A Richmond grand jury on Monday indicted 10 convicted felons on charges of election fraud for allegedly lying on voter registration forms during the 2008 presidential election campaign.
The grand jury indicted five men and five women on one count each of making a material false statement on a voter registration form, a felony.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring said the charges stem from a statewide investigation by the Virginia State Police into allegations of fraud in 2008.
Herring said each of those indicted spoke with a solicitor who was trying to get people to register to vote. In most cases, the person told the solicitor that he or she was a felon, and some of those indicted told a solicitor they therefore could not vote.
Voter Registration Deadline: Monday. October 6.
Tomorrow, Monday, October 6 is the deadline for registering to vote in this year’s presidential election. If you are uncertain if you are registered, you can check it out by going to:
https://www.voteforchange.com/?secure=ofa
Last year I got a false negative, but it never hurts to check this out.
If you aren’t registered to vote, the Virginia State Board of Elections has all the information about how to do it. Requirements don’t seem that stringent.
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Registering_to_Vote/Index.html
If you don’t vote, no one is going to listen to you bitch about the outcome.
