From The New West Blog
Montana GOP Challenges Eligibility of 6,000 Voters
By Matthew Frank, 10-02-08
The Montana Republican Party this week challenged the eligibility of 6,000 registered Montana voters in seven counties that have historically been Democratic strongholds, the AP reports.
It means those who are registered to vote in Missoula, Butte-Silver Bow, Lewis and Clark, Deerlodge, Glacier or Hill counties and who filled out a change-of-address card with the U.S. Postal Service in the past 18 months will likely have to verify their correct address before the Nov. 4 election. Most of the voters being challenged are registered in Missoula County.
The GOP’s position:
“The integrity of the voting process is something that has to be above reproach to have faith in the system,” said Jacob Eaton, executive director of the state GOP. “We aren’t trying to prevent anyone from voting. We want people to register properly.” ...
“With Schweitzer’s recent comments about rigging the ‘06 election, that brought everyone in the state to a new level of suspicion and awareness of the integrity of our elections,” Eaton said.
The Democratic Party’s response:
“The more people that vote, the better Democrats do,” said Kevin O’Brien, a spokesman for the state Democratic Party. “Voting is a right. To prevent people from doing that is desperate. It’s their only strategy.”
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may the perpetrators of this most heinous hypocrisy be assigned along with karl rove to check all the ballots in hell and may all their chads hang.
Still, after seeing that McCain maintains nearly a double-digit lead in this state, I can only assume that the same people who would vote for that cranky old bastard are cranky old bastards themselves (figuratively or literally), and would probably choose a knitting needle in the eye over a foot rub.