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Judge Denies Republicans' Effort To End Voter Intimidation Consent Decree

December 9, 2009 by  

Judge denies Republicans' effort to end voter intimidation consent decreeLast week, a federal judge in New Jersey rejected an attempt by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to dissolve a 27-year-old court order that is intended to prevent the intimidation of minority voters.

Stemming from a lawsuit brought forth by the Democratic National Committee in 1982, a consent decree was agreed upon which forced the RNC to gain court approval to use certain election tactics, including the creation of voter challenge lists, photographing voters at the polls and posting off-duty police at voting locations in minority neighborhoods, according to The New York Times.

Republicans argued that the consent decree was hampering efforts to combat voter fraud, which had escalated over the previous few years, according to RNC lawyers.

Voting expert Tom Josefiak argued on behalf of the Republicans, stating that the political landscape had changed with African Americans serving as president and attorney general. He also said that the RNC chairman and chief administrative officer are African American, and that the party had no incentive to intimidate minority voters.

In a 79-page ruling, Judge Dickinson Debevoise extended the restrictions for at least another eight years, although he did narrow the scope of the decree.

"It appears that the RNC has been largely unsuccessful in its efforts to attract minority voters," said Debevoise, quoted by the news source. "Until it is able to do so, it will have an incentive to engage in the type of voter suppression that it allegedly committed in the actions that led to the enactment and modification of the consent decree."
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  • Janice Fortin

    Just wink the next the young black panthers take a bat to you and the white house sees no evil …… black is the new pure. Now the bitter half has plenty of reason to NOT TO BE PROUD. This administration is going down as the BLACK CHAPTER IN AMERICA……AND skin is not even considered.

  • Smilee

    Joe H. says:
    December 13, 2009 at 12:28 am

    Not a word of truth in what you say at least that ACCORN had the power to add these votes etc. nor have they ever been charged with that This is just more far right wing propaganda that you have fallen for, common sense dictates your post is pure garbage.

    • jim

      This article is about intimidating voters at the polling place. At 6 foot 3 inches and 245 pounds, I’ll go vote how I want to.

      • cr747

        HaHaHa!!! That ain’t very big> I have laid them out a lot bigger than that!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • American Citizen

    I am working a puzzle and need a four syllable word for the US Congress. The only word I can think of is Incompetent. Does anybody have another four syllable word for it?

    • eyeswideopen

      American, how about legislative? Remeber, that thing they are supposed to do, while they are in Washington?? lol.

      • American Citizen

        I’ll see if that works, as all I can think of are pernicious, outrageous, incompetent, unworkable, idiotic, but none worked in the puzzle.

        thankx.

      • American Citizen

        The answer happens to be “bicameral”, a word I haven’t read or heard since civics class in high school.

      • eyeswideopen

        American, sorry, I thought the Senate had checked out of bothering to attend, so bicameral wouldn’t apply. lol… I hadn’t seen it used in a long time either. Good Luck with your puzzles.

  • Carl Hames

    Eyeswideopen:

    There has never been a more corrupt administration in the history of the U.S. than Barack Obama’s. Not even close. He’s making Richard Nixon look like an angel.

    • eyeswideopen

      Carl, Carl, Carl, sweetie, you do know that 11 of Regans 14 staff membets were indicted and served time don’t you? It was a thing called the Iran-Contra Affair. Bush’s staffers also served prison time, some,had the option of resigning, while others just left office and some were just sexual scandals. I can give you the web site showing how corrupt Bush was since you seem so interested in the facts. I’ll go get if for you. be rt back.

    • eyeswideopen

      Carl, http;//news4florida.tripod.com/index.html

      It will take you hours to read this, but you will experience a revelation of sorts, seeing all the corruption in one location.

      • eyeswideopen

        Carl, oops fingers not working well. http://news4florida.tripod.com/index.html

      • American Citizen

        Does it have both sides? If it’s one-sided, I’ll not go there.

      • eyeswideopen

        American, nope, Carl, was making an outrageous statement about Obama, so, being fair, I had to give him info on Bush. This one however, is inclusive…. you will see everything. It is not biased towards any party.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_of_the_United_States

      • Joe H.

        American Citizen,
        Watch wickki pedia as they have been proven wrong before many times. just off the top of my head, I can remember their info on The medical volunteer program at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland is WRONG. I was there so I should know the system better than them!!!

      • American Citizen

        Makes you wonder who you can trust.

      • Claire

        eyes–Thank you. I pulled up this web site and it certainly has a lot of info. I will be busy looking at this the next few days.

  • http://aol Devil Dog

    Eyeswideopen are really closed, along with Clair. Wake up FOOLS, and watch the REAL news on FOX where you get the FACTS about who is responsible for voter fraud. Acorn and the dum party.
    EX DUM here.

    • eyeswideopen

      Devil, I know, it is hard to believe that the almighty Republican Party could possibly be corrupt, corruption reigns in both parties, and Fox can’t change the facts.

      • Claire

        Eyes—your are certainly correct in what you say. Corruption IS in BOTH parties. As far as Fox News is concerned, they are as biased as MSNBC. So consequently I do not watch either channel.

    • Claire

      Devil Dog: I believe I can choose to watch whatever news channel I want. And if I am a fool, what the heck are you? Do you ever stop and think about what you are saying to people? It is comments like yours that turn people away from the party you are trying to promote.

      • Joe H.

        Claire,
        I’ve never seen ABC, CBS, OR NBC do political news where they take the opine of a person from the dems and a person from the repubs!!! Fox does it all the time!!!!

      • Claire

        MSNBC has Republican strategists and Democratice strategists on all the time. I have noticed this when flipping channels.

      • eyeswideopen

        Joe, once again, you haven’t checked your facts. Chris Mathews and Ed Shultz always have two representing oposing views. You do know that Pat Buchannan is employed as a Republican counter point commentator, which, Msnbc, has on all four of the shows. You would acknowledge that he is a Conservative wouldn’t you? Do a search on Pat, and you will see that they employ him to represent you!!!. lol. Does Fox employe a liberal to represent the Dems? No, they fired Hannity’s sidekick. Biased all the way……………….

      • Joe H.

        The names you mention are so funny as to make me ROTF!!!! They are all liberals in gop clothing!!! RINOS!!!!

      • Claire

        Joe H– I have to admit –I have watched both MSNBC and Fox from time to time. I did notice about 2 weeks ago Schulz was grousing about Obama. And Chris Mathews did the same. I almost fell off the bed because I remember thinking- They are supposed to be Democrat. They do have Republican strategists and Democratic strategists on at the same time. I should have taped their programs at that time because I could not believe they were really questioning Obama’s motives about the war and the health care reform.

      • Claire

        Eyes is absolutely correct–Pat Buchanan is a regular on their shows.

    • coal miner

      Devil,

      Do you always going around calling people dumb,because they don’t watch Fox News.Frankly I think they are kind of boring.Their news are one sided,who in the hell wants to listen Glen Beck and those pasty faced girls that comes on.I watch that mindless drivel of theirs for week.That was enough for me.

  • one old dog

    Fascism, also known as the Chicago way, of politics is running rampant, in D.C. Those elected officials who aren’t in on it, may be too stupid to re-elect, unless, they are shouting about the problem, from the highest treetop. alerting the people like Paul Revere. We need some political Hero’s now, not just, go along, to get along, Congressmen.
    Politicians, on both sides, are selling the people out, to special Interests, disregarding their constituents voices, sending back the same form letters, no matter which subject you have contacted them about. It is time to give them their pink slip, and get people elected on both sides who do respond, and who love the freedom this country affords, via our constitution.
    SUPPORT our TROOPS! They are putting themselves, on the line for the rest of us.
    ONE OLD DOG

  • Norma Miller

    To Sally M: You apparently don’t watch the news very much as you’re not very informed regarding ACORN and their voter fraud practices that we watched a year ago during the presidential election. I watched the camera follow ACORN employees who picked up minorities and drove them to vote and applauded themselves with telling them who to vote for. This is how President Obama got elected. There also were thousands of fraudulent votes throughout the Country submitted by ACORN, some were Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, many more such fictitious names, people who were dead, inmates who didn’t have the right to vote. How could you have missed this on the news? It was constantly reported. As to the above court ruling by this judge in New Jersey, that began 27 YEARS AGO. I don’t know what the problem was 27 years ago but I do know there is a great problem of “voting fraud” today. This judge should have taken this into consideration and given the RNC their request. It certainly sounds reasonable in today’s situation that cameras should be at voting polls, having check lists to prove who you are, having off-duty officers available to make sure minorities are voting for who they want and not “told” who to vote for. There should be no intimidation which we do have today. We have someone from the state sitting at our poll site in Wisconsin all day long watching to make sure everything is above board. I don’t believe New Jersey is any better than us. Then the judge extends this 27-year-old law for another 8 years. There should be letters written to this judge to reprimand him for his error in judgment.

    • eyeswideopen

      Norma, can’t you read? I posted enough info for you to understand that the Republican party is guilty of voter fraud. So, why can’t you just admit that fraud happens in both parties?

      • Claire

        Eyes—it is like beating a dead horse. Some people cannot see the advantages of voting for the person, NOT the party.

      • Joe H.

        Claire,
        See there it goes again. the only time she says bad about the democrats is when she is given proof that she can’t dispute and even then she says well the repubs did it too!!! See what I mean!!!

      • Claire

        Hi Joe H–After all these years of Democrats and Republicans, I now am a firm believer in voting for the person, not the party. And as time goes on, I feel this is the only hope we have. As I have stated before, Congress owes too much to the companies that supported them during the elections. This is why they cannot agree on Health Reform. They can’t shove the insurance companies aside. This is why they cannot agree on anything. Consequently, Americans are paying the price and we will continue to pay the price for their mistakes for their greed. For their dishonesty. I caught a bit on Suzie Orman this morning and she was giving the banks heck for their high interest rates on credit cards, not giving decent loans, the whole 9 yards. She was good and accurate. I was impressed that she went that far to speak her mind. I think all of us should re-think the party system. Independents are sounding really good to me right now. We do not need anymore richies running the country. We need a poor man in office. A guy that hasn’s had everything given to him, a guy that has earned his way in life. A hard worker. Heck, I think any guy on this site could do a better job. And don’t make fun of me about this.

    • Smilee

      Norma Miller says:
      December 9, 2009 at 1:54 pm

      WORDS IN parenthesis AND CAPS ARE MY RESPONSES TO YOUR STATEMENTS IN YOUR POST WHICH ARE HE WORDS NOT IN CAPS AND BELONG TO YOU

      who picked up minorities and drove them to vote and applauded themselves with

      To Sally M: You apparently don’t watch the news very much as you’re not very informed regarding ACORN and their voter fraud practices that we watched a year ago during the presidential election. I watched the camera follow ACORN employees telling them who to vote for.
      (HOW DID YOUR HEAR THEM TELL THEM WHO TO VOTE FOR???)
      This is how President Obama got elected.
      [FACT AND TRUTH IS HE WON BECAUSE HE HAD THE MOST ELECTORAL VOTES AND THIS TIME THE MOST ACTUAL VOTES]
      There also were thousands of fraudulent votes throughout the Country submitted by ACORN,
      [ACORN HAS NEVER VOTED ONLY INDIVIDUALS CAN VOTE AND IN PRIVATE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR EVEN ACCORN TO KNOW FOR SURE WHOM THEY VOTED FOR]
      some were Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, many more such fictitious names, people who were dead, inmates who didn’t have the right to vote.
      [ACORN NEVER VOTED, ONLY INDIVIDUALS PROPERLY REIGISTERED CAN VOTE, THOSE YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT WERE REJECTED AND THUS NO VOTES FROM THEM]
      How could you have missed this on the news? was constantly reported.
      [APPARENTLY YOU DID AS IT WAS NEVER REPORTED AS YOU STATE IT]
      As to the above court ruling by this judge in New Jersey, that began 27 YEARS AGO. I don’t know what the problem was 27 years ago but I do know there is a great problem of “voting fraud” today. This judge should have taken this into consideration and given the RNC their request. It certainly sounds reasonable in today’s situation that cameras should be at voting polls, having check lists to prove who you are, having off-duty officers available to make sure minorities are voting for who they want and not “told” who to vote for.
      [TRUST ME YOU DO NOT KNOW BETTER THAN THE JUDGE]
      There should be no intimidation which we do have today. We have someone from the state sitting at our poll site in Wisconsin all day long watching to make sure everything is above board. I don’t believe New Jersey is any better than us. Then the judge extends this 27-year-old law for another 8 years. There should be letters written to this judge to reprimand him for his error in judgment.
      [SOMEONE NEEDS TO POINT OUT TO YOU THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS TO YOU AND REPRIMAND YOU FOR ALL YOUR DISTORTIONS AND YOUR LIES IN THIS POST OF YOURS, CONSIDERE IT DONE]

      • Joe H.

        How did you know what they were telling them? (BECAUSE THE MIC WAS ON!!!!) Acorn only delivered the people to vote they didnot vote illegally. (Then why in one Cleveland suburb there were 27 more votes than citizens in that ward?) (Why were voters turned away from some polling places by telling them they were only registering democrats when the man wanted to register republican?) (It was proven in one town that 7 dead people voted for O-man so don’t say there wasn’t voter fraud. Check out the areas stated and the crimes committed!!!

  • http://myronjpoltroonian.blogspot.com Myron J. Poltroonian

    How shall I put this? If, at any time, anyone, black, white, green, blue, yellow or brown (shirted), or any shade in between, ever tries to intimidate, delay, dissuade or otherwise harass or prevent me from voting, I’m afraid I’ll have to remind them of the words of the irate Quaker: “Friend. I would not harm thee for the world. However, Thou Art standing where I am about to shoot.”. They will not “Take my gun from my cold, dead fingers”, rather, “Others will take my bullets from their (and/or your) cold, dead bodies.”. Any questions? Note for “Progressives” with “Aggressive Gun Control Disorder” – this means you and any turncoat “Americans” you send to do that which you have no B(eggs)s to do yourself. “This far and no further” is not just some quaint phrase – it’s a way of life when our freedoms are threatened. Our Constitution is under attack and I, for one, will stand up and defend it.

  • dave

    It’s apparent in the conversation here that folks know what’s going on
    and hopefully will remember these things in coming elections.
    Vote the bums out! And keep doing it until we get some honest
    representation!

    • Darreld

      America has the best judges the Democrats can buy. I’ve never known an honest judge.

      • Sharon Carter

        Darreld says: “America has the best judges the Democrats can buy. I’ve never known an honest judge.”

        Likewise, I’ve never known an honest judge, as their decisions are all bought and paid for. Judges are lawyers and lawyers belong to the corrupt bar association. Lawyers also sell out their own clients in the interest of a higher bidder. Courts are the last place a good America belongs because judges/lawyers will drain you of your last dime, steal your children without just cause, make their rulings by lies, and otherwise utterly destroy your lives as they forget the letter of the law; it is irrelevant in our courtrooms today! Lies run rampant in court and that is what court is all about today because of these judges/attorneys quest for their heinous greed and power! But remember, this greed and power is only a temporary fix and they will be made accountable by their maker.

      • Claire

        And yes, Republicans have the best judges money can buy. Both parties are of the same “cloth.” When a person condemns the Democrats, they are also condemning the Republicans because they are so much alike. It is called GREED.

      • eyeswideopen

        Darreld, oops, you need to go back and look at what party has the majority of judges in it’s party……

  • Dan

    If the Republicans do it, it’s Voter Intimidation, If the Democrats & or their lackies do it, it’s called Chicago Politics where even the dead vote.

    • Claire

      I believe both parties are equally guilty concerning voter intimidation and fraud. One is no different from the other.

      • eyeswideopen

        Claire, why is it so hard for people to acknowledge that both parties are equally corrupt?

      • Claire

        Because they cannot see past the Republican party. They think their party is the only one worth voting for. They are in for a rude awakening. We should vote for the person, not the party.

      • Joe H.

        Claire,
        I can see past the republican party, but EYES can’t see past the Dems!!! All she ever does is cut down the republicans at every turn and then says ” I’m a republican!!!” I don’t know what that smell is but it’s coming from her and it smells like BULL S..T!!!!

      • Claire

        Joe H–Beberone got on may case. He called me a flaming liberal. Bless his heart. I am trying my darnest to find good in both parties. But it is hard. I guess maybe impossible.

    • R J REGAN

      Having grown up in Chicago and having voted for JFK 6 times when I was 16 I can tell you this about Chicago politics. Death does not releive you of your civic responsibility to continue voting

  • Vince Mayfield

    Judge Dickinson Debevoise should be impeached.

  • conrad

    Have you heard of the 2 black panthers in philly.that eric the “lap dog “holder wouldnt look into cause well that really didnt matter,have you heard of the black guy who got beat up for passing out flyers at a tea party by seiu uniun thugs that for all intensive purposes got a slap on thier wrists and the guy was called a nigger but that wasnt considered a hate crime.cause the bamsta boys did it.I guess its ok these days in the lame stream press to beat up people of color as long as they are conservative.how bout the continued voter intimidation in the unions with the open ballot which will make so the union bosses know how their people are voting.If the lame stream media would do thier job and actually say the facts and do real reporting instead of promote an agenda their viewership would go up,but who cares they have govt. that will bail them out and prop them up so who cares its our taxes,ya know our politicians are such great servants and look after the peasant class, so we all just should just bend over and grab our ankles and smile real big for the bamsta while he makes the usa the next banana republic.here’s a quote for ya “welcome to the new united states of the socialist republic where the dik-tat-ors presiding are the bamsta chavester and castrol”

    • Joe H.

      conrad,
      The biggest “tell” of the SEIU is the fact that they want to do away with secret ballots! So they can scare people into voting on unions the way they want them to!!!!

  • http://none WILLIEISAACS

    well if acorn is so inocent, then why did congress remove all of their govern,ment funding, because they are cheats. and it wasnt just a few bad apples. they were busted in offices all over the country. and this is the company that obamma comes from and still supports. he just hasnt figured out how he can exonerate them, yet. BUT HE WONT, THEY ARE DONE WITH THE TAX PAYERS MONEY, AND OBAMMA ISNT FAR FROM DONE YET TOO.you dems need to wake up, comunism never works, it just gets people killed, look at history. thats why you need capitalism. its the only one that works wake up idiots

    • http://myronjpoltroonian.blogspot.com Myron J. Poltroonian

      Um, I hate to have to point this out, but NerObama’s AG cleared the way for ACORN to yet again receive federal (our tax money) funding. A “Mobius Stripper” administration, with all one sided corruption, indeed.

  • mitchell

    Amen Darrel…I forgot to compliment “eyeswideopen” on his/her nice mustache. I wonder if it only comes in red, or if he/she sometimes drinks a different flavor kool-aid.

    • eyeswideopen

      Thanks mitchell, I just love it when one of you insecure men, attacks a woman. It really shows what is wrong with your type….maybe that is why the Republicans have so few women representing them in Congress. Attitudes like yours….

      • http://PersonalLibertyDigest Max

        You have a mustache?????????

      • Joe H.

        Max,
        Only down to her ankles and RED!!!!

  • Sally M.

    There has been no evidence or convictions of voter fraud within Acorn. There has been a few bad apples found within the huge organization as there is with all large business of any type.

    • Greg

      You are incorrect. There is a mountain of evidence that ACORN was involved in voter fraud and at least one conviction. Other cases are still pending. I recall seeing one public elections official reporting on how they received several thousand voter registrations from ACORN and at least half of them were fraudulent.

    • Joe H.

      Sally M.,
      And I’ll bet you believe in Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny along with the Tooth Fairy, don’t you?????

    • AZ Rifleman

      NO there hasn’t been much evidence…That’s because the DNC won’t allow an honest investigation.

      And as for a “Few Bad Apples” Like all the rest, they have been thrown under the bus, kept quiet and away from inquiry to make sure they can’t hurt the organization further…

    • Claire

      Sally M—you have every right to voice your opinion the same as everyone else on this site. As far as I am concerned there are bad apples in every organization AND political party.

  • Darrel

    As we know, accusations do not mean it happened. The RNC intent was to prevent voter fraud, which any person with their eyes open know is happening – a lot. Anyone heard of “ACORN”?

    • eyeswideopen

      http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4546

      You probably need to acknowledge that the Republican party is far from perfect and is just as guility as the Dems.

      • http://PersonalLibertyDigest Max

        …………just more HONEST!!!!!!

      • Claire

        OMG–more honest??? There is NO Honesty in the Republican party nor the Democratic party. They are all acting like idiots. Running around like neutered imbeciles. Although some apparently aren’t neutered because they have their mistresses. Congress can’t even work together to get anything accomplished. They should shelve the Health Care Reform. They should shelve everything since it is obvious none of them are working for the betterment of America!!!! Do you HONESTLY believe they care about any of us????? Heck no, they want to be re-elected. That is their main goal. Go ahead, vote for them and we will have more of the same.

      • American Citizen

        Claire. here I can agree with you. We need a complete turnover up there in Congress.

      • Claire

        Another item–sure we are disgusted with the Presidents–past and current–but it is CONGRESS that is causing most of the upheaval. They are fooling around, not accomplishing a dang thing and wasting TIME and MONEY! They refuse to work together and come up with any solutions! They are against anything that will create jobs, and better the economy. Want to know why?? It is because they OWE Wall Street, the insurance companies, the banks, the pharmaceutical companies, I could go on and on. Congress received donations to their campaigns from all these idiots. Congress is in a bind because of all this. Their hands are tied because of this. Congress wants to continue receiving donations so they can be re-elected. And America is paying the ultimate price for their greed and corruption. Yes, we need to clean house-get rid of ALL of them, but who will replace these morons? There I go, name-calling, but we all need to look at the handwriting on the wall. We were fleeced and we are still getting fleeced. It doesn’t make any difference what party–they are all guilty of dishonesty.

  • eyeswideopen

    Judge was very perceptive, must have been aware of the voter fraud and illegal actions that the Republican party was responsible for.

    http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Voter_Registration_Fraud_Clearinghouse

    • mitchell

      Surely you jest. Or are you just confused? The primary perpetrator (traitor) of voter fraud in this country is the DNC in conjunction with ACORN.

      • eyeswideopen

        Mitchell, what you aren’t proud of Sproul & Associates for committing Republican voter fraud? What are you going deny, that they committed fraud or that they got caught and that was the mistake? Facts are facts, hard to dispute all those cases of illegal actions, in all those states.

    • Joe

      Content of comments from ‘Eyeswideopen’ remind me of an old adage regarding voting and politics….One guy asks another “What if there are more st-upid people voting than intelligent people?” The other fellow replies, “Then the Democrat wins!”

    • AZ Rifleman

      Excuse me, a little help… I’m trying to remember who it was hired the thugs in the Black Fatigues wielding clubs standing “guard” over some of the polling places last go round???

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