Clintons Say Obama Campaign Suppresses Voters

[StefanZ]

http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/10...-barack-obama/

Whups.

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/0...er.1.23.08.pdf

RYAN, PHILLIPS, UTRECHT 5. MACKINNON
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January 23, 2008
Jill Derby, Chair Nevada State Democratic Party 1210 South Valley View Road Suite 114 Las Vegas, NV 89102

Dear Chair Derby:
I write on behalf of Hillary Clinton for President (”the Committee”) in regard to the January 19, 2008 Nevada Democ-ratic Caucus. The Committee is aware of a letter addressed to you today from the Obama for America campaign requesting an inquiry into the conduct of the caucuses. The Committee shares the Obama campaign’s concern that full participation in the democratic process may have been compromised by the substantial number of irregularities occurring at the caucuses, and we fully support a complete inquiry by the Nevada State Democratic Party (the ”Party”) into all caucus improprieties.

This letter is not intended as a response to the Obama campaign’s letter. However, in the interest of a complete record, and in contrast to the alleged minor procedural problems noted by the Obama campaign, the Committee wishes to bring to your attention information we have received evidencing a premeditated and predesigned plan by the Obama campaign to engage in systematic corruption of the Party’s caucus procedures. Compounding this blatant distortion of the caucus rules was an egregious effort by the Obama campaign to manipulate the voter registration process in its own favor, thereby disenfranchising countless voters. Finally, the Committee has received a vast number of reliable reports of voter suppression and intimidation by the Obama campaign or its allies.

The Committee had 30 phone lines on Saturday to receive calls in its Las Vegas offices. These lines rang continuously from early morning until well after the caucuses concluded with reports from people who were victimized and who observed irregularities. The phone lines were so over-whelmed that many callers resorted to calling individual Committee staff cell phones to report that they could not get through. The Committee also received many similar calls at its national headquarters.

The Committee is confident that any investigation into the conduct of the caucuses will be thorough, fair and in the interest of insuring that future Party caucuses will be as open and democratic as possible.

Systematic Corruption of the Party’s Caucus Procedures
The Committee received substantially similar reports of improprieties of such a number as to leave no conclusion but that the Obama campaign and its allies and supporters engaged in a planned effort to subvert the Party’s caucus procedures to its advantage. For example:

þ Preference cards were premarked for Obama.

þ Clinton supporters were denied preference cards on the basis that none were left, while Obama supporters at the same caucus sites were given preference cards.

þ Caucus chairs obviously supporting Obama:
o Deliberately miscounted votes to favor Senator Obama.
o Deliberately counted unregistered persons as Obama votes.
o Deliberately counted young children as Obama votes.
o Refused to accept preference cards from Clinton supporters who were at the caucus site by noon on the ground that the cards were not filled out fast enough.
o Told Clinton supporters to leave prior to electing delegates.

þ Clinton supporters who arrived late were turned away from the caucus, while late Obama supporters were admitted to the caucus.

Manipulation of the Voter Registration Process
Numerous reports received by the Committee demonstrate a concerted effort on the part of the Obama campaign and its supporters to prevent eligible voters supporting a candidate other than Senator Obama from caucusing. The Obama supporters complained of were acting in positions of authority at the caucus sites. Some of these reports are as follows:

þ Obama supporters wrongly informed Clinton supporters that they were not allowed to participate in the caucus if their names were not on the voter rolls. However, Obama supporters whose names did not appear on the voter rolls were permitted to register at the caucus site.

þ Obama supporters falsely informed Clinton supporters that no registration forms were available for them to register to vote at the caucus site.

þ Obama supporters wrongly told Clinton supporters who were attempting to caucus at the wrong precinct that they could not caucus at that site, while simultaneously permitting Obama supporters at the wrong precinct to participate.

þ Obama supporters were allowed to move to the front of the registration and sign-in line.

Voter Suppression and Intimidation
The Committee received a substantial number of disturbing reports from voters that they had been subject to harassment, intimidation or efforts to prevent them from voting. Some of the most egregious of these complaints are described below:

þ Voters at at-large caucus sites were informed that those sites were for Obama supporters only.

þ Clinton supporters at at-large caucus sites were told that their managers would be watching them while they caucused.

þ Workers were informed that their supervisors kept lists of Clinton and Obama supporters, and were told that they could not caucus unless their name was on the list of Obama supporters.

þ Many Clinton supporters were threatened with employment termination or other discipline if they caucused for Senator Clinton.

þ Workers were required to sign a pledge card to support Obama if they wanted time off to participate in the caucus.
þ Workers at one casino were offered a lavish lunch and permitted to attend and register to vote only if they agree to support Obama.

The complaints summarized above represent only a small sample of the complaints received by the Committee. With respect to each of these complaints and many more, the Committee has the names and phone numbers of those reporting these incidents and the specific precinct numbers where the incidents occurred. Upon request the Committee will share these with the Party with appropriate safeguards to protect these individuals from reprisal. On the whole, these reports show a troubling effort by the Obama campaign and its allies and supporters to advance their own campaign at the expense of the right of all Nevada Democrats to participate in the democratic process in a free, fair and open manner.

Senator Clinton and the Committee are wholly committed to ensuring that every eligible voter has his or her vote cast and counted. There is no place in the American electoral process for the types of voter suppression, intimidation and harassment systematically engaged in by the Obama campaign, its allies and supporters.
Sincerely,
/v
Lyn Utrecht Counsel Hillary Clinton for President

[RMichael]

Originally Posted by StefanZ

above

Clinton Caucus Disruption/Vote Suppression
by: Glenn Smith
Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 10:06 PM CST

The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Clinton campaign training materials regarding Tuesday night's caucuses ominously advise supporters to take control of caucus sign-in sheets and vote tallies especially "if our supporters are outnumbered."

Clinton caucus training material goes on to say, "If our supporters are outnumbered, ask the Temporary Chair if one of our supporters can serves as the Secretary, in the interest of fairness. "The control of the sign-in sheets and the announcement of the delegates allotted to each candidate are the critical functions of the Chair and Secretary. This is why it is so important that Hillary supporters hold these positions."

Now there can be only one purpose in trying to control the tally of votes under circumstances in which a campaign knows it's outnumbered, that it will lose an honest counting of the votes: to alter the true vote. To cheat. To steal. To suppress the votes of Texas caucus attendees and subvert the caucus process.

The phrase, "if our supporters are outnumbered," means, in simpler language, "If we lose the vote, take control of the vote tally and change the numbers."

Place this alongside the Clinton campaign threats to challenge the Texas caucuses and you get a full picture of what Clinton is up to: disrupt the caucuses at all costs. Steal votes, delay the reporting of honest vote totals, throw the process into chaos, do whatever it takes.

You went back to January, I went back to March. Those dang Dems and their mud slinging at one another BTW, the Primary is over.

[StefanZ]

Originally Posted by RMichael

You went back to January, I went back to March. Those dang Dems and their mud slinging at one another BTW, the Primary is over.

If you read the article, this was a memo which was to have been destroyed. That it wasn't is going to be sticky. Additionally, what you offer is nothing like what I have. I have actual complaints of disenfranchised voters in that memo. They kept a tally. It's far worse than the extension of a claim with no victims.

Also: Clinton got beat. Obama is still alive, and facing the ACORN problem. This intensifies it.

[RMichael]

Originally Posted by StefanZ

Obama is still alive, and facing the ACORN problem. This intensifies it.

No disrespect, but I'm guessing this heightening of which you speak is not going to affect many voters come November....Those who would give it a second look are already voting for McCain, IMO.

[Sizzle]

If this is true i'm voting for McCain......

[StefanZ]

Originally Posted by Sizzle

If this is true i'm voting for McCain......

lol

Did you know that the Hawaii Supreme Court has been petitioned for an emergency writ to open Obama's birth records?

And...coincidentally mind you...Obama is heading to Hawaii to tend to a "sick Gramma"? THAT's an odd coincidence, don't you think?

I'm just starting to read this piece from this guy...don't know who he is, but I thought I'd put it up here as he certainly builds it up good to start..

http://contrariancommentary.wordpres...ally-revealed/

[Motormouth]

FAIL

[Act of God]

Originally Posted by StefanZ

lol

Did you know that the Hawaii Supreme Court has been petitioned for an emergency writ to open Obama's birth records?

And...coincidentally mind you...Obama is heading to Hawaii to tend to a "sick Gramma"? THAT's an odd coincidence, don't you think?

I'm just starting to read this piece from this guy...don't know who he is, but I thought I'd put it up here as he certainly builds it up good to start..

http://contrariancommentary.wordpres...ally-revealed/

Unreal, my girlfriend just read to me from her computer (laying in bed) "Obama's grandmother is sick"

lolz

[StefanZ]

Originally Posted by Act of God

Unreal, my girlfriend just read to me from her computer (laying in bed) "Obama's grandmother is sick"

lolz

Yeah: I wonder if she has a terminal case of STFU.

[Motormouth]

his girlfriend? lol.

[KS0385]

Originally Posted by Motormouth

FAIL

Yes sir. You are full of it.