Dale Jackson calls for investigation of voter fraud story, say's it doesn't pass the "smell test"

Question to @shellyhaskins & @anthonycook: Does this @aldotcom "Voter Fraud?" story pass the smell test? https://t.co/hwOOmEFDvb #alpolitics
— Dale Jackson (@TheDaleJackson) June 4, 2014

I will let you read the details for yourself, but please note Jackson is not questioning if the story is true,  he is accusing  Al.com of.......... orchestrating this story.

Wow… AL.com writer writes how voter ID isn’t necessary and viola his wife finds a old woman who is denied the right to vote. AL.com then writes the story WITHOUT talking to the woman?
Good job.

There is one small problem with this scenario:

 The voter, a great-grandmother to five, was deeply embarrassed by the whole incident and declined to talk directly with AL.com, but she gave her go-ahead for her neighbor, who took her to the polls, to relay the incident, with the provision that her name not be used.

It ought to be against the law to turn people away from the polls in the United States of America.  That's what  doesn't pass the smell test.

  "What purpose did turning her away from the polls serve?"

I wonder how many of cases of "suspected voter fraud" were turned in to the GOP?

WAFF 48 tells voters to turn in "suspected voter fraud" to the GOP (RedEye Roll)

Today's primary is the test for the new voter suppression, I mean, voter ID law in Alabama, which republicans tout as a preemptive strike against imagined voter fraud.  So,  in addition to moving a lot of polling places from public facilities to churches and corporations , for good measure, the GOP, enabled by WAFF 48, offers voters some Last-minuet tips about Voter ID, Fraud.

While at the polls, it is important to remember that your vote is a representation of your voice - and you shouldn't let anyone take either away.
The Alabama Republican Party wants your help in preventing voter fraud at the polls Tuesday.
Voters are asked to be on alert and report any suspected fraudulent activity.
The Voter Fraud Hotline number is 1-844-253-7283. This number will also be on signs posted at various polling locations.
A $1,000 reward could be earned for tips that lead to a conviction.

 WRONG.  Report any "suspected fraudulent activity" to the Alabama Secretary State, Jim Bennet, not the GOP.  Since Bennett is a republican I guess you could say you are indirectly reporting "suspected fraudulent activity" to the GOP, but he's obligated to be non partisan when it comes to "suspected fraudulent activity".  

The Republican party is certain that U.S. elections are rife with voter fraud. How are they so sure of that? Apparently because Republican operatives are the source of most of it.

I think it's called projecting....  

Voter ID is not about fraud, it's about Voter Suppression.

RedEye's InJustice Files

"Why President Obama is a disappointment"   A  provocative and  insightful must read by The Simple Minded's Savior

 

 Booman says We need a reporters shield law. 

I'm willing to listen to arguments against a simple ban on forcing reporters to reveal their sources, and I suppose people can come up with ticking time-bomb scenarios. My position on that is that you don't legalize torture and if you find yourself in a ticking time-bomb situation and feel that you need to torture, then you can plead your case to the courts and to the public. They'll forgive you if you deserve forgiving. Likewise, if you present a reporter with a true ticking-bomb scenario, they'll almost definitely reveal their source voluntarily. We don't need to make a provision for such a scenario in law.

What say you Legal Schnauzer?

Race-Baiter:  How the Media Wields Dangerous Word to Divide a Nation

Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on old prejudices and deep-rooted fears, coloring the conversation in the blogosphere and the cable news chatter to distract from the true issues at stake.

It's the media.

If you can't run on your record, resort to race baiting and mud slinging ~Sigh

I knew we would see these fliers from David Blair when he was going after HSV agitators... #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/VmrV7tTBHl
— Dale Jackson (@TheDaleJackson) May 31, 2014

So, what do you do three days before the primary election to unseat your opponent and rile up your base when you don't have a record of accomplishments or some positive ideas to run on?  Use your own version of Willie Horton?  Accuse of your opponent of anything you think will stick?  And it's always good to bring in black people for color, I mean scapegoats, remember Sister Soljah and the so called Welfare Queens?

Bob Harrison and Richard Showers attacked our schools?

Really?

David Blair stood up to them?

Really?

You mean the David Blair that needs a lesson in transparency and betraying the public trust?

You mean the David Blair that is leading the fight to silence the community and not give them a voice in the schools new zoning proposal pending before the court?

You mean the David Blair that is using school children as political pawns in his quest to enhance his political future?  

That David Blair?

Oh, Okay.

"It's not just an election, it's a restraining order"

The 2014 Republican Leadership Conference Summed Up in One Image http://t.co/QDDL9Z12TN  #p2 #tcot pic.twitter.com/He3v9I881u
— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) May 31, 2014