3 illegals charged with voter fraud

[Comrade Crapski]

It's only 3, but it's a start...

3 Council Bluffs Noncitizens Charged with Voter Fraud

By Rod Boshart, Reporter

DES MOINES, Iowa – Three people were charged with felony counts of voter fraud in Pottawattamie County Thursday as a result of an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation probe initiated last month in conjunction with the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.

Class D first-degree election misconduct charges were brought against Albert Harte-Maxwell, 52; Linda Harte-Maxwell, 49; and Maria Ayon-Fernandez, 40, all of Council Bluffs. All three individuals were booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on Thursday and released on their own recognizance, according to a DCI statement. The investigation was conducted by the DCI and Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office.

According to criminal complaints filed in the case, Albert Harte-Maxwell, Linda Harte-Maxwell, and Maria Ayon-Fernandez are all non-U.S. citizens who registered to vote in Pottawattamie County. Albert Harte-Maxwell voted in the 2010 general election and 2011 city election; Linda Harte-Maxwell voted in the 2011 city election; and Maria Ayon-Fernandez voted in the 2010 general election, according to the complaint and affidavit. The Harte-Maxwells are citizens of Canada and Ayon-Fernandez is a citizen of Mexico, court records indicate.

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, who also serves as the state’s commissioner of election, praised the work of investigators for uncovering the election crimes allegedly perpetrated by three foreign nationals who are accused of participating in Iowa elections even though they are not U.S. citizens.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/3-Cou...170572526.html

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by banyon

Jim Cramer: Voter ID Law Will Disenfranchise My Dad
CNBC host Jim Cramer

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...a_voter_id.php

RYAN J. REILLY SEPTEMBER 11, 2012, 11:36 AM 109691
Updated: September 11, 2012, 10:22 PM

CNBC host Jim Cramer said Tuesday that his father was among the estimated 750,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania who lack a state-issued form of identification.

“My dad, a vet, won’t be allowed to vote in Pa. because he does not drive, he is elderly, and can’t prove his citizenship,” Cramer wrote on Twitter.

Many elderly voters, including those who have voted in at least the past fifty elections, will have trouble voting under the law.

A Pennsylvania Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the state’s voter ID law begins on Thursday. The law is also the subject of a Justice Department investigation evaluating whether the law is discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act.

Here’s the “Mad Money” host’s tweet:

Jim Cramer
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@jimcramer
I have a problem. My dad, a vet, won't be allowed to vote in Pa. because he does not drive, he is elderly, and can't prove his citizenship.
11 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Late update: Cramer tweeted that Pennsylvania officials contacted him after his post and “came directly to the rescue” of his father. Cramer’s father was one of the hundreds of thousands of registered voters that the state of Pennsylvania admits don’t have an acceptable form of state-issued photo identification.

Late late update: Pennsylvania officials tell TPM why they reacted to Cramer’s tweet so quickl

See, it's easy--get yourself a national TV show where you can take up the cause of a family member and things will all work out.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

Who has to travel to get a birth certificate? My wife needed a copy of hers. She was born in a county in Illinois that isn't even a county anymore (it merged with a neighboring county), and we were still able to order an official copy over the internet for about $15.

Woud I be able to order an official copy of your wife's BC over the internet for $15? Gives me an idea...

[whoman69]

3 people, oh noes. How many registrations were thrown in the garbage in Virginia and they won't press charges?

[banyon]

Originally Posted by Calcountry

How does requiring an ID, that can be mailed at the time of registration if they don't' have licenses, constitute disenfranchisement? You can't even make a credit card purchase for a loaf of bread without an i.d. You are going to argue, that electing the most powerful office holder on the planet Shouldn't require an I.D. ?

I'm not arguing that. I personally don't have any problems with Voter ID.

I think the hasty and haphazard manner it was implemented though was poorly thought out and will have the effect of being a barrier to vote to many who should otherwise be able to vote.

Even the county election boards in many places are not sure what the rules are. You have false campaigns about threatening people without ID even where ID isn't required.

It's ok though, patteeu will be here to tell us after the election in each and every one of the elderly people's cases how we should blame them for failing to file multiple forms to preserve the right they had been excercising for decades.

[Velvet_Jones]

Probably some fugged up diebold machine allowed this.