,605 posts)

2. would you committ a crime to help this man get re-elected?

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 08:29 PM

Politicalboi (9,472 posts)

3. Hmmmm

They somehow leave out his party affiliation? I believe he's a Repuke.

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 08:39 PM

Sanity Claws (13,404 posts)

6. Yes, he's R

I just looked him up, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_McCotter

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 08:30 PM

Wilms (20,662 posts)

4. There's your voter fraud, right there. n/t

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 08:32 PM

catbyte (3,945 posts)

5. At least one MI politician crook will answer

The GOP just re-elected Roy Schmidt in yesterday's primary. He is a turncoat piece of shit who was in cahoots with Jase Bolger, Speaker of the House. I would link the story but I just got this phone and don't know how to cut &paste yet. Sorry. I think I am showing my age. Just Dogpile Roy Schmidt for the whole sordid story. And Bolger is the jackass who kicked the women off the House floor for saying vagina and vasectomy. Asshole.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 09:46 PM

on point (997 posts)

7. Why are all the real examples of voter fraud always done by repukes?

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