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No major voting irregularities

Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:50 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger
According to Leslie Amoros, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania State Department, there have been no major voter irregularities in the state.

"It's just been minor, normal kinds of stuff," she said. "Nothing major, nothing widespread."

She said polling places do not report turnout numbers throughout the day, but that anecdotally she has learned it is high, aided by the nice weather.

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I am glad somebody said that to that Tony from Texas fraud.He sounds like one of them Hillarious Liars if you ask me.     Jill please if anyone is wripe for the attack ads it would be The Clintons,just because Obama did not use guuterball tactics like she did does not mean she will not be the subject of even more attacks. The problem is that you Clinton people have this false sense that Hillary has been vetted already.Let me tell you this if you had been up against any other style of politician Hillary would have been crying foul a long time ago.She has enough skeletons in her closet to  make an army.Yall need to wake up,and stop lying to yourselves the way she has been lying to all of us.The experiance lie is a prime example. If you think Hillary Clinton has been fully vetted and has more experiance than Obama, come play a little three card monty with me. That is exactly what her campaign has done to you Clinton fans. Her pea keeps moving and you'll never find it.Here goes more of the Clinton Shell game with Ballots in philly .
Anyone heard about turnout in Philly??  Obama will be the winner no matter what but sure would like this folly on HRCs part to end.
I'd like to echo the request for some reporting on the ballots missing Obama's name and the other reported irregularities. There may, somehow, be a reasonable explanation for all of this, but please, PLEASE look into it.
"The ONLY major voting irregularity would be if Barack Obama actually won the PA primary.
Then another part of America loses."
Full Moon (Sent Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:08 PM)

Would that be white America?  Nothing else would make sense with your statement.  What other part of America do you think loses because and actual progressive with real ideas wins?
Hi - I'm wondering whether people are clear that, in order to vote for president, they need to both check off their presidential candidate AND choose the delagates.  Where I voted (the west side of Center City Philadelphia, - Chaka Fattah's congressional district) the president and delegates were some distance apart with other offices like state treasurer in between.  I'd hate to see people walk in, choose their presidential candidate, and walk out again without going farther (and I'm curious whether a presidential choice with no delegates would even "count".)
My earlier post about voting problems in P.A. deleted??
THERE ARE PROBLEMS.
Provisional ballots ( where there are broken machines) with ONLY Hillary's name on them!!
Broken machines in black neighborhoods...
wake up, people!!
msnbc:  please remember that the media is the fourth estate . . . help us.

The people have been doing our part . . . without the news journalists, we all lose.

If both sides are cheating, doesn't everything work out in the end?

Let's also hear from some of the Republicans who are registering to vote Democrat.  You guys having any problems figuring out the ballot?
Stop saying povisional ballots are being handed out without Obama's name on it.   It's not true, the ones people are speaking of, is a campaign ad, not a ballot.  No one at the polls is handing out ballots with only one name on it.  Obama supporters have got to stop whinning and crying foul.  There is no conspiracy and you sound like a bunch of Kool Aid drinking Cultists, the more you parrot this type of non sense.
Just because I support Hillary and believe her to be the stronger candidate does NOT mean that I am a liar, diluted, delusional, or any other name that you people like to throw around.  Now I understand why Obama doesn't have to "play dirty" (even though he has from the start...) - his supporters do a fine job of it for him.

FYI: I'm an extremely educated, middle class, respectable, 20-something woman who knows quite a bit about both candidates.  Please don't play yourselves.

I fear it's going to be a John Kerry redux if Obama gets the nod.
I feel really tired of the hate that comes out of Hillary backers. It is just wrong. You seem so angry and frustrated...
T in Missouri,

That's a photo of an endorement sheet not an actual ballot.  Those are the candidates at each of those positions that the group wants voters to pick with the number indicating their ballot position.  
You know what,perhaps if the democratic party actually practiced some democracy so many democrats wouldn't believe someone is out to cheat them out of a vote...first they blamed the vast right wing conspiracy for florida in 2000 and now its the vast left wing conspiracy cheating obama out of votes in a democratic primary...or maybe democrats are just sore losers
Here's something that the DNC bigwigs don't want us rank-and-file dems to know about:

"On Tuesday, April 15 a trio of Democratic Party leaders held a private teleconference with former Vice President Al Gore, who was the party's Presidential candidate in 2000.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi-CA and Senator Jay Rockefeller-WV spoke with Al Gore and set up the preliminary framework for what is being called the "Denver Plan".  The "Denver Plan" involves Al Gore stepping into the lead role of the
2008 Democratic presidential ticket at the 2008 Democratic National Convention meeting August 25-28, with the winner of the Democratic Primary's popular vote serving as vice president candidate (either Illinois Senator Obama or New York Senator Clinton).  
The candidate who loses the primary popular vote (whether they win the delegate vote or not) will then be promised a high position in Gore's cabinet (possibly the Secretary of State role, although that issue is not settled yet).  

Howard Dean is quoted as saying that "This rivalry is going to hurt us down ticket if it's not wrapped up by June.  We're almost certain to lose the presidental election in November, and perhaps two seats in the Senate we might otherwise pick up if it doesn't end now."  The party will be announcing the arrangement following the last of the primaries on June 3 in order to avoid upsetting potential voters in the final states.

Neither Senator Obama nor Senator Clinton's camps have responded to the rumors about the "Denver Plan", but it is believed that neither candidate is very enthusiastic about the possibility."

Please contact Speaker Pelosi, Governor Dean and the Democratic National Committee and insist that our voices be heard, not the backroom politics that deserve to be left in the past.  
Can anyone tell me how to have PA results texted to me as they come in?  I'm going crazy trying to find someplace where I can sign up for this.
Conspiracy,  Hillary will stop at nothing to win this state.   Why is it that, the so called polls mentioned by the Media always have Hillary ahead some how.  But every poll i have takened or seen over the internet, local, newspapers...always have Barack Obama up by 16-25 points.  IT's Amazing to me.
I just received a email from MovingOn they are on top of Obamas name not being on ballots...ect.

OMG… you guys have to check this out. I also read that Obamas team have lawyers on their way to PA… His name is not on ballots..plus more…

No voting irregularities?? Seriously??? http://www.runhardmedia.com/hrc.jpg

New Independent TN
Mayor Bloomber has reported on this but NOT ONE person in the media will cover the story.
80 districts in NY and Obama did not get a single vote.
I hope there are organizations on the groud monitoring his campaign like Black Box.
I also hope there are a lot of independent organizations doing exit polling.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02192008/news/regionalnews/mike_bloomberg_claims_vote_fraud__98367.htm

My earlier post about voting problems in P.A. deleted??
THERE ARE PROBLEMS.
Provisional ballots ( where there are broken machines) with ONLY Hillary's name on them!!
Broken machines in black neighborhoods…
Look harder.  There are alwyas irregularities when the dems vote.


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