Brad Jones: No fingerprint? No vote!

Why doesn't he (0.00 / 0)

1. File an ethics complaint against Murphy?

2. File an ethics complaint against DiMasi for his personal involvement in a bid-rigging scheme that netted his pal $100k fee?

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by: wavemaker @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:09:36 AM UTC

Sounds Expensive .. (0.00 / 0)

Nice idea but Im not paying for it. You want to take up the collection?

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by: nomad943 @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:14:07 PM UTC

It doesn't need to be expensive. n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:35:25 PM UTC

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Charlie Murphy isn't the Criminal (0.00 / 0)

He didn't cast an illegal vote.  He claims he never authorized anyone to vote for him.  Whoever pushed his button committed a serious criminal act and should be impeached and thrown in prison.

Sure, not being there to vote may make him a bad Representative.  Yet, assuming he he being honest, he is victim here.  So are the citizens of his district and the Commonwealth as a whole as our voting rights are being violated by an illegal process.

Catching these people would be cheap and easy with just a few more video cameras within the House and Senate chambers.  Violators would either stop or get caught.

"I supported President Obama in 2008." - Gabriel Gomez

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:31:43 PM UTC

The House sessions (0.00 / 0)

USED to be video'ed in their entirety on Channel 44 (GBH). It ought to be brought back. Maybe some wealthy Republican sponsor could fund it.

And don't be so fast to let Charlie Murphy off the hook.

Most of the amendments on which he was recorded were lop-sided party-line votes, and his vote wasn't needed. This suggests strongly that his button was pushed as a favor to him, and very possibly not unsolicited.

At least, that was the (crooked) protocol when the phantom voting was endemic in the 1980's. Nobody hits someone else's button without their permission-- that was the golden rule. Most of the time, it was a bunch of hacks who didn't want to leave the poker game in Ways & Means.

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by: wavemaker @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 13:05:55 PM UTC

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Fair Enough (0.00 / 0)

I did say "assuming he's being honest."  He could very well have lied and committed an ethics violation, I just have no direct evidence of it yet.  We can say that at least one person has definitely committed voter fraud here and that person is whoever actually cast the illegal vote.

I view illegally casting someone else's ballot without their consent as a more serious offense than pushing someone else's button the way they would want as per their request.  Yes, both are clearly wrong.  Both are serious. Just a matter of degree.  

"I supported President Obama in 2008." - Gabriel Gomez

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 13:32:38 PM UTC

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Hear, hear! (0.00 / 0)

Well said, Mr. Jones!  Such a system will require a substantial upgrade to Edison's original design for indicating member's votes, but these fingerprint readers are not so terribly expensive.  (Gosh, we could even install energy saving LEDs in the big tote board!)    

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by: Wirklichkeit @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 13:28:34 PM UTC

shhhhh (0.00 / 0)

Sal must have a buddy that sells Million Dollar fingerprint scanners.........

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by: Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 14:11:12 PM UTC

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Well, he may not know the guy, (0.00 / 0)

but Dickie McDonough will be getting to know him right quick.

By the way, this McDonough fellow who represented Cognos -- he happens to be the son of Patrick J. "Sonny" McDonough.

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by: wavemaker @ Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 21:57:46 PM UTC

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I like the idea...... (0.00 / 0)

If we find that fingerprint machines are too expensive then maybe retinal scanners or some other equivalent.  In fact, I would like to see the citizenry use the same technology in their votes.  It is better than a driver's license because the libs couldn't argue that it is restrictive - hell, everyone has a fingerprint or a retina.  Good for Brad Jones.....

We are headed for a 'Fiscal Cliff' and the country just elected a dope whose motto is 'Forward'.  

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by: Vote3rdpartynow @ Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 14:17:26 PM UTC