Obama Campaign Asks Wis DOJ For Action on GOP Voter Suppression Plans

[midnight]

Source: Daily Kos

As Meteor Blades posted earlier today, Wisconsin GOP poll watchers are getting incredibly wrong information in their training sessions. The Obama Campaign has asked that Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen (Republican) to look into the obvious and incorrect voter suppression tactics that GOP poll watchers are being taught.

The top lawyer for President Barack Obama's campaign asked Tuesday for Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to look into reports that Republican challenger Mitt Romney is training poll watchers using inaccurate information.

For instance, the training material says Wisconsin individuals cannot vote on Nov. 6 if they've been "convicted of treason, a felony, or bribery.” Actually, state residents convicted of felonies can vote once they've completed their sentence.


Neither Van Hollens office or the Romney campaign had any comment.





Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/30/1152756/-Obama-Campaign-Asks-Wis-DOJ-to-Review-GOP-Poll-Watcher-Info

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I hope this is alright to post... didn't see this yet And Wisconsin has been begging for help, and this will get interesting...

[Cha]

1. KNR! Thanks midnight!

[99th_Monkey]

2. Why is Team Obama asking a REPUBLICAN AG for help?

Can't the directly ask US DoJ to intervene where there are violations
of federal election laws?

[midnight]

3. I'm hoping it's because of protocol only, because our

Milwaukee D.A. asked the A.J. for help investigating John Doe... and he said no....

[donnasgirl]

4. Because unlike

The slimy repugs he is trying to be a gentleman.

[freshwest]

20. The DOJ can't pick who they want to deal with. State AGs, no matter what party, control the data.

That's why just a vote every 4 years doesn't solve these problems. It's a game the GOP has done an excellent job on. Most are zealots and intend to create a theocracy to replace secular government. They are well-funded. All we can do is get involved and stay involved. One election for POTUS does not change the facts on the ground. Democrats must turn out in every contest, from the school boards to the judges to the county commissions to the governor of every state.

[cui bono]

30. This is why Obama should have replaced a lot of the State AGs, which I don't think he ever did. n/t

[freshwest]

31. How could he replace the state AGs elected and appointed by the states themselves?

[Comrade Grumpy]

34. You're thinking of the US Attorneys--the federal prosecutors, not the state AGs.

And yes, he left a loft of Bush holdovers in place.

[cui bono]

35. Yes, you're right, that's what I was thinking of, thanks. Still a big mistake.

[Ellipsis]

36. To put things in perspective... he was an US attorney until he ran for AG.

[still_one]

5. I think they better go higher

[lutefisk]

17. Wisconsin is damn near a rogue state

I'm ready for UN forces, or maybe the 101st Airborne.

Or just somebody get me out of here.

[Thor_MN]

23. Well, we already pulled the boat for the winter...

But if you can hang on til spring and make it to Lake Superior, we can smuggle you to the North Shore...

[uwbadgerdem]

24. Can I come too?

Fran Tarkenton was always my favorite QB (really!) and I love the Twins.

[Thor_MN]

38. Sure, we could probably take 4 or 5 per trip in calm weather

Some Wisconsin fishing licenses would make the time in Wisconsin waters more interesting.

[uwbadgerdem]

39. Wisconsin fishing licenses?

Done!

[EC]

6. Van Hollen

won't do a thing but laugh about the request with his buddies Walker and crew. He's as crooked as they come. He ran a very dirty and negative campaign himself, so he's not doing anything about this since he approves of such .

[midnight]

7. Someone posted that his election numbers were more plentiful than there were voters...

So this A.J. course of action on this topic or any response is going to be interesting...

[Scuba]

11. Absolutely true.

[midnight]

14. Thanks Scuba... I'm hoping to see that there is better oversight to the actually counting of these

votes too....

[uwbadgerdem]

22. Sadly this is very true.

Van Holler is nothing more than Scott Walker's bitch.

[LTR]

29. Van Hollen is useless

He's part of the problem, not the solution. I wouldn't be surprised if he was in on it.

The Wisconsin GOP is more corrupt than the Mafia.

[Ellipsis]

33. You got it!

[postulater]

8. I'll pass this on to my wife. She's an observer for the League

of Women Voters.

[midnight]

16. Thanks..

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. You find out somebody is robbing the blood bank

And then find that the only cop on the beat is Dracula.

[midnight]

19. Touche!

[Life Long Dem]

10. Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/30/1106961/romney-wisconsin-poll-watchers/

Mitt Romney’s campaign has been training poll watchers in Wisconsin with highly misleading — and sometimes downright false — information about voters’ rights.

Here are four misleading or incorrect pieces of information disbursed by the Romney campaign:

CLAIM: Any “person convicted of treason, a felony, or bribery” isn’t eligible to vote.

FACT: Once a person who has been convicted of a felony completes his or her sentence, including probation and fines, that person is eligible to vote.

CLAIM: “The ONLY Acceptable Forms of “Proof of Residency”.

FACT: The list used is incomplete. There are many other documents people can use to prove residency that are not included, such as letters from public schools, student loan papers, correspondence with a Native American tribe in Wisconsin, vehicle registration, and food stamp correspondances. In addition, the list fails to mention that homeless voters may use an affidavit from a public or private social service agency as proof of residency.

CLAIM: “If a handicapped voter is unable to come into the polls to vote, an assistant can deliver the ballot to the voter if the CEI verifies the elector’s proof of residency.”

FACT: Under Wisconsin law, the CEI (Chief Election Inspector) does not have to verify proof of residency so long as the voter is registered.

CLAIM: “Election Observers should not assist [voters].”

FACT: A voter can ask for assistance from anyone, including a poll watcher, so long as the voter initiates the request and does not engage in electioneering.

[midnight]

12. Good info... I hope Obama is going to insist these inconsistencies being hung on a wall to verify

the rules...

[lonestarnot]

26. Fucking cheaters!

[Ellipsis]

13. I love it... and it's the obligatory first move. Now let's see how he responds...

Great post midnight.

[uwbadgerdem]

27. So when Van Hollen does nothing then there's at least

a paper trail? I'm frankly unaware of how these things work legally, but I trust Van Hollen as far as I can throw him.

[Ellipsis]

28. Classic posturing. Allow the opposition to to take a given opportunity to respond

After when informed they do not respond, or how they respond defines ones next step.

“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

As a former GWB US attorney and slut firmly in the pocket of the GOP JBH is now on notice with the current administration for the first time. They have given him a pass... till now. He has not recognized the needs of his constituency nor written law.

and welcome to DU uwbadgerdem.

[Barbara2423]

15. protocol

[Honeycombe8]

18. I'm happy to see some proactivity on this! nt

[chuckstevens]

21. Wait a minute...

Wait a minute, I think I read once that there is a Federal Attorney General with a whole US Justice Department? Anyone know anything about this?

Somebody on an earlier post stated how this wished RFK was here to sent dozens of guys in skinny ties to arrest these motherfucking fascists. God, I wish Eric Holder wasn't such a wimp!

[NBachers]

32. If only the RFK skinny-tie army was here to be mobilized

And if we do win the Presidential election, at least, then we'll have four more years of Eric "Lost" Holder to put up with.

[midnight]

37. When Wis. A.J. doesn't respond to the Obama's request for help, let's hope this is what

happens....

[lonestarnot]

25. K & R!