Sunday, November 02, 2008

Poll Watchers in Chicago

Tased In Chicago?


CHICAGO (STNG) ― The U.S. Attorney's Office will monitor the general election in Chicago and surrounding suburbs next Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald announced Tuesday.

As part of the monitoring effort, the office will operate a hotline for candidates or the public to call to report any complaints relating to voting. In addition, Assistant U.S. Attorneys will be available to respond to complaints as needed, according to a release Tuesday from Fitzgerald's office.

The hotline number, staffed on Election Day only, is (312) 469-6157.

"This office has a long tradition of monitoring the polls on Election Day."
I want to know how the Feds are going to monitor voting?  Has Fitzgerald set up a network of poll watchers?  How did he avoid charges of "voter intimidation?"  Will they be checking to see that every voter has identity to match the name they're voting under?   Are the Fed's computers - the same computers that can identify a fingerprint in seconds - are they cross-checking for same-name voting in different precincts?  Cross checking against the Social Security Death Index?  And if the Feds are watching, are these the guys doing it? I don't believe trust this story.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow. this is a true story -- i had one of those vivid early morning dreams this very morning -- in it, the govt announced it would send federal agents into vote counting areas to make sure there was no corruption. the media showed video of such govt. agents at these vote counting areas to authenticate the story. black suits. suitcases. two agents per area.

the pitch--
'The government is here to prevent and kind of micounting, error or voter fraud in this highly contested race.'

the reality --
the agents were not preventing corruption--they were the corruption.

then i awoke.

Anonymous said...

what happened with the nazi plot to kill Obama and a hundred (or a million, whatever) of black students? Was it too grotesque or something?

Anonymous said...

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - President Ronald Reagan
GrinfilledCelt

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