Congressman Ellison Condemns Efforts to Intimidate Voters

[annm4peace]

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Congressman Keith Ellison held a press conference in the rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall today — one week before the midterm elections — along with student activists, to encourage civic participation and to condemn efforts to suppress voter turnout.


http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/10/28/ellison-decries-tea-party-%E2%80%98voter-intimidation%E2%80%99-efforts-data-shows-fraud-rare
As Ellison decries tea party ‘voter intimidation’ efforts, data shows fraud is rare
By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent
October 28, 2010

"Voter fraud. It's a felony." So reads the "wanted" poster-style type on new fliers being distributed by Republican and tea party groups ahead of election day. What they don't say is it's also exceedingly rare. As Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison characterizes such efforts as "voter intimidation" - citing distribution of posters in traditionally DFL-leaning areas like college campuses and bus stops in lower-income neighborhoods - Hennepin County provides the Minnesota Independent with data that shows only .00006 percent of votes cast in 2008 were done so fraudulently.

Three conservative groups - Minnesota Majority, the North Star Tea Party Patriots, and the Minnesota Voters Alliance - have partnered to launch Election Integrity Watch (EIW), a project that advocates for voter identification laws and blames ACORN and DFLers for advancing voter fraud in Minnesota. The groups will be watching for voter fraud by sending teams of volunteers to the polls next Tuesday to shoot photos or videos of buses arriving at polling places, challenge voting and monitor assisted-living communities. EIW is offering a $500 reward to anyone who provides evidence that leads to a conviction for illegal voting.

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Jeff Johnson, a Republican Hennepin County Commissioner, pressed county attorney Mike Freeman recently about the 899 names that Minnesota Majority submitted in 2009. That group's allegation was that widespread voter fraud cost Republican Sen. Norm Coleman the election, a claim that was picked up by Fox News this summer.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman wrote back (PDF) saying that his office looked into Minnesota Majority's accusations and found that illegal voting is rare.

"The rate of chargeable cases in Hennepin County of felons voting who have not had their rights restored in the 2008 election is .00006," wrote Freeman. "Evidence of any other type of voter fraud was insufficient to bring any charges at all."

[Angry Dragon]

1. As far as coleman is concerned

The only reason he was a congressman in the first place is because Wellstone
died just before the election. So he beat a dead man. And then when he ran for reelection
he ran a virtual tied race with a "comedian that did not know anything" according to coleman.
He did not deserve to waste money trying to steal the election from Franken.