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Did Obama supporter vote 6 times in 2012?

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The Obama/Biden lawn sign remains proudly planted in front of Melowese Richardson's Cincinnati home, three months after the presidential election.

It seems that President Obama has an especially ardent supporter in the veteran Ohio poll worker.

Richardson told a local television station this month that she voted twice for Obama last November. She cast an absentee ballot and then voted at the polls as well.

"Yes, I voted twice," Richardson told WCPO-TV. "I, after registering thousands of people, certainly wanted my vote to count, so I voted. I voted at the polls."

Authorities also are investigating if she voted in the names of four other people, too, for a total of six votes in the 2012 presidential election.

"I'll fight it for Mr. Obama and for Mr. Obama's right to sit as president of the United States," Richardson vowed when asked about the voter fraud investigation that is now under way.

Richardson is one of 19 people suspected of illegal voting by the Hamilton County Board of Elections in the last election.

"I'm outraged, and every voter, regardless of their political affiliation, should be outraged," said Hamilton County Board of Elections member Alex Triantafilou, who is also chairman of the county Republican Party. "It causes folks to have real doubts about the fabric of our very democratic process, and it's dangerous. It is disconcerting that someone would be so bold as to admit their conduct in such a fashion ... We fully intend to prosecute these cases."

Richardson claimed she had submitted an absentee ballot, but was afraid her vote would not count so she also voted in person. She also said she voted in the name of her granddaughter and yet another person.

"There was absolutely no intent on my part to commit any voter fraud," she insisted.

Richardson's granddaughter, India Richardson, confirmed to Fox News that her grandmother voted for her, by submitting an absentee ballot in her name. India told Fox News that she is not angry, and gave her permission to cast her absentee ballot.

"It wasn't a big deal," she said.

But election authorities say voting more than once, or in someone else's name, is a big deal because it is illegal and threatens the credibility of the nation's election system.

"It appears she not only attempted to vote more than once, but was actually successful at it and having those additional votes counted," Ohio Secretary of State John Husted, who is in charge of the state's elections, told Fox News.

"She appears to have used her position as a poll worker to cover her tracks. That would be someone who is an official in the elections process, using that position to commit a fraud. That is especially troubling to me, as the chief elections officer of the state, because it is my responsibility to make sure the system runs effectively, that it has integrity. When I find issues like this, I know that it undermines voter confidence in our elections, and we must pursue it."

Three other absentee ballots in the names of different people were submitted to the Board of Elections from Richardson's address on Nov. 1. Officials say the handwriting on those ballots is similar and that they were all received together, on the same day that Richardson's absentee ballot arrived at the office. Richardson maintains that some of the other voters live at her house.

Attempts by Fox News to reach Richardson were unsuccessful, but she claimed to the local station that the votes were "absolutely legal votes."

In written reports detailing the 19 cases, Board of Elections investigators described their findings. In one instance, an investigator called a suspected double voter and was hung up on.

"I explained that she voted twice and she told me not to bother her and get off her phone and she hung up," the investigator wrote.

Another voter admitted to double voting, but did not think it was an issue.

"The voter said yes she 'voted early' and then voted again, then she asked 'what's the problem?'" according to the report.

Yet another voter was at a loss for explaining why he voted more than once.

"Voter said he remembered both times. He doesn't know why he voted twice," the report said.

The documents show that another voter said he had received a phone call before Election Day telling him his absentee ballot would not count. When investigators questioned him about voting two times, the voter replied "'as usual, you guys are wrong.' ... he was curious about the investigation and asked 'Now what will you do' and 'are you taping me now?"

The Hamilton County Board of Elections is holding hearings to further investigate these cases.

"It is so fundamental to people's faith in the democratic process, that we need to act very strong to make sure that we are doing everything we can to keep people's faith," declared Triantafilou. "There is always the concern, though, that there are those situations where we didn't catch folks."

As part of a new effort to root out any voter fraud, Secretary of State Husted has ordered all 88 of the state's county Board of Elections to hold public hearings on any credible voter fraud allegations or claims of voter disenfranchisement during the 2012 election. He said any substantiated allegations should be turned over to prosecutors.

"Once the election is over, and once the winner is declared, everybody forgets about it. I want to make sure that we don't forget about it, that we make sure we do, essentially, an audit of that process to ensure that we know what happened, and then use that evidence to guide us going forward. ... We need to learn from that last election so that we can be better before the next one gets here."

"Fraud does happen," noted Husted. "Most attempts are caught by the system. But there are cases that do slip through, as this one does, and we need to make sure that we really send a strong message, that if you do this, you are going to be held accountable. It might mean fines, it might mean jail time."

Voter fraud, said Husted, "undermines public confidence in democracy, and that's why we need, whether you are a Democrat or Republican, to root out all cases of voter fraud."


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At the very least they should absolutely throw the book at this person to make an example out of them. You multiply her by about a million and there's the Obama voting base who actually performed or were at least willing to perform voter fraud. They don't have the inteligence to understand the long term implications of their crimes. It really doesn't matter which side you are commiting fraud for. It hurts the system period!
 
#5 ·
OHHHH... So "THAT'S" why they don't want Voter I.D. laws. Huh who would have thought? How stupid of us to push for something that would deny a self entitled moron the self proclaimed "right" to vote multiple times. Funny thing is though, as a pole worker I'm almost positive she has an I.D.
 
#6 ·
I am shocked to learn that democrats vote more than once shocked I say

I am shocked to learn that dead folks are still voting democratic shocked I say

the election was rigged, we really won folks our canidate hung up the hat before the count was over, instead he should have pulled a Al Gore and the true results would have come out after two weeks
 
#10 ·
Hell I had to stand in line for 6 hours and take time off of work to vote. I guess if I didn't have a job i could have done it a couple times.
 
#12 ·
Now it comes out that all these people have voted more than once then. Maybe there should be a recount since all these people want to now admit voter fruad. six votes is enough to warrent a federal investigation.( But then again an investigation by the federal govermenthmm just how honest would that be?) If my recollection is correct the outcome of the election was fairly close. It could just be possible that obama ( One Big Ass Mistake AGAIN!) was placed into office by election fruad, And If that is the case, All Laws that he put into place would be null & void! IMHO I would say since this person has admitted to voter fraud it dose have to be investigated, But remember Ohio is usally a Nessessary state to win an election, unless you take every other state by a landslide. This is another good reason to shit can the electorial collage. Id say at least 75 percent of the citizans think or are lead to believe that thier vote counts. Well as long as the electorial collage is in effect there is no way everyones vote can count, as the goverment claims it dose. there is no way all the votes can be counted in just a few hours an all of a sudden POOF your President is!!!!!!. there are to many varyables, absentee ballots, not only in this country, But from overseas Military and Civilan Personal.
IMO obama bought the white house, remember everthing has its price except for a few things, INTEGRITY, HONESTY, AND VALUES, and the words I just typed can be perverted just as muslems do to the koran. Its just depends who you speak to and with and what the topic is at that moment. But as far as Washington DC Goes, the only thing I hear is LIES, HARMFUL TACTICS AND PROCEEDURES THAT WILL HARM THE aMERICAN PEOPLE, AND VIOLATING CITIZANS RIGHTS AND THE LIST GOES ON!. I guess what they said was true those who don't remember or fail to remember History are DOOMED TO REPEAT IT! And I guess that is where we are headed now! with gun confiscation, mandatory registration of firearms, violation of citizans rights,and Federal Laws that can allow the Goverment to enter your premises at anytime, all they have to say is its a matter of National Security, the Patroit Act. and all those other fancy laws that were placed into effect, So that Goverment Officeal can do as they please, As far as the Goverment is concerned now in my opinion we have only the rights that they wish to give us. The United States Constution dosn;t even matter to these nutjobs anymore. Our so called elected officals are bought and paid for, anyone how even appears to be honest and wants to do good for the country. Have you ever noticed that these canadated are terminated early so they cannot run. Mainly due to fear from the major parties. If we all stop just for a min and look back remember way back when congressman had thier own check book ( on the taxpayers dime ) and they were all over drawn by thousands and thousands of dollars. HAs the public ever heard of any of these people paying back the money on the checks they bounced, of course not like everything else in wasington ,ir]ts swept under the rug. Thier are several dictors that come to mind as I evaluate and watch. and look at what we do , Our Militarys Armored Divison has used Rommels tactics from the Africa Corps, The laws they wish to pass now regarding firarms is akmost word for word when hitler took away the guns of the citizans, So once they seen the real monster that Hitler was, by this time they could do nothing about it, exceot join the Reich or Die in a camp somewhere. And now we have come to these very crossroads. The goverment wants our guns, they have so called civil comittment centers in case of civil unrest. This is not just hypothetical situation, its happening all around us, with out our knowledge, And believe me noone will no anything until its to late.the Only thing I can say is be aware, dont trust yor political representivesand if you suspect wrong doing on thier part start digging into thier back ground and get them the hell out of office before they realyy screw up our nation....Doc
 
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