Democrats admit to “helping” people vote

       
By Brian Kirwin
Published November 11th, 2008  

On Election Day, no Political Party or candidate folks can be anywhere near a voter when they vote. They have to stay 40 feet from the door. But for absentee voters, Party people can “help” all they want.

The Democrats also tried to help elderly voters in those neighborhoods to submit absentee ballots, and that seems to have given the party an edge(Virginian-Pilot)

Why are there two levels of legality? If “helping” is allowed for some, it should be allowed for all, shouldn’t it? I fail to see the difference.

Comments

8 Responses to “Democrats admit to “helping” people vote”

  1. FrenchyTheSailorNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    Off the top of my head I can thing of several reasons.

    Blindness, Parkinsons, Parapaligics, the Infirmed, etc……

  2. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Democrats were helping blind people vote? Are you honestly advocating that?

    Sign me up for that job!

  3. FrenchyTheSailorNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Hey, I never said they weren’t helping themselves….

  4. Stephen GunterNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    I honestly don’t understand the problem. Would you care to elaborate Brian?

  5. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Stephen, my point is that it seems that on Election Day, no partisan folks can be anywhere near someone when they vote, and prior to election day, partisan folks are bragging how close they were to those voting early.

  6. Stephen GunterNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Seems to me that it comes down to who is organized the best. Anyone who is trained on how to canvass knows that you are looking for people who are your supporters so you can make damn sure that they get to the polls on election day. You do anything in your power to make sure they get there. Even help them send in absentee ballots. We just weren’t as organized. It probably has something to do with “who” we had on the ballot.

  7. MarkNo Gravatar on November 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    Bottom line: Brian doesn’t want to let elderly, sick, paralyzed or blind Americans vote. Or Democrats…

  8. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on November 12th, 2008 at 2:57 am

    Bottom Line: Mark lies.

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