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Jun
18
Indiana’s Voter ID Snags Busloads of Illinois Voters
Filed Under East Chicago, East Chicago Indiana, Election 2008, Lake County, vote fraud, voter ID | Comments Off
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Voter ID Law Catches Illinois Residents Trying To Vote In Lake County, Indiana, according to testimony before the Lake County election board.
It was just a matter of time before the stories of strange happenings came out of Lake County, Indiana’s primary voting and we’re just not talking about how long it took for Gary, Indiana to count its votes — despite widespread use of electronic voting machines in regular and early absentee voting.
The Northwest Indiana Times reports that the Lake County election board heard testimony that “busloads of Illinois residents and downstate Indiana students” appeared at Lake County polls hoping to vote. Election officials at the polling places didn’t allow the out-of-state and the downstate voters to cast ballots in the Indiana primary when Illinois drivers’ licenses were presented to poll workers, reports the newspaper.
Reports Bill Dolan in “Wrong Primary, Voters Are Told. Complaint Says Busloads of Illinois Residents Tried To Vote In Indiana.”
Raymond Lopez, chairman of the East Chicago and Whiting Republican organization, told the Lake County elections board, busloads of Illinois residents and downstate Indiana students who weren’t registered to vote in East Chicago or Whiting appeared at those communities’ polls, according to Republican election workers to whom he spoke.
“It was quite a few. They showed us Illinois driver’s licenses. We asked them why they were here and they said ‘We were told to vote here.’”
Feb
18
Some Love For Indiana Superdelegates
Filed Under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, East Chicago, Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Indiana primary, Joe Donnelly, Pete Visclosky, Robert Pastrick | 1 Comment
Indiana’s superdelegates are getting some love as the Democratic primary battle could turn on the ability of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to get the votes of those special convention voters whose vote counts for more than the regular delegates’. Indiana’s superdelegates who haven’t committed are probably getting calls right now offering all sorts of incentives to cast their vote worth tens-of-thousands of regular votes for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Northwest Indiana’s superdelegates are Representatives Pete Visclosky and Joe Donnelly as well as King of Steeltown former East Chicago mayor Robert Pastrick who has already thrown his support for Hillary Clinton.
Writes the Post-Tribune’s Andy Grimm in Pressure grows to win backing of power voters:
Hillary Clinton jumped out to an early superdelegate lead, notching endorsements from five Hoosier superdelegates, including U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh and former East Chicago Mayor Robert A. Pastrick.
Still on the fence
Northwest Indiana still has two superdelegate votes coming, from U.S. Reps. Peter J. Visclosky of Merrillville and Joe Donnelly of South Bend. But both superpowered voters are keeping mum on who they will back for the nomination.
“Pete is publicly uncommitted,” said spokesman Justin Kitsch. “He has full confidence that each voter will decide for themselves which candidate they support.”
Donnelly spokeswoman Samantha Slater said the 2nd District congressman is unlikely to announce an endorsement prior to the May 6 primary vote.
Still, it appears that neither Clinton nor Barack Obama can win the required 2,025 delegates to take the nomination at the primary polls, making superdelegate votes all the more precious.
