ann coulter: possible felon?

...she has apparently either ignored or refused to respond to attempts to get her address clarified.

As Ed said, the keyword is "knowingly," but if she did do it knowingly then she is legally accountable for it.

because Republican poll watchers tend only to show up in heavily minority precincts... Ostensibly to "avoid fraud," but it's just the same old voter intimidation tactics.

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or is that just what you THINK happens because of whatever personal prejudice is at work today?

Or just more unsubstantiated accusations. Some might call lies.

That she or her lawyer won't simply put her address in writing and send it to the election supervisor? That this has been going on since February? That her lawyer refuses to put her address in writing and will only do it verbally?

It all seems very strange.

Diana

The part about Republican intimidation at the polls, that's what.

Dave tells another of MANY incredible WHOPPERS and either cannot or will not back up the pile of poo that he dumps. Did you see something else in his post?

She won't tell the election department where she lives and is eligible to vote so it can't determine if her vote was legal or not. Didn't we read the same article or did you bother after reading Dave's post?

I was talking about what both people did, not the comments. What are you talking about?

Diana

it's about Dave's WHOPPER (I am not allowed to say lie) in this post:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6130-0.html?forumID=50&threadID=216258&messageID=2309599

Dunno what you read.

... too bad for you that DK didn't address the topic in his post. Try again.

or are you saying that such laws are outdated and should be revamped?

grim

that's a big if, she should be held to account. But it's impossible not to notice that the official pressing this is a Democrat. Maybe a bit of persecution? Selective law enforcement? How many people have been charged with the heinous crime of voting in the wrong precinct in the past?

Funny that adhering absolutely to the letter of Florida election law has suddenly become important when in the 2000 election Democrats were only to happy to throw it out completely.


HMMMMmmm...

Suddenly Coulter's failure to comply with the law is a democratic witch hunt? The first notice to Coulter requesting an address update was sent in March per the public account... 3 notices in total since the first one was sent.

Funny how you insist on #1...politicizing Coulter's failure to respond to legal notice in a timely manner, and #2... going through the gymnastics of connecting the 2000 elections to her possibly failing to adhere to voter registration laws.

All I see here is you advocating special treatment for a woman who has based her public career on calling for an end to special treatment for special interests... i.e. anyone that is not her, apparently.

When would it be appropriate to enforce voting laws here... after she has failed to give proof of residency in 2 elections? With the demand by many to show proof of identity (and correspondingly, proof of residency) the expectation for Coulter to follow valid laws on the book is quite reasonable. After all, she could be some scandinavian illegal alien who has tricked us into letting her vote.

grim

Read, if you are able, the very first sentence of my post. I didn't sidestep anything.

I did not advocate special treatment for anybody. Too bad you can't read before throwing accusations around. But that is expected, based on past performance.

Let me ask why they went out of their way to "investigate" this AND release it to the press? Nothing political there. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

When would it be appropriate to enforce voting laws here... How about when Al Gore tries to steal a Presidential election? No gymnastics necessary. We are talking about enforcing Florida Election law.

you love to confuse your personal gripes with the subject at hand.

Coulter did not provide a correct address or Coulter voted in the wrong precinct. It is a simple as that.

Coulter has been sent messages 3 times that she needs to update her address so she can and will vote at the proper location. To date she has failed to return the state's requests for contacts.

The laws on the books re: willfully voting at the wrong location include fines and prison times. It has yet to be determined if these penalties apply to Coulter but if they do, this is what the penalties are.

Coulter possibly broke the law... the crux is if it was "willful". This is a person who has argued for authoritarian application of the law where it concerns others. It is both amusing and newsworthy that she apparently screwed up and voted at the wrong place.

As for the election of 2000? Take your tinfoil hat off and quit trying to create links to 6 year old events. We all know what ax you grind and we all know your true allegiances (despite your professions of Libertarian values). While you may wish to create some dark conspiracy here there is none. Rather it is a story of someone who may have broke an election law who should have known better.

You made charges. They were false. You said I sidestepped. I did not. You said I gave Coulter a pass. I did not. I said distinctly that if she broke the law she should face the consequences.


The fact that you are too ideologically blind to see this for what it is, is your failing, not mine.
You have her tried and convicted and she hasn't even been charged yet! Very nice. Way to be unbiased.

If you can't see the comparison between the 2000 election where Democrats were only too eager to break or bend the election laws and this, where they are demanding rigid compliance on a minor detail, that is your failing, not mine.

It is false to say she would not give her address:

In July, Anderson said, he received a letter from Coulter's attorney, Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet. The letter said the attorney would only discuss the matter in person or by telephone because he complained Anderson had given details to the media. Anderson said the matter had to be discussed in writing.

It is obvious to all but the purblind that Anderson is trying to make political hay in an election year. If you are too naive to see that I pity you , but am not surprised,

The rest of your blather, well you just happen to be full of it,Grim, as usual. What more can I say? Bye.

Ed states...''You have her tried and convicted''

I said... It has yet to be determined if these penalties apply to Coulter

... Coulter possibly broke the law... the crux is if it was ''willful''

Rather it is a story of someone who may have broke an election law...


Ed stated... ''It is false to say she would not give her address''

where as I said... Coulter did not provide a correct address or Coulter voted in the wrong precinct. It is a simple as that.

To date she has failed to return the state's requests for contacts.

Sorry Ed, but you really need to start reading my posts and think before you start responding. Your making up prosecutorial comments and attributing them to me. I remember the time when you asked for a link and a quote to everything anyone ever disputed with you... I provided them here to clarify what I said.

If you can provide a link where I actually said she was guilty or where I said she had actually refused to give her address... then I will concede your connecting the democratic party and the 2000 election to Ms Coulter's being investigated for possibly voting at the wrong polling place.

... but her address for voting was apparently that of her Realtor. Florida allows using an alternate address for various reasons, and although Coulter doesn't fit one of the official reasons, there are additional ones for which exceptions are made -- having one's home address made public, for a celebrity such as Coulter, in light of her being attacked on college campuses, and attacks on other conservative pundits, seems a reasonable exception to make.

Nobody is asserting she wasn't qualified to vote in the election in which she cast a ballot, or that she voted in two places, are they? In light of that, IF Coulter broke the law, she should be treated as all others are for the same law. Florida seems to ignore far more aggregious violations than what Coulter is accused of. If the State Supreme court upheld many of Gore's shenanigans and the divining of the vote crap in 2000, it seems this would be a no-brainer unless something more sinister were to have taken place.

You think the law should be applied equally to all? Commie!

Remember the Pack hat party ?

I agree that she didn't kill anyone or anything, but the offense is a felony. If she is charged and she did it, then she should be subject the same penalties as anyone else who does it.

It's just extra funny that it would be her with all the shouting she does.

There was also a bit of flap a number of years ago about the accuracy of the information on her driver's license.