Good grief folks, let's use our common sense and not screw on the
tinfoil hats quite as tightly. First of all, the original poster (Dr. Boer)
says that he was mailed a "form for an absentee ballot", not the ballot
itself. I am guessing what he received looked a lot like this (two seconds
of Google searching required):
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/lib/voting/02_voter_registration_applications/absenteeballot/absentee_ballot_application_(08-13-04).pdf
So, no "skullduggery" here. Given easy access to USPS mailing databases
which incorporate change of address forms, it takes a computer a couple of
microseconds to return the complete address history of someone, given their
name and an original address. As an example (again with about two seconds of
Google searching):
http://www.melissadata.com/Ncoa/NCOA.htm
So, no effort required to "track someone down". Basically, I look at this as the
Republicans in PA saying "hey, in case you need an absentee ballot, here is an
application for one". I have no problem with either party doing this type of thing.
It is exactly the same as a political party posting a link for voter registration
information on their website, or providing votor registration materials at a rally
or similar.
If there are actual voting irregularities, by anyone, I will be the first to yell from the rooftops.
However, let's not take every single occurrance and see a grand consipiracy to steal votes
and by extension, the election. Given that faith in the election process is extremely
important to Americans, we should take care not to spread unfounded rumors of illegitimacy.
Use common sense and reason; it took about 30 times longer for me to write this
post as it did to research the facts for my own. And now, before anyone accuses me
of being naive, I am sure that there will be some voter fraud that goes on somewhere in
the US; I have already seen dozens of articles pointing out allegations of impropriety,
from both of the major parties. This happens, unfortunately, every election, and is nothing
new. Let's focus on actual problems, and not try to make any more up on our own.
On Thursday 07 October 2004 10:40 am, you wrote:
> It's looking more and more like Jimmy Carter was right when he
> suggested that the United States ask the United Nations to send
> election monitors to ensure free and fair elections in he USA this
> November!
>
> Henry Spratt
>
> >X-Auth-No:
> >X-Sender: [log in to unmask]
> >Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:01:38 -0400
> >Reply-To: "Harold A. Climer" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sender: UTC Staff E-Mail List <[log in to unmask]>
>
> From: "Harold A. Climer" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] early voting
> >Comments: To: Nicholas Boer <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >At 12:37 PM 10/6/2004 -0400, Nicholas Boer wrote:
> >>This just falls under the category of interesting. I was a registered
> >>republican in Pennsylvania, when I attended the University of Pittsburgh.
> >>Now I have received 2 forms for absentee ballots from the republican
> >> party of Allegheny county (PA). Mind you I left pennsylvania in 1999,
> >> moved to Maryland for 1 year, moved to Chattanooga and lived at one
> >> residence for 2 years and moved within Chattanooga last year to the
> >> place I live now. How the heck did they find me? The address on the
> >> forms are correct and not some fowarded address yet I have not heard
> >> from from the allegheny county republican party in the past 5 years. I
> >> just do not underestand that if such an effort was made to find me, how
> >> come they did not figure out that I am no longer a Pennsylvania
> >> resident? It could be an honest mistake, but it is none the less
> >> strange.
> >>
> >>Nicholas Boer
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> >>Fritz Efaw
> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:26 PM
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: [UTCSTAFF] early voting
> >>
> >>
> >>Voting in Florida will be much different this time around. Click here
> >> for a message from the governor.
> >>
> >><http://wearabledissent.com/101/floridavote.html>http://wearabledissent.c
> >>om/ 101/floridavote.html
> >>
> >>
> >>Fritz W. Efaw, SB, AAdipl, PhD,
> >>Rose of Cimarron Distinguished
> >>Chair of Excellent Edu-Babble.
> >> FACIEMUS !
> >
> >I find it a little strange that the PA GOP is sending out absentee
> >ballots in the first place( Or the Democrats for that matter)
> >Shouldn't the PA Elections Commission be doing this. Lots of skullduggery
> >afoot there.
> >
> >Harold A. Climer
> >Dept. Of Physics, Geology, and Astronomy
> >Room 318 Grote Hall
> >University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> >615 McCallie Ave
> >423-425-4546
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Henry G. Spratt, Jr., Ph.D.
> Professor
> Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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> Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
>
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