Federal Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California, New Mexico, South Dakota & WISCONSIN
Source: U.S.D.O.J website
Federal Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wisconsin
WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and the city of Milwaukee."
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crt-709.html
Read more: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crt-709.html
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)I love them all
It seems the link doesn't work from DU. Dont understand it--can access it from other sites
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crt-709.html
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, June 4, 2012
Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wisconsin
WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and the city of Milwaukee.
The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group. In addition, the act requires certain covered jurisdictions to provide language assistance during the election process. Fresno County, Riverside County and the city of Milwaukee are required to provide assistance in Spanish. Cibola, Sandoval and Shannon Counties are required to provide language assistance to Native American voters. Alameda County is required to provide language assistance to Hispanic, Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino voters.
...In addition, Justice Department personnel will monitor polling place activities in Fresno County, Cibola County and the city of Milwaukee. Civil Rights Division attorneys will coordinate federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)In addition, Justice Department personnel will monitor polling place activities in Fresno County, Cibola County and the city of Milwaukee. Civil Rights Division attorneys will coordinate federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials.
Each year, the Justice Department deploys hundreds of federal observers from OPM, as well as departmental staff, to monitor elections across the country. To file complaints about discriminatory voting practices, including acts of harassment or intimidation, voters may call the Voting Section of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division at 1-800-253-3931.
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)don't lend themselves to ensuring fair elections? It's nice the Federal government is going to oversee elections, but they're not exactly independent are they?
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)In my dreams, they are coming to make sure Van Hollen's WI DOJ thugs dont infringe on voters rights in Milwaukee. Maybe they are coming to aid and abet the WI DoJ gang.. I dont know.
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)will try to find a better one
Evasporque
(2,133 posts)eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)they look the same to me but yours works
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)slackmaster
(60,567 posts)It's an amazing pile of versions in a primary election.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:08 PM - Edit history (1)
and just as bad as Riverside.
/typo
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Albeit, I get your point, of course.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)EI is my personal pet issue, and all I have been working on in Wisconsin since last April - except for collecting signatures to recall Walker.
The USDOJ Won't TOUCH election fraud. So we have to continue fighting in via the grassroots
cyberpj
(10,794 posts)And I don't get that at all.
Especially now that Obama has been in office.
I just don't get it.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)or bound and gagged
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)A black box voting machine is an electronic device, where each vote goes in and the black box tells you the totals, but you never get to see anything else, not ballots nor the proprietary code that decides if 1 + 1 = 2 or NOT!
All electronic voting still prevails in parts of the USA. That must be ended ASAP!
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Hopefully, the Wisconsin Dems learned their lesson from the Supreme Court special election.
That, of course, is one of two possible lessons:
1.) Don't let them cheat and steal votes, or
2.) Get out the vote in the City of Milwaukee.
Some will remember the Milwaukee Anomaly, a huge red shift in the very bluest part of the state while the rest of WI shifted blue.
Did the blue voters stay home only in the City of Milwaukee, or did someone rig the election in Democrat-rich inner Milwaukee?
Meanwhile, in Waukesha County, the vote results were normal with nothing anomalous except the screw-ups in reporting the fully-expected results.
http://jqjacobs.net/politics/spreadsheets.html#wisconsin
If Dems want to win this one, Milwaukee is where they have to focus either a powerful get-out-the-vote effort or a high level of scrutiny. I recommend BOTH!
You have to wonder what the "John Doe" investigation knows about the Milwaukee vote result irregularity given the concentration of Walker's Republican crooks there.
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)I just looked up the meaning of the word "anomaly" in the dictionary.
Anomaly: n. Ah-NOM-ah-LEE. Theft. To steal an election. (see: Corrupt, political election officials).
Personally, I find it a disgrace that the most powerful, prestigious democracy in the world has the crappiest, most backwards voting protocol.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected.
If you steal too many elections, it just isn't anomalous anymore.
No wonder they had to redefine it.
cyberpj
(10,794 posts)are content to wait as long as it takes to physically count and tally the votes for the result.
Is that true?
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)woodsprite
(11,947 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Florida 2000 taught us that the R's first front of illegal irregularities is to selectively delete voters that vote very consistently and predominantly blue--voter registration caging. Control who votes and no need to stuff ballot boxes!
Everyone everywhere needs to verify their own registration status.
Be conscious of expected communications from elections. If you don't get the paperwork, you may need to register even if you think you are registered.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)that Bush packed the department with?
milwaukeelib33
(140 posts)At my polling place in Milwaukee during the one election we had to show ID before it was stricken down, the poll workers unabashedly ripped voter ID verbally. The city is very blue and the poll workers are hardly going to put up any roadblocks to voting. They are on our side.
Now Waukesha, OTOH, we've seen the shenanigans that go on out there.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)After all, there is no point in R's stealing votes where everyone votes R, so get on over there and guard those R votes right away
At the magic show, never watch the hand they want you to watch.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)when there have been suspicious election numbers, "glitches", hostile clerks, security breaches, etc in many other areas of the state too.
milwaukeelib33
(140 posts)If you had any idea of what goes down in WI, you'd realize that. It's the MAGICALLY appearing additional R votes that seem to appear after much delay in reporting vote totals. Ripped open ballot bags that most likely were stuffed fraudulently. Don't speak on things you know nothing about.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)You might want to Google "L. Coyote" and election integrity (or watch the award-winning election integrity films I produced).
milwaukeelib33
(140 posts)So sorry, you with supreme knowledge. Are you in Wisconsin? Have your works focused on Wisconsin, particularly the State Supreme Court election? If not, then you don't know shit about what is going on here. Here is your first piece of evidence to examine:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8511
There you go internet tough guy
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)and a great place for the myopic to point to
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)USDOJ deals with the latter. Unfortunate that Waukesha will not only have the Nickolaus and Vrakas mob running the election but also the Van Hollen gang will be there to look out for "voter fraud" problems rather than election fraud.... should be a real party... MNBC will be there, as I understand it - that's at least a plus.
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)I know it's only a small thing, they're only concentrating in a few places, and they won't do anything to address voter purges or rigged electronic voting machines.....BUT the very fact that the Obama Administration's Justice Department appears to be growing even a rudimentary, embryonic set of gonads is reason for celebration!
Holder and Obama have spent far too much time shitting their pants over the thought that some right wing loons may call them "radical" (or better yet, UPPITY). Start doing your jobs. If you're going to insist on governing like Republicans because you're afraid of Republicans, we may as well HAVE Republicans governing.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)I want help with ELECTION FRAUD!!! But this is good and important too!
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)ETA: The Justice Department should have intervened earlier when these states were passing voter ID laws and other acts of suppression, such as outlawing or putting restrictions on early voting, not allowing students to register to vote using their student IDs, closing down voter registration hubs, etc. I just fear that it may be too late.