Voting fraud is nothing new but it noteworthy when a sitting president's organization apparently forged voters' signature to get him on the ballot. What's worse the president's principle primary opponent, a Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who, if memory serves me right, went on to become the Secretary of State in the most transparent administration ever, must have used the same Acorn chapter as did the president to forge her petition's signatures. The petitions containing the fake signatures were run through the county voter registration office when the Republican head was absent and her signature was stamped onto the petitions in lieu of her actual signature. The Republican, Linda Silcott kept her stamp in a drawer but it was accessible to anyone. The South Bend Tribune has hired a forensic document analyst who stated that several pages on the Obama petition appeared to have been filled out by a single person. So far 42 people whose names appear on the petitions claim not to have signed the petition including former South Bend mayor and former Indiana governor, Joe Kernan. The Tribune has search engine on it web page where South Bend residents may search the petition to see if their names have been used.
The local Democratic party has expressed incredulity if not remorse and pledges to get to the bottom of this skulduggery while the local GOP has called for a federal investigation. Right, from a Justice Department that couldn't get a conviction for voter intimidation even when it was caught on video tape. Good luck!
St. Joseph County GOP Chairperson Deb Flemming says, “There are three possible things that could have occurred: it could have been laziness, it could have been incompetence, and it could have been corruption, none of which are good for St. Joseph County or the political process.”
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