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Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud?
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted March 21, 2008.
As Ohio election officials investigate illegal crossover voting in the
2008 primary, questions arise on Limbaugh's role.
As the board of election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Cleveland is
located, launches an investigation into illegal crossover voting in the
state's 2008 presidential primary, a big open question remains
unanswered: Will county officials go after the ringleaders of apparently
illegal electioneering where thousands of Republican voters swore --
under penalty of law -- allegiance to the Democratic Party in order to
vote for Hillary Clinton?
In case you missed it, Rush Limbaugh, the nation's top-rated talk radio
host, was urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to skip their party's
primary on March 4 and instead cast a vote for Hillary Clinton in order
to prolong the fight between her and Barack Obama. And that Tuesday, as
media in both states reported, thousands of Republicans did just what
Limbaugh and others had suggested -- they changed parties to vote for
Clinton.
(snip)
While this all makes for great talk radio and sounds like fun, there is
one catch: What Limbaugh encouraged Republican voters to do in Ohio was a
fifth-degree felony in that state, punishable with a $2,500 fine and six
to 12 months in jail. That is because in order to change party
affiliation in Ohio, voters have to fill out a form swearing allegiance
to that party's principles "under penalty of election falsification."
On Thursday, March 20, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the
"Cuyahoga County Board of Election has launched an investigation that
could lead to criminal charges against voters who maliciously switched
parties for the March 4 presidential primary." According to the report,
"One voter scribbled the following addendum to his pledge as a new
Democrat: "For one day only."
"Such an admission amounts to voter fraud," the report continued,
attributing that conclusion to BOE member Sandy McNair, a Democrat.
(snip)
Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud?
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted March 21, 2008.
As Ohio election officials investigate illegal crossover voting in the
2008 primary, questions arise on Limbaugh's role.
As the board of election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Cleveland is
located, launches an investigation into illegal crossover voting in the
state's 2008 presidential primary, a big open question remains
unanswered: Will county officials go after the ringleaders of apparently
illegal electioneering where thousands of Republican voters swore --
under penalty of law -- allegiance to the Democratic Party in order to
vote for Hillary Clinton?
In case you missed it, Rush Limbaugh, the nation's top-rated talk radio
host, was urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to skip their party's
primary on March 4 and instead cast a vote for Hillary Clinton in order
to prolong the fight between her and Barack Obama. And that Tuesday, as
media in both states reported, thousands of Republicans did just what
Limbaugh and others had suggested -- they changed parties to vote for
Clinton.
(snip)
While this all makes for great talk radio and sounds like fun, there is
one catch: What Limbaugh encouraged Republican voters to do in Ohio was a
fifth-degree felony in that state, punishable with a $2,500 fine and six
to 12 months in jail. That is because in order to change party
affiliation in Ohio, voters have to fill out a form swearing allegiance
to that party's principles "under penalty of election falsification."
On Thursday, March 20, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the
"Cuyahoga County Board of Election has launched an investigation that
could lead to criminal charges against voters who maliciously switched
parties for the March 4 presidential primary." According to the report,
"One voter scribbled the following addendum to his pledge as a new
Democrat: "For one day only."
"Such an admission amounts to voter fraud," the report continued,
attributing that conclusion to BOE member Sandy McNair, a Democrat.
(snip)