Gives new meaning to the term ‘absentee ballot’:
Absentee ballots tainted?
Some Detroit voters are incapacitated, without valid addresses, raising question of mayoral election’s fairness.Detroit News investigation raises serious questions about the handling of absentee ballots under Detroit City Clerk Jackie Currie as the city prepares to choose a mayor, City Council and school board Nov. 8.
Currie has been accused of irregular election practices in several lawsuits, and a review of election results, property records and databases of registered voters uncovered procedures that experts and other election officials described as questionable.
Among findings by News reporters were ballots cast by people registered to vote at abandoned and long-demolished buildings; a master voter list with 380,000 incorrect names and addresses — including people who have died or moved out of the city; and a practice of hand-delivering ballots from senior citizens and disabled voters that were filled out in private meetings with Currie’s paid election workers.
If the mayoral race came down to a close vote demanding a recount of absentee ballots, the result could be chaotic.
But the most poignant findings were stories from those in nursing homes who had recently voted absentee.
Among them is Charles B. Allen, a resident at the Passion Caring Home for the Elderly who stared blankly one day last week when asked to name the mayor of Detroit. He’s never heard of Kwame Kilpatrick and can’t recall whether he voted in August.
“I just don’t know,” Allen said. Six years ago, a Wayne County probate judge declared the 87-year-old legally incapacitated due to dementia and Alzheimer’s.
But according to city records, he voted in the August primary by absentee ballot.
This is serious business. If all this is verified, Jackie Currie is in big trouble.
Update: Gateway Pundit has more. So does Michelle.
Like many big cities, Detroit is a Hell Hole and has been run by crooked politicians for decades. I never go there at night, and am very careful even during the daytime. If I must go somewhere, I plot a route through zones with major roads that carry lots of traffic. If I had a Concealed Carry Permit, I’d be packing heat.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the SuperBowl is policed. Detroit cops have been laid off in large numbers. My advice is to stay home and watch it on TV.
Comment by Bachbone @ 10/31/2005 - 6:11 pm
My advice for Detroit residents is to stop voting for the party ypu’ve been voting for…
Comment by Baklava @ 10/31/2005 - 7:11 pm
And eat some of my award winning chili
Comment by Lorica @ 10/31/2005 - 7:13 pm
Bach: I’ve heard that about Detroit.
So … when are their major league sports teams going to start winning some championships?
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 10/31/2005 - 8:54 pm
I’ve lived in Michigan 37 years, but having been born and raised near Pittsburgh, I still root for the Pirates and Steelers. What the DEEtroit teams do matters not a whit to me.
Look at the population of DEEtroit, then look at who runs it, and you’ll understand why it will be very tough to change it. It’s on the verge of bankruptcy and takeover by the State, which is no solution, because the governor is a product of the same corrupt political machine that runs DEEtroit and Wayne County.
Well, there is no use wasting your bandwidth. In short, SE Michigan could sink into Lake Erie and everyone in the state would be better off.
Comment by Bachbone @ 10/31/2005 - 9:17 pm
So what happened in Detroit this evening? I know the Hell Night thing is more or less a thing of the past…I could do without Detroit, yeah.
Anyway, this is a non-story, like all the other stories of Democrat fraud (that Gateway link has a nice summary). The only real stories are made-up stories of Republicans stealing elections, of course!
Comment by ArizonaTeach @ 10/31/2005 - 10:43 pm
AT! Good to see you posting again - missed you and your insightful comments, amigo {{{cyber hug}}}
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 11/1/2005 - 8:03 pm