A “handful”—that is, “six to seven”—persons who registered to vote at the Democratic headquarters in Chesterton have complained to Porter County Voter Registration that their registration forms were never submitted to its office by the Oct. 6 deadline and that they are now unable to vote.
The e-mail to the Tribune did have a disquieting addendum: “FYI- (as I look back on this I remember that the worker asked if I was going to vote for Obama and I said I was still deciding. I hope they did not throw out only the ones that were not sure things for Obama).”
So the questions arise:
- Were registrations held up when people weren't firm for Obama?
- Should there be a legal responsibility held over registrars? We've seen fake registrations in some counties and here lost ones. Do they have any liability?
- Why doesn't Brian Gensel conduct an investigation? It's a nationwide phenomenon, kinda time little Porter County take it serious too.
- Was it only 6 or 7 people, or were there a lot more that got held up, or lost?
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A lady and a man stopped in the other day they had moved to Indiana in the last six months and were at the Northshore Health Clinic in Portage. While the were there a lady volunteered to register them to vote she continually went on about how great Obama was trying to convince these McCain supporters to switch their vote. This couple left wrongly assuming there reigistrations would be turned in. They went to early vote and low and behold they were not registered. Mistake maybe. Fraud possibly. Just goes to show you the safest place to register is at voter's reigstration.
Also goes to show that registration drives in general are easily manipulated. Can we hold a registrar responsible for this kind of electioneering? Should we have 100 licensed registrars in Porter County, 45 Dems, 45 Reps and 10 Independents ... who agree to specific obligations?
One last thought, if I recall that health clinic is a union entity right? So basically we see again that the unions have a hard time with totally free and open elections. Sorry, it seems that way to me. Glad to get another perspective.
I have good friends who are union members and they have attested to the way that the unions work only one side of the story pretty hard.
I think there should be laws requiring people that are registering people to have a party chairman's signature to go into a health clinic and have someone register you is ridiculous. I had another lady tell me WIC registered her and it didn't get turned in.
It could also be a lack of organization and blatant ignorance on the part of the registrar, in which case they should be held accountable and see some legal repercussions.
I have been driving by that Obama headquarters daily since it opened. Had the local Republican party done something similar, this issue may have been for naught.
I realize the money disparity, but as a Chesterton resident it was nice to see one party actually show some interest in Duneland.
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