NYT: NM Bush campaign urged former US attorney Iglesias to charge any "vote fraud violator"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/washington/18attorneys.html?hp

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Mr. Bush lost New Mexico to Al Gore by 366 votes in 2000. So in 2004, several Democratic-leaning groups had begun voter registration drives here. Republicans were concerned that this could lead to illegal immigrants and others being registered improperly.

Local election officials said the cards sent to the two teenage boys were among about 3,000 faulty registrations, with some most likely resulting from mistakes and others raising more questions.

To appear even-handed, Mr. Iglesias set up a bipartisan task force with state officials to look into the matter. But soon after announcing his plan, he received an e-mail message from Mickey D. Barnett, a Republican lawyer who represented the Bush campaign in New Mexico, urging him just to bring federal charges against any violators.

Culling through about 100 tips about fraud, investigators found only a handful that had some merit, and “only one where we had a real shot,” Mr. Iglesias said.

[POAS]

1. They're still crying over the dead

voters in Chicago in 1960.

[fooj]

2. No. I see it as them PROJECTING onto us what THEY are doing.

They do it all of the time!

[POAS]

3. I can't argue with that point at all

they still do resurrect those dead voters to try and make the point though.

Hell, they live in the past so much they are still mad about FDR.

[Warpy]

4. Meanwhile, their crooked touch screen machines

erased the votes of 17,000+ of us. We know that because our votes were recorded in the local races for judges. There was a near sweep of those races for Democrats.

So they wanted Iglesias to waste his time on a handful of bad registrations while THOUSANDS of us were disenfranchised!

Typical GOP swine.