Oh, NO! Did Tim Robbins uncover a voting scam?

Wow does that suprise anyone, we should have guesses it would have to happen somewhere right?

I was registered to vote in Los Angeles and had a letter confirming that fact, but I was not on the rolls at my polling place and was forced to fill out a provisional ballot.

I had to fill out a provisional ballot and I didn't mind, it was no problem, But I didn't even think of whinning and crying like Mr Robbins maybe I should have. Oh but wait I'm not a celebrity just a middle class guy. What a baby

For the record,

Clinton Curtis hacked the last election.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8112825559202389150

Go Tim.

We won't get scammed again!

What a boob. I saw the video. Seemed well rehearsed. I liked him in Shawshank Redemption, mostly because other people wrote what he would say, but when this guy speaks from his own mind he is a bumbling retard.

Kinda ironic that someone supporting a bigger government candidate complains about the incompetence of government. Priceless

I'm so sick of that Republican talk, when they don't walk the walk. From 2002-2006, when you guys controlled the House, Senate, and Presidency, did Government shrink? Did spending go down? No. Did the deficit skyrocket? yes. Since 1980, I notice that the deficit has only shrunk during the Clinton years. You do the math,

This happened to me in Los Angeles as well. I even had my confirmation letter IN HAND, I called the county and they confirmed over the cell phone to the poll worker that I was in fact registered to vote. And yet I was not on the rolls nor on the "blue pages" which were the updated rolls.

I was told over and over to vote provisionally. I talked to at least five people at the county hotlne- they all confirmed that I was registered to vote. A poll worker called her supervisor who said "if he's not on the rolls, there's no way he's voting there." I then called the county again, and was told that since I registered on the last day possible, I was a "late" registrant. So I would have to vote provisionally.

I called back again- this time I was told I could vote but it would have to be at the offices in Norwalk. But as the discussion continued, they said I could only vote provisionally there too.

So everyone- like 5 or 6 people- were saying provisional ballots were the only way to go. I fought it for hours, but made zero progress, and unfortunately I am not familiar enough with the rules to make any kind of legal argument. So, at las,t I voted provisionally-- despite the fact that I was registered and everyone acknowledged this. I made them annotate on the pink envelope that they knew I was a registered voter. I don't know if that did any good.

I was probably a pain and I do want to thank the poll worker who was very sympathetic to me wanting to vote not-provisionally. She said of all the people who this had happened to (ie, were registered but did not appear on the list) of which there were a few that day, I was the only one to put up any kind of fight.

I didn't think of going to a judge, but now I wish I did.

Was my vote counted? Were there many others like me?

LATimes- I included my email. Feel free to contact me, because if this was a widespread problem, I'd like to help in any way I can.

R

Great Tim got to vote, what about the other 29 people in this story. Was root cause ever found why the 30 people were removed?

What does the policy state when removing people from the list?

Is their an audit log; to follow changes in voting records?

Were any laws broken in disenfranchising thees 30 people?

Is this paper (LATimes) following up in any way to correct apparent voter fraud?

In 2004 election fraud was ramped, yet the media never publicized this fact. Rolling Stone did a great job in defining what happened in 2004, its a great read but rather long.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen

I wrote a bit more about my voting experience, but here are the high points: http://www.blueblood.net/2008/11/i-voted/

I've been voting registered at the same place in Hollywood for the past eight years and I was not on the rolls when I showed up at my polling place.

The poll workers told me to vote provisionally and they were sure it would be counted. I called the Registrar anyway and was told that, had I not called, my ballot actually would not have been counted.

I really question whether they have counted all the provisional ballots yet. It seems like it would be infeasible to do have done so and I find it very hard to believe that the majority of Californians really failed to vote down Prop 8. They might have the math figured for the presidential election, but I think they should count every ballot for the referendums.

It is because of the efforts of people like Tim Robbins that our elections are run as cleanly as they are. What he did makes him a responsible citizen, not a crybaby.