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Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

You're [censored]ting me? Wow! I did not know that. If I feel a little bit of second guessing about pulling a lever for Hillary in November...if friends start breaking me down with the Supreme Court nomination argument...God help me, I'm going to remember this and stay strong!

You're dead to me, Bill*. You're not a Democrat. You're not a former President. I don't want to listen to you. I don't want to vote for your wife. If you need to come to Chicago to raise money for your wife, I want 36 hours notice, so I can be away from the city.


*Figuratively speaking in case the Secret Service thinks about descending upon my apartment.

wired.com: Did Limbaugh's Crossover Voters Break Ohio Law?

Did Limbaugh's Crossover Voters Break Ohio Law?

By Kim Zetter
March 12, 2008 | 2:10:37 PM

A reader tipped me off to an issue that's come up with crossover voters in Ohio. It seems that some Republican voters have bragged online that they voted Democratic ballots in the Ohio March 4th primary in order to influence the outcome of the presidential election. Essentially, they wanted to help Hillary Clinton win the Democratic nomination over Barack Obama because they think she's the weaker candidate and would lose against Republican John McCain in November.

The so-called Republican "plot" was instigated by conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh (at right) who urged Republican voters in Ohio and Texas before the election to cross over for the primary to rig the nomination for the November election. Voters in those states could do this at the last minute because their local election laws allow voters to change party affiliation at the polls.

Here's a post made by one voter who bragged about switching:

Lastly, they had me sign the affirmation about switching parties and supporting the principles of the Democrat party. I said that would be easy, because they don't have any. Everybody got a good chuckle as there isn't a Democrat within 5 miles any direction from where I vote. I then proceeded to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton. Dirty as it felt at the time, I have a feeling I'll be rewarded in the long run.

It turns out that this voter, and others in Ohio, may have broken the law.

Ohio's revised election code includes an election falsification clause (Revised Code 3513.20), which says that if a voter who changes parties is challenged by poll workers as to the sincerity of his change of heart and also signs an affidavit stating that he supports the principles of the party to which he's changing -- when in fact he doesn't support them -- then he would be committing election falsification. Election falsification is a felony that is punishable by six to twelve months in jail and a $2,500 fine.

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