Goddamnit! We have been having this glorious transformative day full of happy people behaving well and joyously casting votes in record numbers like some sort of miracle (or old hollyood movie) and then evil has to happen.
Lisa made me aware of a series of text messages that have been going out falsely telling voters that "because of long lines they should vote on Wednesday". Which is a TOTAL AND COMPLETE LIE and meant to DEFRAUD voters out of their precious vote.
This is wire fraud, people.It’s a big fat federal crime and each message is a seperate count. If you get one DO NOT ERASE IT. And report it to your local US Attorney’s Office and back here to us.You can read the text of the statute. The thing you are defrauded out of can be intangible, like your precious, valuable right to vote.
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Ding, ding, ding…. This stuff has GOT to stop. Just because cell is called ‘wireless’ doesn’t mean it does not come under this statute.
§ 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
SCARY stuff looseheadprop
I hope there is the mechanism to text everyone the truth
How do they get all these people’s cell phone numbers? That would seem to be a story in itself.
THAT’s what I want to know. Oh, there will be much to look into with this one..
Because Obama had a text message component to his campaign it would be ntaural for recipients to be fooled.
This a very clever, in a criminal kind of way.
Seriously folks, if you get one of thes text messages PRESERVE IT, call your local USAO and leave a message here in the threads about the location that you are in, so I know which USAO to follow up with.
Thanks for posting! Federal authorities have been notified of this, and it is indeed likely to be a crime.
If you get a message like this, please save it and take a picture of the screen.
RRRAAAWWW!!!!111 git’em!!!111
CNN calls SC for McCain. Damn
Oh..wait, South. Nevermind.
ah, but this is fun;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27…..ightWidget
the dems take virginia gop senate seat
Pennsylvania for Obama !!
and obama takes pensilvania!
I do owe you a coke jayt
Ok GOP, you’re in real trouble now. You’ve got lhp so angry she’s using profanity in her post. I don’t recall ever seeing that before.
digg
Some might call it the Hamsher effect.
NPR calling Pa for Barack Obama. I think they’re just following the exit polls.
It’s over!!!!!
No more John and Sarah!!!!!!
fairness doctrine!!!111
america *must have* real news!
illinois is obamaland
s’okay.
I’m headed to the grocery for some pepsi’s.
back soon.
rebuke all signing statements, the legislators legislate, the administration administrates
Where is everyone?
The other thread disappeared. I hope everyone made it off safely.
firedogs – where’s the thread for Eastern House Races ??
one of my targeted pukes is losing his lead by the second – help!
I hope the people doing this serve time. Fuckers.
right now it is;
103 electoramas
34 electorains
tee hee
I just thought of that in my own head
Yeah that was a good one perris!
Nirvana !
go looseheadprop!! — wire fraud is a nice little tool in the arsenal of prosecutors — these nasty tricks need to be made an example of in the interest of future elections.
Drive by …
Am at Sac Cnty NE HQ since 10 this morning … wooo going crosseyed
Great post LHP. Verrrry important
Prop 4’s numbers need to be reversed
No on Props 4, 6, 8, 9
Yes on 2 and 5
Go Obama
Go DR Bill Durston CA-3
Go Charlie Brown CA-4
Off to make more calls
Sununu gone !