Comments on: 400 voter “irregularities”

By: hburgnews.com » City Registrar in the Spotlight (Again)

hburgnews.com » City Registrar in the Spotlight (Again) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:23:40 +0000

[...] “scandals” included hundreds of voter registration rejection letters; reports of registration forms having been mysteriously modified, re-routed, or lost; [...]

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By: hburgnews.com » Possible H’burg Registrar Scandal?

hburgnews.com » Possible H’burg Registrar Scandal? — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:35:56 +0000

[...] now, you’ve heard about the rejected registrations and alleged voter disenfranchisement at the Harrisonburg Registrar’s [...]

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By: Del

Del — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:30:46 +0000

Looks like his first name is actual Sam if that’s any consolation:)

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By: JGFitzgerald

JGFitzgerald — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:15:56 +0000

His name couldn’t have been Jack? Bob? Aloysius?

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By: Jeremy Aldrich

Jeremy Aldrich — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:17:35 +0000

My favorite part of the “Joe the Plumber” segment of the debate was when McCain tried to nail down Obama on how much in fines Joe would have to pay if he didn’t offer health insurance to his employees, and Obama said “zero” because that part of his proposal only applies to large businesses, then McCain tried to change the scenario so that Joe owned some kind of giant plumbing empire.

Will McCain be able to restore his credibility after the election is over? I hope so; he’s had many years of service as a statesman. This campaign has changed him so much.

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By: Emmy

Emmy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:59:42 +0000

Thanks for that Bubby. I wish I could tell you how that made my day!

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By: seth

seth — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:15:29 +0000

with the concerns over registration validity in some other places right now, i can understand why the registrar’s office might proceed with caution on applications w/ inconcistencies (although if it’s their mistake they should definitely correct it ASAP. good looking out on making that photocopy). i’d think it would be easy enough to implement some sort of provisional voting system where they would either get things straightened out before the election or else hold questionable ballots that came in until they were able to either authenticate them or demonstrate that they were invalid.

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By: Bubby

Bubby — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:20:42 +0000

What happens if you misspell your name on your registration, but you register as a Republican, and support John McCain? You become Joe The Plumber, voice of the American Voter

…even if you owe the State of Ohio $1,200 in back taxes.

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By: David Miller

David Miller — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:00:36 +0000

btw, thanks JG and Finn for actually doing investigative reporting. Its nice to see. I miss Dave Reynolds, he’d a been all over this shit.

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