{"id":133125,"date":"2017-03-22T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/gop-leader-pundit-who-blamed-dems-for-voter-fraud-charged-with-voter-fraud.html"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:42:38","slug":"gop-leader-pundit-who-blamed-dems-for-voter-fraud-charged-with-voter-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/gop-leader-pundit-who-blamed-dems-for-voter-fraud-charged-with-voter-fraud.html","title":{"rendered":"GOP leader, pundit, who blamed Dems for voter fraud, charged with voter fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And he&#39;s a Colorado fellow as well, a host of a conservative talk show, and chair of the Colorado GOP from 1997 to 1999. In October he had a show lambasting voter fraud, and noting that he only knew of cases where it had been done by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>And he&#39;s now been charged with filling out, signing, and mailing in the ballot of his ex-wife, who had just moved to South Carolina but was still registered for the November election in Colorado.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2017\/03\/22\/ex-colo-gop-leader-said-only-democrats-committed-voter-fraud-now-hes-charged-with-voter-fraud\/?utm_term=.d147752ffc2a&#038;wpisrc=nl_&#038;wpmm=1'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Y_OBTMBqWCeZIBAOjWdr7bZzzi8IwDT3-NeW4AMMQ6SfPOHO1RcNCBQ7l1sj7j_rJ-BKxGvAndlqS2L-dqqGQSLLpOxAMMPAkQ-Whbo8N9eUbwI7h2WPfgLRq4IeYAwO3r3rPhlQhP4I2av2y5OE51AvVtUslF8H1qWeqshmRq5CIHRWgBxYv5MTSsOJ1sAENE9jTGKGw-PtWtBXUJPXJ0Eb-oZzks-7F6S-7LRFono3g71PmEmjpbQTw4C9eemSXKOsg4I=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2017\/03\/22\/ex-colo-gop-leader-said-only-democrats-committed-voter-fraud-now-hes-charged-with-voter-fraud\/?utm_term=.d147752ffc2a&#038;wpisrc=nl_&#038;wpmm=1'>Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he&rsquo;s charged with voter fraud.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Virtually every case of voter fraud I can remember in my lifetime was committed by Democrats,&rdquo; Steve Curtis said on his radio show in October.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/eS6dQMsmEo2'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And he&#39;s a Colorado fellow as well, a host of a conservative talk show, and chair of the Colorado GOP from 1997 to 1999. In October he had a show lambasting voter fraud, and noting that he only knew of cases where it had been done by Democrats. And he&#39;s now been charged with filling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/gop-leader-pundit-who-blamed-dems-for-voter-fraud-charged-with-voter-fraud.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOP leader, pundit, who blamed Dems for voter fraud, charged with voter fraud&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26113,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/look-voter-fraud.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":0},"title":"Look! Voter fraud!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Feb-12 3:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Of course, it's a GOP state official doing it. And convicted of it.\"Besides the obvious embarrassment of the state official who is in charge of elections being indicted on charges of voter registration fraud, it's just perfect that this happened in Indiana, because Indiana paved the way for the voter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28999,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/more-on-the-gop-war-on-voters-er-voting-fraud.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":1},"title":"More on the GOP War on Voters, er, Voting Fraud","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Aug-12 9:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Bad methodology, bad numbers, and overblown solutions that don't actually address anything that resembles a problem. But, hey, if it delegitimizes Democratic winners and suppresses votes from supposed Democratic citizens, well, game on!Reshared post from +Jim Feig Embedded Link GOP Voter Fraud Hucksters Latest Lie: Felons Made Franken U.S. Senator\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131420,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/04\/the-myth-of-voter-fraud.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":2},"title":"The myth of voter fraud","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 4-Sep-16 5:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been said many, many times before, but here's a nice summary white paper from the Brennan Center for Justice that looks at all the reviews of voter fraud -- someone who is not eligible to vote voting, or impersonating an eligible voter -- show it to be exceedingly rare,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/toles_on_voting.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/toles_on_voting.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/toles_on_voting.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24284,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/im-sure-the-gop-will-be-over-new-election-laws-over-this.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":3},"title":"I&#39;m sure the GOP will be over new election laws over this","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Dec-11 7:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"After all, they've spent a huge amount of time chasing a bunch of mythical \"fraudulent voters\" by adding all sorts of voter ID laws, restricting voter registration programs, reducing voting periods, etc.So now that we have a real, honest-to-gosh case of election fraud, actually convicted in court, what sort of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39497,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/just-in-case-there-was-any-doubt-about-polling-place-reform.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":4},"title":"Just in case there was any doubt about polling place reform","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 1-Nov-13 11:06pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Why has the GOP been so gung-ho about curbing early voting and extended voting hours? Is it to save costs and somehow avoid fraud? \u00a0Nah. It's to reduce voting by Democrats. Don't believe me? Ask some folks who used to be in the GOP power structure, but now aren't. Former\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28907,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/the-voter-fraud-fraud.html","url_meta":{"origin":133125,"position":5},"title":"The Voter Fraud fraud","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Aug-12 9:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently it's fine to disenfranchise 9% of the population in order to solve a demonstrably imaginary problem. \u00a0Because that is, in fact, the actual intent. 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