Election Fraud

CounterPunch: Why Mexican Justice is a Euphemism 2008-05-15

The criminalization of social protest has been the benchmark of President Felipe Calderon's 17 months in office since his fraud -marred election in 2006.

guardian.co.uk: SEC charges Broadcom chairman, gen counsel, ex-execs 2008-05-15

The regulator said it is charging all four with violating or aiding violations of anti- fraud , record-keeping, financial reporting and internal control ...

The Nation.: Haiti on the 'Death Plan' 2008-05-15

The last time the country mobilized so massively and with such ferocity was February 13, 2006, one week after the presidential election .

Center for Research on Globalization: Global Research News Hour on RBN. Frances Fox Piven and 2008-05-15

... Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Elections, and his newest as editor, Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy.

Epping Forest Guardian: WALTHAM FOREST: Councillor accused of benefit fraud 2008-05-15

In September Miranda Grell was found guilty of falsely claiming an election rival was a paedophile while on the campaign trail in the 2006 local elections.

Zimbabwe Guardian: Burning questions for the MDC-T 2008-05-15

... of convictions of their election officials in court? Why are they not disputing many of the electoral fraud allegations as vehemently as they should?

The Australian: Brendan Nelson fuels budget brawl in budget-in-reply speech 2008-05-15

Dr Nelson savaged the economic blueprint as a fraud on the community that would increase taxes, put pressure on inflation and attack aspiration.

Adelaidenow: Brendan Nelson's 2008 Budget reply in full 2008-05-15

"The government has perpetrated a fraud on the Australian public. "Preliminary calculations indicate that the budget will increase the CPI by up to 0.4 per ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Perdue signs law allowing guns in restaurants 2008-05-15

Opponents said the bill would be open to fraud by offenders, whose identities could not be verified through an Internet-based system and who might persuade ...

Reuters South Africa: Zuma corruption trial will not start Aug 4 -lawyer 2008-05-15

Hulley said there were "other matters" that needed to be dealt with before Zuma could go on trial for fraud , bribery, money-laundering and other charge ...

Reuters: Cyclone-hit Myanmar says 92 percent back charter 2008-05-15

"This referendum was full of cheating and fraud across the country," NLD spokesman Nyan Win said. In some villages, authorities and polling stati ...

Reuters South Africa: Zuma lawyers discuss trial date on Thursday 2008-05-15

He is charged with fraud , bribery, money-laundering and other wrongdoing in connection with the arms deal. The ANC leader has denied the charges and said he ...

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Iraqi companies target of US fraud probe 2008-05-15

The investigation of two companies in Tikrit ê Sakar al-Fahal and al-Jubori ê led the Army Corps of Engineers to scour its records for evidence of fraud ...

St. Joseph News-Press: Voter ID rules must preserve rights 2008-05-15

... citizenship ë a presumed requirement for voting ë and say anything short of a government-issued photo ID does not do enough to prevent election fraud .

Brad Blog: TAKE ACTION: Thor Hearne and MO GOP Attempt to Rewrite ... 2008-05-15

For more information on the "non-partisan" tax-exempt ACVR "Voter Fraud " scam and the snakeoil salesmen who invented it, Bush/Cheney '04 National General ...

Slough and Windsor Observer: Voting fraud investigation: police raid home 2008-05-15

The search was part of the on-going probe into election fraud during May 2007 elections when Labour"s Lydia Simmons lost her Central ward seat to former ...

Al-Ahram Weekly: Crooked at the top 2008-05-15

Meanwhile, it was leaked to the media that under questioning 77-year-old Talansky, nicknamed the "Launderer", had told Fraud Squad interrogators that he ...

Economist: Balkan exceptionalism 2008-05-15

Bulgaria has already seen tens of millions of EU funds frozen amid fears of fraud . The figure of suspended aid could rise to billions when a Europe ...

World Politics Review: Sri Lankan Government Must Balance Carrots and Sticks to End Conflict 2008-05-15

However, opposition groups have alleged fraud in the elections. Sunanda Deshapriya of the Free Media Movement (FMM), a Sri Lankan rights group ...

The Commercial Dispatch: Aldermen candidates ready for race to end 2008-05-15

I did everything a candidate should do and I won the election ë now I have to do it all over again.ì However, Flynn said the voter fraud counts ...

Biloxi Sun Herald: US Labor Department Enforcement Agency Announces 7 Criminal ... 2008-05-15

... from labor organizations, extortionate picketing, deprivation of union members' rights by force or violence, and fraud in union officer elections.

Nation Multimedia: Chai's rise the product of distorted politics 2008-05-15

Chai replaces the controversial Yongyuth Tiyapairat, who had to bow out because of accusations of electoral fraud . Both men seem to have drawing power ...

Daily News & Analysis: Livingstone and the Black Arts 2008-05-15

... causes and is being prosecuted for alleged fraud . The scandal of these schemes broke just before the election and sank "Red Ken" in the May election .

TPM: The Daily Muck 2008-05-15

... wants time off from prison due to his cooperation with prosecutors. Kidan was sentenced to 70 months in jail in 2005 for fraud . (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Morgan Messenger: Shambaugh, Dugan emerge as primary victors - Morgan favors Clint ... 2008-05-15

Vince Shambaugh won a hard-fought contest for the Republican nomination for Morgan County Sheriff in Tuesday"s Primary Election . Stacy Dugan collected more ...

FOXBusiness: VAALCO Energy Mails Letter to Stockholders 2008-05-15

... Nanes Delorme Partners and Pilatus Energy are conflicted and their ethics tainted by a scandal involving corruption, kickbacks, fraud and embezzlement.

Acton Institute: Bubble Behavior and Market Panic 2008-05-15

... gullibility, short-term focus, genuine belief in momentum, extrapolation of so-far-profitable speculations, group psychology, and increasing fraud ?

Stabroek News: History This Week 2008-05-15

These democratic electoral changes to the constitution made it possible for the PPP to gain significant internal political power since they won the electi ...

Stabroek News: The electoral system is in need of thorough reform 2008-05-15

Knowledge of residents will not be as intimate as in the rural areas but a sufficiently long posting of the lists will minimise fraud .

Politics.hu: Charges pressed in Zuschlag embezzlement case 2008-05-15

... pressed charges against former Socialist MP János Zuschlag on suspicion of conspiracy to commit serious fraud committed over a sustained period.

Winnipeg Free Press: Around Canada 2008-05-15

TORONTO -- Jailed media mogul Conrad Black is expected to tell his version of the events that led up to his conviction in Chicago on fraud and racketeering ...

Reno News & Review: Forget voter ID 2008-05-15

First, it"s not voters who commit voter fraud . It"s politicians. You don"t rig an election by mobilizing voters to cast illegal votes. You rig an electi ...

Bangkok Post: King endorses Chai as house speaker 2008-05-15

Mr Chai replaces Yongyuth Tiyapairat, who resigned the speakership last month when his election fraud case was forwarded to the Constitution Court.

FOXBusiness: GPC Biotech Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2008 2008-05-15

... York in three separate securities fraud class action lawsuits on behalf of all persons who purchased the securities of GPC Biotech between December 5 ...

Daily Press: Self-confidence and a tale of two women ë Barbara and Hillary 2008-05-15

I'm not sure if it's a testament to Walters' breezy writing style or to the way election coverage has taken on the white-noise quality of a humming ...

New Times SLO: Smoking the vote 2008-05-15

Editor"s note: In their lead-up to the June 3 SLO County Board of Supervisors election , two seemingly mild-mannered 5th District candidatesëSupervisor Jim ...

Salt Lake Tribune: Walsh: Bungling the vote in Daggett 2008-05-15

... outright fraud . Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert have thrown up their hands. Campbell called both offices before the electi ...

Herald Zeitung: Attorneys set stage for election trial 2008-05-15

Macias is alleging that not only did numerous clerical and voting errors taint the election , but that outright fraud also might have affected the outcome.

Joplin Globe: In our view: Photo ID not needed 2008-05-15

If Missouri had cases of voter impersonation linked to voter fraud , then perhaps the measure would be necessary. But Secretary of State Robin Carnahan say ...

Chicago Journal: Incumbents allege fraud 2008-05-15

The challenge alleges multiple problems during election day. Notably, it alleges potential fraud . Voters used pencils to cast ballots, the challenge say ...

Elk Grove Citizen: The changing face of politics 2008-05-15

Any way you look at it the 2008 presidential election is going to be historic. For the first time a woman is running for the nation"s top office.

Huntington Herald Dispatch: Williams, Thacker lead race for at-large seats 2008-05-15

4 general election . The GOP candidates were unopposed in the primary. City Council's two current at-large members -- Garry Black and Paul Farrell -- did ...

Greenville Daily Reflector: No outcomes changed by canvass 2008-05-15

"I think it was an instance of unintentional voter fraud ," Davis said. When the precinct judge's wife showed up to vote May 6, the poll book showed she ...

Daily Sun: Photo : Sun News Publishing 2008-05-15

The legal practitioner cum taxation expert also assured the general public that direct bank lodgement of taxes has checked the incidents of fraud while ...

Bangkok Post: Newin pays price for his father's success 2008-05-15

... was chosen on Monday as the new House Speaker, replacing Yongyuth Tiyapairat who faces an electoral fraud case brought by the Election Commission (EC).

Huntington Herald Dispatch: Turnout increases from 2004 primary election 2008-05-15

By CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSEN HUNTINGTON -- The 2008 West Virginia primary election was a big one for Cabell County as voter registration and turnout increased ...

Bangkok Post: Vote for Speaker Chai shows Newin's clout 2008-05-15

... fact that he is among 111 Thai Rak Thai party executives banned from politics for five years following the party's dissolution due to election fraud .

Bangkok Post: Former EC members lose second appeal 2008-05-15

... quiz 15 more witnesses after the panel recommended to the Election Commission on April 7 that it take action against the TRT party for election fraud .

Village Voice: Home AloneëWith Medicaid Fraudsters 2008-05-14

This is known as a "50/50" in the Medicaid- fraud world. On paper, at least, the aides were the hardest of workers: At one home health agency whose manager ...

Village Voice: Home AloneëWith Medicaid Fraudsters 2008-05-14

This is known as a "50/50" in the Medicaid- fraud world. On paper, at least, the aides were the hardest of workers: At one home health agency whose manager ...

Democratic Underground: POLITE FASCISM CONTRACTS THE RIGHT TO VOTE 2008-05-14

Election fraud has now been expanded in scope to include the nation's highest court, which has become the enemy of the people. Justice Stevens should read ...

Democratic Underground: The Crisis Papers on DU 2008-05-14

Because your qualifications and the relevant issues will not suffice, due to the added obstacles of a hostile media and election fraud , you must disarm ...

Swissinfo: High-level corruption resists reform in Romania 2008-05-14

That decision opened doors to new delays in investigations of corruption, adding to accusations that the establishment is not serious about fighting fraud .

Center For American Progress: A 21st Century Poll Tax: Voter ID by the Numbers 2008-05-14

And the benefits of requiring an ID to voteëostensibly as a means to prevent voter fraud ëare anything but proven. The evidence of widespread voter fraud ...

guardian.co.uk: In Romania, high-level corruption resists reform 2008-05-14

That decision opened doors to new delays in investigations of corruption, adding to accusations that the establishment is not serious about fighting fraud .

Consortium News: Bush Operative Pushes Voter-ID Law 2008-05-14

While evidence of systemic voter fraud in the United States has not surfaced, many election integrity experts believe Republicans have used the suspicion ...

Politico: Where is political donor money going? 2008-05-14

Federal political committees disclose to the Federal Election Commission. These rules may be aimed at promoting disclosure and preventing fraud ...

Politico: Superdelegates looking at the big picture 2008-05-14

Alf Landon of Kansas, swerved from initially supporting New Deal goals to, at the end, claiming Social Security, due to go into effect in 1937, was a fraud .

Hunts Post: Police investigate claims children voted in election 2008-05-14

A police spokesman said: "An allegation of electoral fraud in May 1's local elections in St Neots has been referred to the police by Huntingdonshire ...

Yahoo! News: Blacks talking past each other 2008-05-14

Davis, a two-term congressman up for re- election in November, will be unopposed by a major party candidate for the second consecutive time.

Yahoo! News: Our view on improving elections: The problem with ID laws 2008-05-14

But election fraud happens more rarely than state legislators claim when they pass laws such as Indiana's. Exhaustive studies by the Brennan Center ...

Yahoo! News: Protect our election process 2008-05-14

We also want all voters to know that they were not disenfranchised by vote fraud schemes. Unfortunately, Missouri has a long history of vote fraud .

Yahoo! News: China could hold key to fate of Burmese cyclone victims 2008-05-14

China, struggling to cope with its own worst natural disaster in three decades, might not seem the obvious potential savior for up to 2 million Burmese ...

USA Today: Decentralized waste systems a solution to USA's aging pipelines 2008-05-14

In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better ...

OpEdNews: "We the People":The Constitution, Our Vote and Election 2008 ... 2008-05-14

Mark Crispin Miller's newest book is entitled Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy 2000 - 2008. Miller is professor of medi ...

OpEdNews: Some Unsolicited Advice for Barack Obama 2008-05-14

Because your qualifications and the relevant issues will not suffice, due to the added obstacles of a hostile media and election fraud , you must disarm ...

Cleveland Free Times: The Neverending Story 2008-05-14

Post- election audits should serve a variety of purposes: instill public confidence in the final result, deter fraud , detect errors in the election proce ...

WPSU: Supreme Court gives ammo to plans to tighten PA voter ID requirements 2008-05-14

... voter turnout for November's presidential election may be the highest it has been in years -- and that more voters means a greater liklihood of fraud .

Mainstream: Mayhem in Catalonia 2008-05-14

The POUM became the bete noire of Stalin, Stalintern and the Spanish Stalinists by denouncing this monstrous fraud for what it really was.

Los Angeles Times: Latest scandal could topple Olmert 2008-05-14

Israel's police fraud unit has raided government offices, seized files and interviewed Olmert and dozens of witnesses in a widening probe.

Los Angeles Times: Defending Thabo Mbeki 2008-05-14

Most participants and outside observers agree that the Zimbabwean election held on March 29 was a reasonably free and fair opportunity for voters to expre ...

Charter 97: Valer Ukhnalou: íBoycott has no advantages 2008-05-14

The UDF political council decided in March: following the course of the election campaign, taking into account the degree of transparency or vote fraud ...

World Politics Review: To Find Renewed Relevance, Mexican Left Must Lose López Obrador 2008-05-14

When elections for party leadership were held in March, the only winners were the PRD's adversaries; rampant fraud by both sides exposed the party machinery ...

Nation Multimedia: Court confirms jail sentence for ex-EC bosses 2008-05-14

The three defendants was alerted to the allegation on electoral fraud on March 20, 2006, weeks before the April 2 balloting, the verdict said.

Gary Post Tribune: Lake County got bad rap, will improve vote tallying 2008-05-14

By Rudy Clay Post-Tribune guest columnist Notwithstanding the admittedly lingering and pressing need to implement election reform in Lake County and ...

Herald Times Reporter: It's time to pass voter ID measure 2008-05-14

Advocates say a photo ID law is needed to assure each person who's voting is who he or she claims to be, and that it's a guard against voter fraud .

Messenger.ge: Why the government will win the elections, and win big 2008-05-14

A significant number suspect this May 21 poll will be riddled with fraud , an expectation the opposition is doing its best to play up.

News-Leader.com: Local Blogs 2008-05-14

... the state of Washington is two years removed from what non-hibernating Secretary of State Sam Reed deemed "the worst case of election fraud " in th ...

Globe and Mail: ABC's fall schedule cuts back on new series 2008-05-14

Another new series, The Mentalist, is about a former "celebrity psychic" who admits that the psychic claim was a fraud but now uses his observational skill ...

In-Forum: Networks sue SD over exit-polling limitations 2008-05-14

íThe basic position is that this is protected speech and that the state"s possible interest in preventing electioneering or fraud at the poll ...

Herald Zeitung: Three Strikes for Macias 2008-05-14

Macias" lawsuit claims numerous clerical errors, voter irregularities and possible fraud rendered the voting totals invalid. Macias had filed an objecti ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Monarch fire district chairman threatens to sue union 2008-05-14

A second part of its audit alleged possible fraud , including a claim that board members approved unauthorized coverage for one of their member ...

Tampa Tribune: New Revelations About Johnson Show Why His Credibility Is Shot 2008-05-14

When asked during a deposition whether accepting late voter registration applications led to voter fraud , he said no. But during trial, he said yes.

World Socialist Web Site: US: Nearly 400 immigrant workers arrested in slaughterhouse raid 2008-05-14

The bulk of them were charged with Social Security fraud for using false numbersëa supposedly criminal offense that results in their forfeiting ...

Khaleej Times: Tamils, Muslims battle for Eastern Province CM post 2008-05-14

Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pillayan, who led his party the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) to victory in Saturday"s election to ...

Bangkok Post: EC trio found guilty in dereliction charge 2008-05-14

Former Election Commission (EC) members Wasana Permlap, Prinya Nakchudtree and Veerachai Naewboonnien were handed two-year prison terms and were stripped ...

The West Australian: An extra 500 federal cops to fight crime 2008-05-14

"This means that far from the 500 new officers trumpeted by Labor's election promise, only 99 officers will even be delivered before the next election .

MercoPress: Hacker posts on blog info on six million Chileans 2008-05-14

The discs had vital personal and financial details of 25 million Britons, exposing them all to possible fraud should the information fall into the wrong ...

Columbia Missourian: Voter ID Act is an attempt at absolute power 2008-05-14

... generous guy In Missouri, more than 2.3 million votes were cast during the 2000 general election . Statewide, there were 278 allegations of voter fraud .

Daily Sun: Memoirsâ. of a wasting generation 2008-05-14

Some of them are riff-raffs, scavengers, drug pushers who engage in advanced fee fraud but once they return with money, people especially girl ...

Daily Sun: Memoirsâ. of a wasting generation 2008-05-14

Some of them are riff-raffs, scavengers, drug pushers who engage in advanced fee fraud but once they return with money, people especially girl ...

The Nation.: Voter Intimidation in Missouri 2008-05-13

The Assistant Secretary of State since 2000 reported no reports of voter impersonation fraud . Instead, the Court noted, "the only specific instance ...

Executive Intelligence Review (EIR): London Is Moving In for the Kill 2008-05-13

That election operation was run to set something up. That set-up includes not only the escalated campaign against Clinton, steered from London as well ...

Ha'aretz: Police raid J'lem city hall, search for documents linking Olmert ... 2008-05-13

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the National Fraud Investigation Unit, which conducted yesterday's raid, had seized documents that were connected ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Voter ID bill appears headed to voters 2008-05-13

Republicans said government IDs were needed to prevent fraud and build confidence in the election system. "It just makes sense," said Sen.

Youngstown Vindicator: Election board rejects protest 2008-05-13

Gains" attorney, Alan Kretzer, contends Yavorcik is actually a Democrat and is committing election fraud . Yavorcik disagreed, saying he didn"t commit fraud ...

New York Times: The Myth of Voter Fraud 2008-05-13

As with Missouri"s proposed amendment, the driving force behind strict voter ID requirements in general is not a genuine effort to prevent fraud ...

Huntington Herald Dispatch: POLLS: Polling hours for West Virginia are 6:30 am to 7:30 pm 2008-05-13

VOTER FRAUD : To report election fraud , call the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office's Election Fraud Hotline at (877) FRAUD -WV. To file a complaint ...

Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate Republicans move forward with voter ID bill 2008-05-13

Proponents of the proposed legislation said it could eliminate voter fraud in the state and said providing identification to vote is logical because it must ...

Bangkok Post: Chai promises to mend rifts 2008-05-13

... elected to replace Yongyuth Tiyapairat, who resigned the speakership last month when his election fraud case was forwarded to the Constitution Court.

Houston Chronicle: A Libertarian candidate joins the circus 2008-05-13

Poor old Bob Barr doesn"t have a snowflake"s chance in Big H to win the election this November. Indeed, as George Bernard Shaw nailed it, our nation h ...

Daily Mirror: Frame special laws to curb abuse of power 2008-05-13

... the election as one of the most corrupt elections in the country"s election history. Some quite graphically describe the outcome as a victory for " fraud ...

New York Times: Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship 2008-05-12

From October 2002 to September 2005, the Justice Department indicted 40 voters for registration fraud or illegal voting, 21 of whom were noncitizen ...

Munster Times: Thanks for the memories 2008-05-12

Innuendo and cynicism abounded as the nation's pundits waited for results from a county where more than 50 people have been charged with vote fraud in ...

Tulsa World: Quantifying hate 2008-05-12

And you think this fraud is the Second Coming. Or that you are. Perhaps illegal entry into this country is a focus of the hate groups simply because it ...

Mexidata.info: Unwelcome Ex-President Returns to Limelight in Mexico 2008-05-12

Quoth AMLO: í Salinas is one of Calderon"s advisers, he helped him with the electoral fraud (2006), now he also helps him in his attempt to privatize ...

People's Daily Online: Veteran MP elected as Thailand's new House Speaker 2008-05-12

23 election in Buri Ram. Chai will fill the vacancy left by Yongyuth Tiyapairat, a former deputy leader of PPP, who is facing trial for electoral fraud ...

Xinhua: Thai Lower House holds voting on new Speaker nomination 2008-05-12

23 election . On Monday, the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions will summon Yongyuth to testify in the election fraud case ...

2TheAdvocate: Letter: Don"t loosen teaching standards 2008-05-12

Indeed, testability is the foundation of science, and is precisely why ID is a laughable fraud . A scientific theory must always be falsifiable and subject ...

Independent Online: Mbeki won't be ousted, says ANC 2008-05-12

The alliance summit on Sunday reiterated its full support for Zuma, despite the resumption of his fraud , racketeering, money laundering and corruption trial ...

Politicsweb: No plan to oust Mbeki (yet) ê ANC 2008-05-12

... election manifesto, said Mantashe. Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court on August 14 on charges of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud .

Green Left Weekly: Bolivia: Fraud, violence and mass resistance marks right-wing push 2008-05-11

The election of Morales came on the back of five years of intense social struggle by the combative indigenous and campesino movements, which gave birth ...

BBC News: Sri Lankan government wins vote 2008-05-11

... to legally challenge what they view as a fraudulent election . "This is a totally distorted mandate that they got," he said. "This is obtained by fraud .

PR-Inside.com News: Sri Lanka's ruling party, opposition in close poll race ... 2008-05-11

... Eastern Province following an election that monitors said was marred by fraud and voter intimidation. coalition won 10 seats on the provincial council ...

ic Wales: Ruling party wins Sri Lanka election 2008-05-11

Monitors and the opposition said yesterday"s election was marred by fraud and voter intimidation. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts.

Reuters: FACTBOX-Dominican Republic conducts election 2008-05-11

In 1990, Balaguer won a tightly contested election by a margin of only a few thousand votes, and rivals alleged fraud . There also were allegations of fraud ...

The Casper Star Tribune: Wyo works to avoid absentee ballot fraud 2008-05-11

By JOAN BARRON CHEYENNE -- Wyoming county election officials appear to be well ahead of other states in how they prevent fraud with absentee ballots ...

Alalam News Network: Sri Lankan Gov't Claims Victory in Polls 2008-05-11

However, allegations of fraud , voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east Saturday. The vote was intended to show that ...

Hindu: Zimbabwe electoral commission likely to extend date 2008-05-11

But in recent years he has been accused of holding onto power through elections that independent observers say were marred by fraud , intimidation ...

Citizen: No bid to oust Mbeki: ANC 2008-05-11

... election manifesto, said Mantashe. Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court on August 14 on charges of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud .

Colombo Page: * UNP and SLMC says EP election marred with violence 2008-05-11

... fraud ,ì SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem said. He also said that opposition leaders planned to meet to decide whether to file a suit to overturn the election .

San Diego Union Tribune: Pleading their cases 2008-05-11

I've got a wide background and the reason I got hired to the City Attorney's Office is because of my consumer fraud background. I've done class-action work ...

Nashua Telegraph: Officials may allow medical monopoly 2008-05-11

The mailing has three pictures of the incumbent and asks citizens to rank the top economic issue from among the mortgage crisis, fraud and waste in Iraq ...

RTT News: Sri Lanka"s Ruling Alliance Wins Eastern Province Elections 2008-05-11

Opposition leaders and rights groups, however, claimed fraud and intimidation during voting. Opposition leaders are due to meet in Colombo to decide ...

Malaysia Star: Sri Lanka's ruling party wins control of Eastern Province government 2008-05-11

This is obtained by fraud ,'' he said. Independent monitors said the TMVP threatened voters during the election , opposition parliamentarians were attacked ...

Lawrence Journal World: Frustration with special counsel detailed 2008-05-11

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the liberal group for whom the activists worked, had reported the alleged election fraud ...

Baltimore Sun: Darfur rebels attack capital of Sudan 2008-05-11

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka // Allegations of fraud , voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east yesterday despite ...

News & Observer: Sunday Forum 2008-05-11

I guess it doesn't matter to you that for the last 20 years we have had rampant voter fraud . We are drowning in illegal immigrants who are more than willing ...

Albany Times Union: Pirro fated to wander TV court 2008-05-11

With less than two months to go before Election Day, it was revealed Pirro was under investigation by no fewer than six federal, state and local agencies.

Starkville Daily News: Hosemann: Voter ID a "common sense thing" 2008-05-11

Prior to his election last year, Hosemann practiced business law for about 30 years. Hosemann, a Republican, also has about three decades of experience ...

The Review: Ex-broadcaster, two legislators among Secretary of State candidates 2008-05-11

... of forcing modernization with high-tech voting machines, which nationally have been criticized over concerns about vote fraud and election tampering.

Radio Australia: Irregularities in Sri Lanka's council elections 2008-05-11

An independent monitoring group said it had received 40 complaints, including allegations of fraud , threats against voters and sporadic violence.

Africasia: Zimbabwe teachers on frontline of violence 2008-05-11

Some have since been arrested and fined for electoral fraud while others have been the target of physical assaults. "The situation has gotten out of hand," ...

Bangkok Post: Democrats question SMS meeting call 2008-05-11

... a House speaker to fill the seat left empty by Yongyuth Tiyapairat on April 30 when his election fraud case was forwarded to the Constitution Court.

NorthJersey.com: Saturday, May 10, 2008 2008-05-10

In "Remembrance of voting injustices past" (Other Views, May 1), Columnist Mary Ellen Schoonmaker admits that there has been "infamous voter fraud in ...

Albany Times Union: Voter ID laws go too far in Indiana 2008-05-10

Supporters of harsh voter ID laws claim state-sponsored photo identification is necessary to prevent in-person fraud at the ballot box.

Daily Breeze: Carson recall vote back in motion 2008-05-10

Dewitt accused the mayor of attempting to perpetrate a " fraud " on the voters. "He's got to play by the rules just like the rest of us," she ...

Bangkok Post: Democrat questions govt's urgent parliament meeting 2008-05-10

... call for an election of a new speaker to replace People Power party (PPP) MP Yongyuth Tiyapairat, who resigned because he faces electoral fraud charge ...

New York Times: Seeds of Destruction 2008-05-10

Hugh Rodham was paid $400000 to lobby for a pardon of Almon Glenn Braswell, who had been convicted of mail fraud and perjury, and for the release ...

Bangkok Post: PPP to select new minister next week 2008-05-10

The post became vacant after Yongyuth Tiyapairat resigned as he faces electoral fraud charges in relation to the December 23 general election last year.

Norman Transcript: Oklahomans don't need new barriers to voting 2008-05-10

Incidents of election fraud do not normally come at the polls. They occur more in registration and absentee voting matters. The ID law would create more ...

World Socialist Web Site: Australia: Teachers" union moves to shut down industrial campaign 2008-05-10

What a fraud ! Victorian teachers have long been the lowest paid in the country and have worked in the most under-funded state system.

Sun-Sentinel.com: Lamberti intends to see if a Republican can win a countywide ... 2008-05-10

... the elected Democratic sheriff, Ken Jenne resigned. Jenne is now in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud charges.

Party for Socialism and Liberation: Supreme Court upholds Indiana's voter ID law 2008-05-10

The majority opinion cites an alleged incident of voter fraud in New York City"s 1868 election , and one incident involving a single person in 2004 ...

Stabroek News: Guyanese should be wary of Western vilification of "Third World ... 2008-05-10

Almost complete credence is attached to all the utterances of fraud and intimidation by the MDC, with the accompanying demonisation and dehumanisation ...

National Post: 900 tortured and assaulted in Zimbabwe 2008-05-10

Mr. Mugabe banned Western observers from the first election , accusing them of bias after they said there had been widespread fraud in previous Zimbabwe ...

Toward Freedom: Polarizing Bolivia: Autonomy Vote in Santa Cruz 2008-05-09

The organizers of the vote in Santa Cruz hired a private firm to count and collect the votes, and voters reported widespread fraud and intimidation acro ...

New Vision: Naava Nabagesera convicted of fraud 2008-05-09

In 1998, Naava went into hiding after failing to pay the cost for her unsuccessful election petition against her rival, woman MP for Kampala Margaret Zziwa.

Joplin Globe: Missouri: Carnahan raises concerns as House passes voter photo IDs 2008-05-09

She said there have been no cases of voter impersonation fraud , and that voters already identify themselves at the polls with a driver"s license or military ...

Earthtimes (press release): New constitution just a 'license to kill' for Myanmar regime - Feature 2008-05-09

He claimed that the NLD maintains secret observers throughout the country to expose election fraud . "The people are angry with the military.