{"id":15428,"date":"2012-09-09T15:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T19:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2012-09-09T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T19:34:23","slug":"how-to-steal-an-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15428","title":{"rendered":"How To Steal An Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 25th, the<a href=\"http:\/\/news.providencejournal.com\/breaking-news\/2012\/08\/in-secretly-rec.html\"> Providence Journal<\/a> posted an article and a video (the video is also on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kYvQgaDX0Bs\">YouTube<\/a>) showing the promise of absentee ballots in exchange for a weekly paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The recording, obtained by The Providence Journal, captures a meeting secretly recorded by investigators working for Gemma in which the man promises hundreds of such <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Absentee ballot\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Absentee_ballot\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">absentee ballot<\/a> votes for the congressional candidate in exchange for a weekly paycheck of $500.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The man, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Erasmo Ramirez\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erasmo_Ramirez\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Erasmo Ramirez<\/a>, also is recorded saying that he has prior experience working for Rep. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"David Cicilline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cicilline.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\">David N. Cicilline<\/a>, whom Gemma is challenging. Eric Hyers, Cicilline&#8217;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Campaign manager\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campaign_manager\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">campaign manager<\/a>, said Ramirez worked as an unpaid volunteer for Cicilline when he first ran for mayor of Providence in 2002 and has not worked for Cicilline since then.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYvQgaDX0Bs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is a long video, but it is worth watching. There is no clearer argument for voter identification laws. I have no idea how to enforce those laws with absentee ballots, but it seems as though a thorough check of addresses might solve that problem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=c2bfbf02-8076-4fb9-b3bc-f7606278caba\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 25th, the Providence Journal posted an article and a video (the video is also on YouTube) showing the promise of absentee ballots in exchange for a weekly paycheck. 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