Virginia county issues "chilling" voter registration report
By SilentPatriot Monday Sep 08, 2008 12:00pm
Officials in charge of voter registration in Virginia seem to be asking for Federal investigation... According to this press release from this extremely important battleground state, students are being told that they risk losing their scholarship and tax dependency status if they register to vote in their college, as opposed to home, state. And surprise, it appears all these warnings are bogus and have one impact and one impact only: to suppress voter turnout among college-aged people, who are overwhelmingly supporting Obama this year. Memo to Virginia: that's illegal.
Last week, Virginia’s Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote. In interviews with Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, it was described by turns as “unsubstantiated,” “chilling,” and (more generously) as not “incredibly encouraging or friendly.” Read more...
It reads, in part: “The Code of Virginia states that a student must declare a legal residence in order to register. A legal residence can be either a student’s permanent address from home or their current college residence. By making Montgomery County your permanent residence, you have declared your independence from your parents and can no longer be claimed as a dependent on their income tax filings — check with your tax professional. If you have a scholarship attached to your former residence, you could lose this funding. And, if you change your registration to Montgomery County, Virginia Code requires you to change your driver’s license and car registration to your present address within 30 days.”
Sujatha Jahagirdar, program director for the Student Public Interest Research Group’s nonpartisan New Voters Project....[said] “For a county registrar to issue what really are in our experience unsubstantiated warnings for a particular demographic is alarming,” ... “It’s upsetting that this is coming up in Virginia. But it’s even more upsetting that the ability of young people to vote is questioned in many other states too.”
She added: “In 25 years of registering young voters around the country, none of the staff has ever heard of a single incident where a student has lost their tax status or their scholarship because of where they’ve registered to vote.”
I wonder why Montgomery County election officials would lie about the ramifications of registering to vote? Does anyone else smell a lawsuit?
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This is what I worry about.
They can't win a fair election, what do you expect?
But they wave their flag and talk about defending our 'democracy'...
Republicans will lie, cheat, steal and kill to advance their aims and goals.
They're scum.
We're already in a not-so-civil war, folks.
I read yesterday, that with the current shenanigans the GOP has managed to stop over 6 million possible Dem voters off the lists.
This country is fucked, when the average idiot cares more about their right to bear arms than voting.
WE KNEW IT WAS COMING.....
we must fight this!
the right is scared and desperate...stuff like this is their only hope
If anyone receives information that may question their elgibility to vote for any reason, contact your local democratic campaign office or other democratic offices.
The fix is on.
Shows how scared the bedwetting Reslugs truely are with their alzheimer McBush and their trashy, inexperienced, pick for VP.
As I recall, the AG of Virginia is a hard core Republican who got elected in the same election as Kaine won Governor. I remember thinking this AG would try to suppress the vote. So I am not shocked. Maybe there should be a DOJ investigation.
Oh wait ............with today's DOJ it would be more like an "infestigation"......
At least we know one thing - VA really is up for grabs, or they wouldnt be so worried about it they have to cheat.
this is just the tip of the iceburg
oh well, the fix is in
and oh look...palin is a high class whore
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-palin-fundraiser,0,42...
but for 50k, i would want that bitch to at least slob my knob
How about we just fire the ass hole who sent the notice and make a specticle out of him/her nationally as an example of what will happen to the next facist who tries to pull the same neocon ploy.
I smell KKKarl Rove... stinks like old skunk!
Idiotic and moronic but far from "chilling."
Stupid is a better term to use then "chilling".
BigIslandDave @ 3:
Democrats are the same. They are just better at hiding it.
Democrats AND Republicans = $9 trillion in debt and counting.........
C&L, you should also give more attention to Greg Palast's reporting (he was the one who broke the story of the stolen votes in Florida in 2000). Apparently hundreds of thousands of people from numerous swing states are currently being disenfranchised, not just Virginia. This could very well make or break the election this year (again!).
http://www.gregpalast.com/
What is being done here and in other states? What can we do now? What will the MSM do about it? Or should we just give up, and assume the pose?
exposethetruth @ 15:
I am an independent, but care to point out how the democrats have scrubbed the list off rich white males (i.e. potential GOP voters) en masse?
I am enraged at how stupid the Republicans seem to think the majority of the country is.
I am sickened at how well it works for them.
And more easily hackable 'voting' machines...
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/09/09/1426246.shtml
Required @ 2:
You're right. But they really mean "their Democracy".
Isn't issuing misleading, incorrect statements malfeasance or misfeasance at a minimum? Hopefully student activists (don't expect Obama or DNC to act) will call for the an investigation of the Registrar.
exposethetruth @ 15:
Troll alert. Hey troll, F.U.
"Chilling" is when you need to keep the house at 60 during 40 Below winter wind chills because you can't afford the heat or even upgrading your house to make it more energy efficient.
Virginia county issues “chilling” voter registration report
They're going for the rapper vote?
lj @ 17:
The M$M is not on our side, they have been for the better part of this generation. So we should stop expecting them to do anything, period.
As for the people, if they really cared, what they can do is written right there in the constitution: right in between the 1st and 3rd amendment. Alas, the common gun nut used the noble pretext of "defending our rights" to shield his need for owning a penile extension. So... I will not be holding my breath on that one either.
Basically, McCain will steal the election, and the common American idiot will have to get a 3rd job just to make ends meet. But, I am sure that being able to vote on American Idol is worth the while...
Brian @ 19:
Welcome to the club.
Gee I wonder who is spreading that little jewel around? As if I have to ask. But hey if you believe the polls, Granpa McBush has gained popularity since naming Palin as his running mate. Speaking of her and I'm sure everyone here know this... she went from being a baptized Roman Catholic to being a baptized Pentecostal and attends evangelical services. A Pentecostal who comes from a Roman Catholic background is usually a conservative on steroids. Pentecostals are hardcore end-of -the-worlders', complete with the Antichrist, pestilence, fire and brimstone. The Government is way broken now...the last it needs is this kind of influence in the White House. Too damn scary.
The differences between the parties is the Republicans are always being caught covering up scandals, and the Democrats are always caught in scandals under the covers.
Fortunately, usually with the opposite sex
And appropriate age range.
Tyler Durden @ 18:
Care to elaborate with links?
L.A. Confidential @ 27:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB_2oIKUVks
How can they do this? This makes me want to vomit.
As long as Mac and the Moose eat Barbecue at local stops they seem to be gaining momentum.
Just what we need, another stolen election.
I just hope to God that people will finally challenge this if the GOP succeeds...
L.A. Confidential @ 27:
I think they'd let me in only as a valet or a caddy.
SouthTxMan @ 32:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-emQAsGMeQ
ysbaddaden @ 35:
I'd probably make "associate janitor" at best.
Just a nitpick:
The headline is correct, it's the county causing the problem, not the state. Other counties are far more enlightened on this issue than is Montgomery. However, the comment about Virginia's AG is on target, since he's the one that will likely determine whether there's any follow-up.
Bottom line: Virginia as a whole is no longer the Old South. If it were, George Macaca Allen would be our junior Senator.
Every once in a while I think that the American voter is not that stupid and uneducated to fall for these tricks any more and then I remember the last 8 years.
Ron @ 23:
I know...........truth hurts, doesn't it?
Wake up sheeple, this two-party dictatorship has played with everyone since day one.
Let's get an independent in there and see what happens.
Jesse Ventura or Dennis Kucinich (only democrat fighting for the truth), take your pick.
we need to take the kid gloves and sue these people into the next century. make a example out of them. Karl Rove type tactics are successful because so many of the "little people" feel empowered or are even recruited to pull this kind of crap. this is what emboldens crooks like Bush & Cheney. Bush & Cheney never caged any voters, they just sent letters of thanks and advocated promotions for the little people who caged voters.
we need to tackle this kind of lawlessness the same way the GOP approaches the drug war.
whoever was responsible for this needs to be sued into the next century, and jailed if possible.
Tyler Durden @ 4:
Got a link?
Phantom @ 16:
Not to mention caging serving Iraq soldiers ...
Dr. Palast! Paging Dr. Palast ...!
SouthTxMan @ 32:
The Media is mostly to blame. You turn on the tube or whatever and everyone but Obama is apparently running for President. Or trying to rule the world in someway.
Ron @ 23:
That bullshit "no difference" argument IS a troll point.....don't bother voting because there's really "no difference".....Repuke voter suppression ploy.
Charm City @ 1:
The fixes are being installed while the Palin distraction has us looking at all the wrong things. NPR announced Friday that Diebold has admitted to problems with there voting software that drops votes (usually democratic) and is in the process of going out to all of their machines in 35 states effected and installing the new fixes. You don't think they would be putting in the new results of the November 4th elections do you. Hmmmmm
exposethetruth @ 40:
The only thing that will hurt in this election is if anyone pays attention to you and your idiot followers.
RayC @ 39:
Hey if they work hard at a job someday they too can be an Ultra Wealthy Republican!
If you can apply for a passport from your legal as opposed to home state, then you can also register to vote.
exposethetruth @ 40:
I don't think Dean and Pelosi will permit that. Once they get Obama out of the way then these two can box it out the next election in 4 years.
Jim Wilson @ 38:
Fellow Virginia resident:
Did you recently get a robo-call from John McCain telling you he'd be sending you an application for an absentee ballot?
I did. And maybe 10 days later the application arrived, from John McCain.
Nothing illegal, but somewhat sketchy.
Lunch Over
Back to Work
Remember Ohio, exit polls taken at sites with paper ballets were extremely accurate and for Kerry but exit polls taken at electronic voting sites were also for Kerry but the votes somehow went to Bush. It can and will happen again if we aren't diligent in our resolve to stop them.
Here we go again!
MountainMan23 @ 51:
I would be checking to make sure that it is a real ballot or application.
This could backfire on them throughout the country. College students are pretty tech savvy. This news could speard to every college in America by noon Pacific time today.
Young people do not like to be told what to do and they dont like being lied to by adults with ulterior motives.
Wish I were back in VA to vote. But VA Tech is pretty conservative -- this might not be such a bad thing...
whya re ALL of my comments suddenly 'awaiting moderation' ?
I see no keywords or links on them.
[I sent an email to the addy you provided us. If it's fake, I guess you didn't get it-The Fascist]
exposethetruth @ 40:
If Jesse is an indie ,why was he at the repugnics convention?
Aside from everything else, this being Virginia, they'll have to prove they're not Maccacan.
exposethetruth @ 40:
Jessie Ventura? Hahahahahahaha!!! He's never done shit himself yet has all the answers but won't tell anyone what his solutions are. Jessie's macho B.S. worked well in the movie "Predator"....remember this famous line by Jessie, "I don't have time to bleed!" LOL.
Left&Left @ 60:
Fkn hero worship B.S. Why don't they just write in Ronald Reagan.
BigIslandDave @ 3:
You said it, Dave! Time for everyone to wake up and look around them. The lazy, hazy days of "summer" are over, folks!
right on! @ 13:
Add a whiff of George Allen.
Jo @ 63:
Phewww!
fascists, fascists, fascists....but that's why they win.
exposethetruth @ 40:
okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! ill take the koochhhhhhhhh!
Crimes like this should be a minimum 20 years of Hard Labor, and anal buggering every night.
So, has anyone in the Country gone down to the Registrar's Office and demanded to speak to someone about it?
Anyone who's been around for the past 8 years knows it's not the issues, not healthcare, not home mortgages, not minimum wage, not social security. It's not ethics or morality. It's not Obama rising above the fray. It's not the fact that McSame and Palying playing fast and loose with the truth.
It's purged voting lists, voter suppression, 'faulty' voting machines...It's the election...and it's already over.
Where's the DEM CONTROLLED Congress on this? Where's Jim Webb on this? What ever happened to the Sheldon Whitehouse Bill that addressed caging by state parties? Last I heard, it was still sitting
in Feinstein's committee.
Geee - I would think these flag-waving, "Pro-America" Republicans
would see clean voting as a part of this Democracy we want to encourage
less Democratic countries to follow. Well the world is watching and what
they are seeing is the Party of power losing its control of the hearts and minds
of the Neo Majority of Americans.
There needs to be a call to Criminalize voter suppression to the Nth degree - this is really an act of
treason and the only real punishment is by firing squad. Anyone known to have
purged and votes of Americans should be put to death. Restoring the sanctity of the Constitution
should be on every American's agenda.
I am a graduate of Virginia Tech and this happened to me 25 years ago!! I remember one of the questions was - are you self supporting?- !! I lied and answered every question in a way that would qualify me to vote there. Bastards. Montgomery County backwoods closed-minded rednecks.
Dems lost because they actually believe elections are about issues...and that the public will realize it. Hah!!!!!! That's why we lose more often than not when issues confront the "fear factor" of the Republicans, OR, when the Republicans can frame the election as being about only ONE issue, i.e.,
drill now! (hah!).
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 11:
It really reminds me of barkers at a circus, these republican politicians. As each day passes and more stupidity comes out, I see that the gop views the American public as shills in a game of power, greed, and pure unbiased fascism.
Wow...so they are starting to try to steal the election already? I guess we should thank them for doing it early enough that it could be caught and, hopefully, remedied before the election. Please...let's all do something to try to stop it. I contacted my local DNC office and volunteered to be a poll watcher...to make sure that people who want to vote, get to vote. We need people like us...who know that they do this...to step up and closely watch what they are doing to try to stop them from stealing another election.
Don @ 68:
EXACTLY!!!
http://mcdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3
Here is the link to contact the Montgomery County Democratic Chairman. Perhaps we need to encourage them to get out onto those college campuses and spread the truth.
With no way to audit the voting machines, they can and will be rigged. Again. And again.
But hey, our democracy isn't worth the trouble...
Ron @ 47:
Lemme guess Ron, you watch alot of MSM, don't you?
video released showing electronic voting machine hacked
if we lose on this type of activity i'm done with politics
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Video_shows_how_electronic_voting_machines...
exposethetruth @ 78:
No!
exposethetruth @ 78:
"..........since day one." You got a link for that?
Northwest Washington @ 46:
So then push to go back to paper ballots... everyone needs to push for that in their local areas and let it go outward from there...
Left&Left @ 60:
Give Jesse Ventura ballot access and a chance to debate them then he'll kick the sh*t out of the two puppets going for the presidency.
Reslugs are sooooo good at bowing to their non-religious whores in their sick party.
Stevio @ 12:
How about fire and jail for fraud and terrorist activity's
exposethetruth @ 78:
If I lived in a state that was so blue that the Dems didn't need my vote I would consider supporting a 3rd party candidate, cuz this country desperately needs 3rd parties.
But:
#1) I don't so I won't.
#2) 3rd parties have to grow from the grass roots up, not from the Presidential Election down. Start putting Greens into your City Council and State Legislatures. Then, when one of them catches fire, push him/her up to the House of Representatives. That's the route to take to get a 3rd Party started in this country.
"By making Montgomery County your permanent residence, you have declared your independence from your parents and can no longer be claimed as a dependent on their income tax filings — check with your tax professional. If you have a scholarship attached to your former residence, you could lose this funding."
This is seriously such bullshit. You *ALWAYS* have to include your parents address and income when applying for financial aid. because they can still claim you as a dependent.
exposethetruth @ 83: