Fuckers-IN: Republican Poll Workers Removed for Improper Vote Challenges

[AlCzervik]

Imho there is a special place in hell for people who do this.

By Aaron C. Davis
Two Republican elections workers have been removed from an Indianapolis area-polling site for improperly challenging voters on the basis of their party affiliation.

Voters in the battleground state can be challenged on the validity of their address, age or if they lack an ID, but not based on their party affiliation. The two poll workers -- a Republican vote challenger and a clerk -- forced at least three voters to file provisional ballots, said Angie Nussmeyer, spokeswoman for the Marion County Election Board.

The county's bipartisan elections board voted unanimously to remove the two. The Marion County Republican Party reacted with a statement this afternoon saying it was unaware of the improper challenges and had not instructed party workers to do so. "We wish to see all qualified voters vote and find it reprehensible to ever deter a proper voter from voting," read the statement.

Marion County, Ind., went for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 by a margin of 50.6 percent to 48.7 percent for President Bush. Kerry got 6,177 more votes than Bush.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/04/in_republican_poll_workers_rem.html

[babylonsister]

1. Hey, at least they were caught and removed. nt

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. But they need to be jailed. Republican pond life need to understand that

that laws of the land/ State/whatever, apply to them, as well as to the rest of the population.

[blueinindiana]

2. Racists in Indiana are having a hard time with this election. NT

[cliffordu]

3. Good - I hope they were dealt with roughly.

Very roughly.

[WindRiverMan]

4. Bastards!

[asdjrocky]

6. That's how I win arguments with pugs.

I say, "How can you be a part of a party who's number one objective is to suppress the vote?" Works almost every time.

[colonel odis]

7. just tell us their names. that's all we need.

[loudsue]

9. I with the colonel.

Just give us their names.

[bushisanidiot]

8. That's how the re-counts were stolen in FL in 2000. Repukes were challenging

all dem ballots in order to slow down the entire process while Katherine Harris raced to stop the vote counting.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. The Marion County Republican Party are a bunch of cheating liars.

[intheflow]

11. What did they do that was improper?

The article suggests they challenged based on registration, but it never actually comes out and says that.
Ooh, sloppy reporting makes me very angry!

[LisaLynne]

12. Yeah, I know what you mean ...

You have to sort of infer that the people who were challenged complained and then the poll workers couldn't really come up with a reason why they had challenged the voters ... unless they were dumb enough to just come out and say it was because they were Dems. We need better info!