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GOP fights for a fair election in Pennsylvania

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  November 6th, 2012 at 10:45 AM  | 

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As we reported earlier this morning,  Obama supporters muscled Republican Election Inspectors in Philadelphia, But the GOP fought and won this initial battle to keep the election fair.
In a written statement, Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason announced that the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued an order to seat Republican Minority Inspectors in Philadelphia Polling places:
“This was a shameless attempt from the Obama campaign to suppress our legally appointed Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia and they got caught.
We’ve seen these shenanigans before and it’s clear that Democratic operatives and the Obama campaign are desperate; trying to shield Republican Minority Inspectors who are employees of the City of Philadelphia today from monitoring election activities.  It certainly raises the question, what are Democrats doing in the polls that they are working so hard to shield folks from monitoring this election?”

Democratic operatives prohibited 75 legally credentialed Republican election workers from accessing polling places in heavily Democratic areas in Philadelphia. Incidents ranged from judges of elections refusing to seat Republican Minority Inspectors and Clerks, to reports of Democratic election operatives announcing that “No Republicans will be allowed in the polling place.”

As a result, the Pennsylvania Republican Party petitioned the Court to issue formal orders to force Democratic judges of elections to seat Republican minority inspectors and clerks. The Court said that they will issue around 6-12 Orders with approximately 6 – 10 names per Order.

It looks like the Romney campaign, with teams of lawyers in every state, is ready for the full range of shenanigans the Democrats might try as they dust off their old 2004 playbook and try everything to keep Obama President. Team Romney just demonstrated they are well prepared and have left nothing to chance.

 

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  • jpalm

    The TIME TO FIGHT FOR FAIR ELECTIONS is before election day stupid!
    Every year the same old tune.
    Coward Republicans, so intimated by being called racist.

  • edintexas

    I would point out that the Republican Party went to the courts, to get the Election monitors and clerks appointed, “…before election day…”. The party could not go to the court for a court order to seat the Republican poll personnel until they were denied access to the polling place.

  • edintexas

    This may be a double post, Discus is apparently having some problems today.

    The Republican Party went to the courts to have polling place personnel officially appointed “…before election day…”. The party could not obtain a court order mandating the polling places seat the Republican representatives until such time as the Democrats running specific polling places ignored the official court appointment of the Republican representatives and denied them access to the polling place.

  • tngal

    They’ve got murals depicting Obama in a Philly voting site and according to drudge (who got it from someone else ) a poster of Obama up at an election site in FL. If this illegal crap doesn’t stop we need to grab one of the F35 lightnings or F22 raptors mentioned in another post and buzz those districts. No campaign propaganda within X amount of feet from the voting site. Those are the rules. America’s rules, not Alinsky’s rules.

  • vandalii

    It is criminal, particularly an election official announcing that no Republican would be allowed in the polling place. That’s electioneering at the very least, voter intimidation as well. Wonder if any incognito Repubs were trying to vote…

  • vandalii

    jpalm has a little problem with reality. Many states did fight for fair elections, including removing dead folks from the voting roles, proof of identity laws, etc. Seems it’s the Dems that insist that fair means only they get to cheat.

  • desmo

    I called Gov. Corbin’s office and asked what they were going to do about the voter fraud that was perpetrated in Philadelphia and I was informed by an angry office type there that “nothing happened and it was made up.” This why voter fraud continues to happen. I think we need to find a new governor!!