CA, NV, WI, TX, NC Election Updates TH 7-21-2016 - ARREST: Registration switching, Voter Suppression Lawsuit Updates, DOJ lays off 800+- election observers
NEW SECTION Registration Switching
NEVADA
6-13-2016 - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL - Pahrump woman arrested for falsifying party affiliations on voter registrations - CARSON CITY — A Pahrump woman was arrested Wednesday on 11 felony charges involving allegations she falsified party affiliations while registering voters before the June 14 Nevada primary, the secretary of state’s office said. An arrest warrant issued for Tina Marie Parks listed bail at $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond. The arrest follows an investigation conducted by the state’s Election Integrity Task Force after it received complaints from voters who said Parks, while working for the conservative outreach group Engage Nevada, filled out their applications and listed the wrong party affiliation.
CALIFORNIA
7-8-2016 The Press Enterprise - RIVERSIDE COUNTY: District attorney claims voters' party affiliations purposely changed without consent - Registered Republicans as well as registered Democrats were victims of the switch, Hestrin said, adding that complaints came from party officials, candidates for office and regular voters.
NEW Stories
7-19-2016 - 'BradCast' - New Election Fraud Warnings, Worry and Woes:
NEW SECTION Voter Suppression Lawsuits
North Carolina
7-15-2016 - Reuters - Changes to North Carolina voting laws could put thousands of 2016 ballots at risk - The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering legal challenges to the law from the Justice Department and civil rights groups and citizens, is expected to issue a ruling in the next few weeks.
Texas
7-20-2016 - BradCast - Conservative 5th Circuit Court Finds TX Photo ID Law Violates Federal Law!
7-20-2016 Federal Appeals Court Ruling document
7-20-2016 - Texas Tribune - Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act, Court Rules - Texas’ voter identification law violates the U.S. law prohibiting racial discrimination in elections, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
7-7-2016 - Kut.org - Deadline Approaches for Texas Voter ID Law, But It Likely Won't End the Legal Battle - The deadline for a federal appeals court to rule on the state’s controversial voter ID law is fast approaching. The U.S. Supreme Court gave the court until July 20 to make a decision about whether the law violates federal civil rights law.
Wisconsin
7-19-2016 - ThinkProgress - Federal Judge Strikes A Critical Blow Against Wisconsin’s Voter Suppression Law - To prevent voters who cannot reasonably obtain ID from being disenfranchised, the federal judge Adelman issued a temporary order requiring the state to accept affidavits from voters who say they could not obtain an ID. It’s a serious blow to the state’s voter suppression law, although one that still must clear a very difficult hurdle if it is to remain in place. Adelman previously struck down the voter ID law, but this law was reinstated by an especially conservative panel of a federal appeals court.
NEW SECTION: DOJ actions/inactions
7-18-2016 - ACLU - Lawyers’ Committee Expresses Disappointment with U.S. Department of Justice Decision to Terminate Critical Federal Observer Program - The Justice Department (DOJ) has stated that it will no longer deploy federal observers inside polling sites, a long-standing and critical component of its election monitoring efforts.
7-19-2016 - CommonDreams - Despite Nationwide Assault on Voting Rights, DOJ Guts Election Observers - 'This news creates an open invitation for more voting discrimination and voter suppression to go unchecked in the November election
7-18-2016 - Reuters - EXCLUSIVE-U.S. curtails federal election observers - Federal election observers will only be sent to five states in this year's U.S. presidential election, among the smallest deployments since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 to end racial discrimination at the ballot box - In recent presidential elections, the Justice Department had sent more than 780 people to watch elections around the country - but no more.
Action Items:
6-30-2016 TrustVote.org Is Seeking Volunteers To Help Recount Votes
Donate to TrustVote.org to help CA Election Lawsuit
Support JusticeServed.org is The People’s Social Network for our Political Revolution. It’s #1 purpose is to assist the lawyers of the Nationwide Racketeering Lawsuit being filed by Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis to prove that Bernie has in FACT received more votes then Hillary and has won by such a large margin he does not need the vote of the super delegates to receive the Democratic Nomination.
Donate to JAMPAC to support lawsuit against the DNC
To report a problem with your voting experience, please fill out the California Voter Declaration at WatchtheVoteUSA.com.
7-8-2016 – HuffPo – Californians Call for a Grand Jury Investigation of the Primary – A Grand Jury Investigation Into the Role of the Press – The media’s influence before, during, and after the election would perpetrate a fraud on the American public. The Associated Press called California’s election the day before, giving voters the impression that there was no need to waste a visit to the polls. The day of the primary, the press announced Hillary Clinton the winner without certifiable election results. And California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla remained silent even though the County Registrars established that too many vote-by-mail and provisional ballots were still uncounted to be certain of the outcome. These tactics by the media are propaganda at its finest, to the detriment of the democratic process. Voters who have suffered any of the above issues are urged to make their problems known to WatchtheVoteUSA.com. The group seeks to start a Civil Grand Jury investigation as soon as possible. To file a California Voter Declaration, visit WatchtheVoteUSA.com.
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law - 866ourvote.org - 1-800-Our-Vote
Comments
Great information...love the action items.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Coincidence? I think not. Seriously, thanks Obama. Wtf?
Smdh! He's so damned likable if you never consider all the horrible shit he's done while prez. No where near the horrible shit Killary has done throughout her career, but still no bueno!
They are pulling the election monitors to more easily control
the outcome in November. Notice how the MSM has given airtime to Gary Johnson and NOT to Jill Stein. Johnson will pull votes from Trump. I've been telling my Republican colleagues and friends that the fix is in and no one but Killary will be president. #JillNotHill #NeverHillary #NeverTrump
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK | "The more I see of the moneyed peoples, the more I understand the guillotine." - G. B. Shaw Bernie/Tulsi 2020
So totally agree! Coincidence? Nope - fix is in for November!
Couldn't agree more!
So the Trump plant kinda backfired. Plan B - fix it like the primary. No prob. Been there, done that RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES! Doing it again should be easy - except for the redneck gun strokers, like my mom.
No one has a thing to lose by voting Third Party
so many, many will. Gary Johnson will take from Trump; Jill Stein will take from Clinton.
If that happens in enough numbers, nobody gets all the way. The GOP is going to outsmart Mrs. Primary fixer, big time, by having Congress decide. You think we're all pissed off now?
I veered off in thinking!
In a gesture of solidarity, Hillary will name Trump head of HUD, readily making all of our cities into Oz.
I guess FBI and DoJ are now captured.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Openly, blatantly, in-our-faces obvious
Just a quick thought
What if the outside protestors at the Convention brought along some vehicles set up to deliver house current, and enough extension cords, and a pile of fake pink "Provisional Ballots", and a number of paper-shredders? Then folks could sit there when news cameras and live-streaming bloggers were around, and shred to their heart's content. -And just tell them they were taking care of unfinished business for the Party.
Of course, I'd rather see it happen INSIDE the convention. During HRC's speech. But I'm sure the goons would wade in with cattle prods.
"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all."
- John Maynard Keynes