Fraud alters the outcome of an election.
“Heath, Doyle and Cook all changed their residential addresses to 9333 Six Pines Drive – the location of a Residence Inn in The Woodlands – to vote in the 2010 RUD election. They won by a 10-2 margin, but that election was overturned by the incumbents in a lawsuit.
Heath, a resident of The Woodlands, was convicted of illegal voting Nov. 1. The jury decided Heath, 56, knowingly voted in the May 8, 2010, election of the RUD Board of Directors despite not having permanent residence in the district.”
Houston News.
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Racial Separation by Obama Edict in Hawaii
Details at New American Civil Rights Project.
Over a Billion Indians successfully use Photo ID to vote
Voter ID in India works for a billion voters, many that live in the misery of poverty.
The Indian voter ID card is issued by the Election Commission of India. Its primary purpose is as identity proof for casting vote. It also serves as general purpose identity proof, address proof and age proof such as buying a mobile phone SIM or applying for a passport. It is also known as Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC). As of March 2014, the population of India is 1.25 billion (125 crore) and it has 1 billion (100 crore) voters. Therefore, one billion voters will cast vote in the parliamentary general election of 2014.
UPDATE: “Federal judge puts U.S. Rep. John Conyers back on primary ballot”
Not all politicians have to follow the same election laws after all: U.S. Rep. John Conyers on-again, off-again roller coaster ride for the Aug. 5 ballot took a new twist Friday when U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman put him back on back on the ballot. His decision, released late Friday, contradicts the Secretary of State’s review of Conyers petition… “There is evidence that their failure to comply with the Registration Statute was the result of good faith mistakes and that they believed they were in compliance with the statute,” Leitman said in his ruling.
Leitman said the signatures from at least two circulators who were found to have not registered properly to vote, a requirement under state law, should be reinstated, giving Conyers enough valid signatures to be on the ballot.
“Voting Discrimination Struck Down in Northern Mariana Islands — DOJ Nowhere to Be Seen”
More on CNMI ruling from National Review. “President Barack Obama can brag all he wants about the voting-rights cases his administration has allegedly “taken on.” But here’s a case conspicuously absent from that bogus list. Judge Ramona Manglona of the federal district court for the Northern Mariana Islands just threw out a blatantly unconstitutional provision of the territorial government that strictly limited registration and voting for a referendum to only those “persons of Northern Marianas descent.”
New Challenge to Speech Regulations Filed
From Dan Backer: McCutcheon Lawyer Files Challenge to Another Unconstitutional McCain-Feingold Speech Restraint; Challenge Would Allow Libertarian Parties to Have Independent Expenditure-Only Accounts WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Libertarian Party of Indiana, Libertarian National Congressional Committee, and donor Chris Rufer have filed a First Amendment challenge to restraints on speech. The suit, Rufer, et. al. v FEC, challenges the lack of a valid anti-corruption rationale for preventing party committees -particularly “minor” or third parties-from establishing their own Independent Expenditure only accounts, as PACs are able to do. Plaintiffs are represented by Michael Morley, a part of Shaun McCutcheon’s legal team in the recent Supreme Court victory for speech, McCutcheon, et. al. v FEC, litigating for the Coolidge Reagan Foundation which promotes First Amendment rights, and Danielle Frisa of the Houston law firm Shahla PC, Morley described the case in simple terms, “If Party committees engage in the same prophylactic measures to prevent coordination that the FEC has clearly established for other organizations, it is unreasonable to deny them the same speech rights.” Coolidge Reagan Foundation Chairman and fellow McCutcheon attorney, Dan Backer, noted, “Political parties are the coming together of like-minded citizens to promote the candidacy of those who share their ideals; whatever justification exists to limit direct or earmarked contributions, the Court and the law now recognize the importance of independent expenditure speech in the political process, and it makes no sense to give less speech to party committees.” The case was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with request for a 3-judge panel, pursuant to a special provision for challenges to the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. The case is numbered 1:14-cv-00837-CRC and filings are available on the FEC website at http://fec.gov/law/litigation/Rufer.shtml
Federal Judge throws out PRLDEF voting rights lawsuit in Orange County, Florida
A federal judge has sided with Orange County and rebuffed claims that elected officials had diluted Hispanic voting power in drawing its new County Commission districts, sources say.The voting rights lawsuit was filed against the county by local Hispanic residents and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a New York City civil rights group…The plaintiffs alleged that Orange leaders in 2011 crafted new political borders that diluted Hispanic voting strength.Namely, they point to a District 3 seat that had been held by Hispanics in recent decades. And despite a surge in Latinos countywide during the past 10 years, District 3 actually saw its percentage of Hispanics drop after redistricting.Lawyers for Orange County say the new borders actually created two districts — 3 and 4 — where Hispanics now have a shot to win. The districts both now have more than 40 percent Hispanic populations, a number large enough in the past to elect two different Latinos to District 3, they say.
“U.S. Rep. Conyers loses appeal to get on ballot”
Do 50-year career Congressmen have to follow election laws? For now the answer is yes, but Conyers is working to throw out a simple state law that his campaign couldn’t manage to follow this election cycle: U.S. Rep. John Conyers, No. 2 in seniority in the House of Representatives, lost his appeal Friday to get on the August primary ballot after Michigan election officials found problems with the Democrat’s nominating petitions… A federal judge is expected to rule later Friday on Conyers’ request to throw out a Michigan election law as unconstitutional. Conyers, 85, had appealed to the state after Wayne County officials said there were problems with some people who collected signatures. The circulators weren’t registered to vote or had listed a wrong registration address. That can spoil petitions, under Michigan law, and as a result Conyers lacks the 1,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot.
“Indiana’s voter registration numbers don’t reflect reality”
No kidding.
FL Democrat mayor linked to absentee ballot fraud is indicted for wire fraud in $8M mortgage scheme
Another corrupt Florida mayor: Lucie Tondreau, who has been marred by scandal since she was elected mayor of North Miami last year, will be charged in the conspiracy alongside three other suspects. According to the indictment, between 2005 and 2008, Tondreau conspired with the president of a South Florida mortgage company to recruit straw borrowers to obtain mortgages… The indictment also alleges that the co-conspirators fabricated HUD-1 Settlement forms which misrepresented that straw borrowers had made down payments and closing payments on homes… Tondreau is also being investigated in connection with illegal absentee ballot requests:
Last year, Florida state prosecutors linked requests for 60 absentee ballots to an Internet address from Tondreau’s office. Tondreau denied any wrongdoing in that case. Tondreau’s campaign treasurer was discovered with the pile of absentee ballots in his vehicle. Florida law allows only individual voters or family members of voters to request absentee ballots.