INTERVIEW – DAN MCHUGH of The Montgomery County Young Republicans
- Yesterday, the Montgomery County Board of Elections held a public meeting. Dan was there and testified, pressing MoCo on cleaning up the voter rolls.
- The Board of Elections is insisting they are already cleaning up voter rolls but it can take up to four years (two general elections) to get a name removed. However, the board says they have removed nearly 76,000 names from the voter rolls since June 2015.
- Dan questions whether the drivers licenses given to illegals are giving illegals the ability to vote in our elections — another fraud issue.
- Shalleck: ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Voter Fraud. About a dozen residents spoke before the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Monday asking for action to prune voter rolls in the wake of a statement by a watchdog group that found the county has more registered voters than voting age adults. The organization Judicial Watch believes Montgomery County, and jurisdictions in 10 other states, are not conducting reasonable maintenance of its voter lists. “Dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement earlier this month. He said his organization would sue if the states fail to take steps to remove dead, moved or “non-citizen voters” from voter rolls. Elections Board President James Shalleck told the room, “Voter fraud is totally unacceptable. We have zero, zero tolerance for any voter fraud.” The board then received a presentation on the process used to clean out the voter rolls, which includes deaths from the Social Security Administration and information from the court system when individuals say they cannot serve on juries because they are not U.S. citizens. Shalleck said the board had removed nearly 76,000 names from the voter rolls since June 2015. Following state and federal guidelines, it can take four years – two general elections – before a name can be removed from the county’s list of voters.
- Montgomery election board to review registration practices. (Washington Post) — Montgomery election officials said Monday they will review registration procedures in response to allegations from a conservative watchdog group that the county’s rolls are packed with ineligible voters. Judicial Watch said in a letter earlier this month there was “strong circumstantial evidence” that Montgomery’s lists are filled with names of voters who have died, moved out of state or are non-citizens. It said the charge is supported by data showing more registered voters in the county than there are citizens of voting age (18 and over). The group said it would sue the state of Maryland within 90 days unless officials show they have taken action to clean up voter lists and come into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act. Montgomery is one of more than 90 counties in 11 states hit with similar allegations by Judicial Watch. Montgomery County, where Democrats have a 2-to-1 registration advantage — is the only Maryland jurisdiction that was served notice. “Voter fraud is totally unacceptable. “We take this issue very seriously.” said Board President James Shalleck, a Republican appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan (R). Under state law, the party that controls the governor’s office holds the majority on state and local election boards. The state board, which oversees county panels, said last week that it will also review practices in response to Judicial Watch.
