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m...@facts.only.now
Oct 24, 2012, 11:32:45 PM10/24/12
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:31:35 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:
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>Every State should pay attention to this one:
>
>Feds investigate phony letters warning Florida voters they're not
>eligible to voteNBC News
>
>The FBI and U.S. Postal Service agents are investigating bogus
>official-looking letters sent to voters in at least 28 Florida
>counties questioning their citizenship and their eligibility to vote,
>NBC News has learned.
>
>David Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI in Tampa, said his office
>opened up an investigation into the possible attempt at voter
>intimidation on Wednesday after receiving reports that eligible voters
>throughout the state have received the letters.
>
>"We're taking it as a serious situation," he said. "We're looking at
>everything from civil rights violations to election fraud -- to
>everything in between."
>
>Chris Cate, a spokesman for the Florida Secretary of State's Office,
>told NBC News, "We believe these letters appear to meet the standard
>of voter intimidation." Between 50 and 100 such letters have been
>reported to state officials so far, "and those are only the ones we
>know about. We're encouraging people to come forward."
>
>The fake letters, which first started showing up last Friday, have
>been sent under the names of real Florida county election supervisors
>-- with some correct contact information -- informing the voters that
>the supervisors have received "information" about their citizenship
>status, "bringing into doubt your eligibility as a registered voter."
>
>The letters also say the voter must fill out a Voter Eligibility Form
>in the next 15 days -- and failure to do so will result "in the
>removal of your name from the voter registration rolls and you will no
>longer be eligible to vote."
>
>"A non-registered voter who casts a vote in the state of Florida may
>be subject to arrest, imprisonment, and/or other criminal sanctions,"
>the letters state.
>
>Some of the letters have been received by "longtime, staunch voters
>who have been exercising their right to vote" for years, Couvertier
>said. While those people are likely to vote anyway, "Our concern is
>someone who might not be secure and then questions whether they should
>vote."
>
>It's not clear who sent the letters, which were machine postmarked in
>Seattle. Couvertier said the FBI in Tampa is working with its Seattle
>office to track down the perpetrator.
>
>Cate said a "significant majority have gone to Republican voters, but
>not exclusively. We've got Democrats who received the letters, we've
>got independents. We're telling everybody to be on the lookout."
>
>Every State should pay attention to this one:
>
>Feds investigate phony letters warning Florida voters they're not
>eligible to voteNBC News
>
>The FBI and U.S. Postal Service agents are investigating bogus
>official-looking letters sent to voters in at least 28 Florida
>counties questioning their citizenship and their eligibility to vote,
>NBC News has learned.
>
>David Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI in Tampa, said his office
>opened up an investigation into the possible attempt at voter
>intimidation on Wednesday after receiving reports that eligible voters
>throughout the state have received the letters.
>
>"We're taking it as a serious situation," he said. "We're looking at
>everything from civil rights violations to election fraud -- to
>everything in between."
>
>Chris Cate, a spokesman for the Florida Secretary of State's Office,
>told NBC News, "We believe these letters appear to meet the standard
>of voter intimidation." Between 50 and 100 such letters have been
>reported to state officials so far, "and those are only the ones we
>know about. We're encouraging people to come forward."
>
>The fake letters, which first started showing up last Friday, have
>been sent under the names of real Florida county election supervisors
>-- with some correct contact information -- informing the voters that
>the supervisors have received "information" about their citizenship
>status, "bringing into doubt your eligibility as a registered voter."
>
>The letters also say the voter must fill out a Voter Eligibility Form
>in the next 15 days -- and failure to do so will result "in the
>removal of your name from the voter registration rolls and you will no
>longer be eligible to vote."
>
>"A non-registered voter who casts a vote in the state of Florida may
>be subject to arrest, imprisonment, and/or other criminal sanctions,"
>the letters state.
>
>Some of the letters have been received by "longtime, staunch voters
>who have been exercising their right to vote" for years, Couvertier
>said. While those people are likely to vote anyway, "Our concern is
>someone who might not be secure and then questions whether they should
>vote."
>
>It's not clear who sent the letters, which were machine postmarked in
>Seattle. Couvertier said the FBI in Tampa is working with its Seattle
>office to track down the perpetrator.
>
>Cate said a "significant majority have gone to Republican voters, but
>not exclusively. We've got Democrats who received the letters, we've
>got independents. We're telling everybody to be on the lookout."
Mark Hill
Oct 24, 2012, 11:38:59 PM10/24/12
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On 10/24/2012 9:32 PM, m...@facts.only.now wrote:
> Feds investigate phony letters warning Florida voters they're not
> eligible to voteNBC News
Given NBC news has consistently biased coverage to be pro-Obama I say
> Feds investigate phony letters warning Florida voters they're not
> eligible to voteNBC News
this is a good thing.
We should not vote for NBC news.
Peas and justas
Oct 26, 2012, 3:04:45 AM10/26/12
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The FBI should be investigating Eric the gun smuggler Holder for his
treason.
treason.
Cade Larson
Nov 5, 2012, 3:46:57 PM11/5/12
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On 10/24/2012 9:32 PM, m...@facts.only.now wrote:
"If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a
one-term proposition"—President Obama, 2009.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4-vPrcDBo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-75KJkJiVRo&feature=related
Despite the rise of ATM's for banking in the 1980's. President Barack
Obama says they are partly to blame for current unemployment.
...how about these dam refrigerators, Taking away the job of the Ice man.
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