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Hundreds Of Dead People Vote In South Carolina GOP Primary

Benjamin Gottlieb |
January 22, 2012 | 8:59 p.m. PST

Executive Editor

Newt Gingrich's convincing victory in South Carolina may now be marred by allegations of voter fraud.

South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson notified the U.S. Dept. of Justice Sunday evening that 953 ballots were cast by "people listed as dead," according to the Associated Press.

According to the AP, 71 percent of the ballots used names of South Carolinians who died anywhere between two months and 76 months prior to Saturday's primary.

Wilson has recommended South Carolina's State Law Enforcement Division to investigate the allegations.

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 25, 2012 1:58 PM

Ummm....he didn't say the "dead" votes were in the Jan 21 primary; he said they were over the years, and without specifying with elections. Check your link in there. I sure ain't defending that claim, please note - in fact, today the SEC produced the mere 6 records the AG had provided, and all 6 were found to be valid votes.

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Tampa Attorneys (not verified) on January 13, 2013 1:18 AM

Hello are using Wordpress for your
blog platform? I'm new to the blog world but I'm trying to get started and
set up my own. Do you need any html coding knowledge
to make your own blog? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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elaygee (not verified) on January 23, 2012 1:03 PM

Creepublicans are only worried about live Democrats being restricted from voting, not dead Republicans

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2012 10:50 AM

Deliberate attempt to smear the SC Primary election outcome. But it fails.

Go to the SC Attorney General Website, read the "letter" in question. Note the date of the letter, and note the date of the SC Primary.

This is stinky "journalism". It is a lie and your site holds very little credibility at this point.

http://www.scag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Voter-ID-Letter-to-US-Att...

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2012 10:33 AM

This is terrible journalism.

First of all, we don't know that all of the "dead" votes were for Gingrich.

Second, even if they ALL were for Gingrich, he still would have won by about 75,000.

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Aeikaisafaggot (not verified) on January 23, 2012 2:34 PM

Rofl sir you are a huge fucking faggot. This type of journalism is what sells papers. Ever read a spiderman comic? "The spider menace wrecks the town!"

Secondly hi Aeka (you) - http://www.mmo-champion.com/members/717971-Aeka from this thread: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1069624-Voting-fraud-in-South-Caroli...

Third: I hate Gringrich too but stfu

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2012 10:45 AM

What we don't know is how far along this voter fraud is. We already have had to recount the Iowa vote and there are STILL precints in Iowa that just got "lost". The GOP specifically has changed the voting rules and regulations this year making it possible for people to vote without I.D.'s. Don't you think that it all spells out coincidence a little too much?

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