United Nations at polling sites how do you feel about that?

[akita]

http://www.infowars.com/iowa-warns-international-observers-of-arrest/ Just curious as to how people feel about this?

[knapplc]

It's embarrassing that we've been forced into this, but it's an inevitability when you have such rampant voter suppression tactics going on. Discarding voter registration forms, obstructionary voter ID laws cropping up in strategic battleground states/districts, people registering only members of their own party... what do you expect after shenanigans like that?

[Ziggy]

And armed "security" at polling places.

[BigRedBuster]

Are these the UN people?

 

[knapplc]

Yes, I'm certain those two guys are the reason we have UN monitors at our polling places.

[knapplc]

The OSCE is sending 44 observers to voting stations across the US at the request of various groups, including the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, because of "an unprecedented and sophisticated level of coordination to restrict voting rights in our nation". These include attempts by several states, including Texas, to introduce voter identification laws and other measures blocked by federal courts which have ruled they were motivated by racial discrimination.

 

In his letter, Abbott glossed over the recent judgements striking down the Texas identification law and pointed to a supreme court ruling in a case involving another state.

 

"The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the supreme court has already determined that voter ID laws are constitutional," Abbott said.

 

The US routinely sends poll watchers to elections in foreign countries, particularly those where there are concerns about the fairness of the vote.

 

LINK

[BigRedBuster]

The guardian????

[Junior]

The OSCE is sending 44 observers to voting stations across the US at the request of various groups, including the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, because of "an unprecedented and sophisticated level of coordination to restrict voting rights in our nation". These include attempts by several states, including Texas, to introduce voter identification laws and other measures blocked by federal courts which have ruled they were motivated by racial discrimination.

 

In his letter, Abbott glossed over the recent judgements striking down the Texas identification law and pointed to a supreme court ruling in a case involving another state.

 

"The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the supreme court has already determined that voter ID laws are constitutional," Abbott said.

 

The US routinely sends poll watchers to elections in foreign countries, particularly those where there are concerns about the fairness of the vote.

 

LINK

 

If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell. -- Phillip Henry Sheridan

[knapplc]

The guardian????

 

I cherry-picked direct quotes from their article. The guy actually said these things.

 

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott further fueled the controversy on Tuesday when he sent a letter to the OSCE warning the organization that its representatives “are not authorized by Texas law to enter a polling place” and that it “may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place's entrance.”

 

The letter goes on to accuse the group of having met with liberal organizations that oppose Voter ID laws. The OSCE put out an interim report last week saying that “recent state-level legislative initiatives to limit early voting and introduce stricter voter identification have become highly polarized.”

 

“The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about Voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already determined that Voter ID laws are constitutional,” Abbott wrote. “If OSCE members want to learn more about our election processes so they can improve their own democratic systems, we welcome the opportunity to discuss the measures Texas has implemented to protect the integrity of elections. However, groups and individuals from outside the United States are not allowed to influence or interfere with the election process in Texas.”

 

The Hill

 

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AG Abbott's letter to the U.N.:

 

Ambassador Daan Everts

 

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

UI. Miodowa 10 00-251 Warsaw, Poland

Dear Ambassador Everts:

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will reportedly dispatch election observers to the State of Texas to monitor the November 2012 general election. While it remains unclear exactly what your monitoring is intended to achieve, or precisely what tactics you will use to achieve the proposed monitoring, OSCE has stated publicly that it will visit polling stations on Election Day as part of its monitoring plan.

In April, you reportedly met with a group of organizations that have filed lawsuits challenging election integrity laws enacted by the Texas Legislature. One of those organizations, Project Vote, is closely affiliated with ACORN, which collapsed in disgrace after its role in a widespread voter-registration fraud scheme was uncovered. In September, a federal appeals court rejected Project Vote’s challenge to the State’s voter-registration regulations and allowed Texas to continue enforcing laws that were enacted to protect the integrity of the voter-registration process.

According to a letter that Project Vote and other organizations sent to you, OSCE has identified Voter ID laws as a barrier to the right to vote. That letter urged OSCE to monitor states that have taken steps to protect ballot integrity by enacting Voter ID laws. The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about Voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already determined that Voter ID laws are constitutional.

If OSCE members want to learn more about our election processes so they can improve their own democratic systems, we welcome the opportunity to discuss the measures Texas has implemented to protect the integrity of elections. However, groups and individuals from outside the United States are not allowed to influence or interfere with the election process in Texas. This State has robust election laws that were carefully crafted to protect the integrity of our election system. All persons—including persons connected with OSCE—are required to comply with these laws.

Elections and election observation are regulated by state law. The Texas Election Code governs anyone who participates in Texas elections—including representatives of the OSCE. The OSCE’s representatives are not authorized by Texas law to enter a polling place. It may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place’s entrance. Failure to comply with these requirements could subject the OSCE’s representatives to criminal prosecution for violating state law.

Sincerely,

 

Greg Abbott

Attorney General of Texas

 

 

The American Catholic

 

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Is there some other source for this quote that is more palatable than others? I'll use it. Just name it.

[sd'sker]

The guardian????

what is wrong with the guardian? what does your stomach tell you?

[Junior]

 

 

Is there some other source for this quote that is more palatable than others? I'll use it. Just name it.

 

It only counts if Fox News covers it.

[knapplc]

My mistake was choosing the first hit I landed on from a foreign source, rather than using a domestic, and therefore perhaps biased, source for those quotes. So I have provided several more sources, and I'm willing to provide even more if those aren't palatable. The fact of the matter is, Texas is threatening legal action against these monitors, and their AG is using Supreme Court rulings from the wrong cases to make his point. In fact, the Supremes haven't heard the Texas case - but a Federal court has, and struck down Texas' law.

 

LINK

[akita]

Most vets do not want them here. Vets that have worked with the united nations have been in cluster bleep situations. I still do not understand how the united nations is going to help the problems we have. But this is just the first step to the united nations becoming part of American citizens lives. It is what it is.

[akita]

Are these the UN people?

 

Those are my buddies. They just love me.

[Junior]

Most vets do not want them here. Vets that have worked with the united nations have been in cluster bleep situations. I still do not understand how the united nations is going to help the problems we have. But this is just the first step to the united nations becoming part of American citizens lives. It is what it is.

 

I'm sorry, not trying to be rude here, but what do veterans have to do with this?