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Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
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Ends Justify Means
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:17PM
Cecil Pearson is “shocked” his daughter voted for Barack Obama in November, but not for a typical reason: Darlene, Pearson’s daughter, is intellectually disabled and functionally illiterate, and lives with five other women in a group home operated by Easter Seals.
“We are here to support the individual’s rights and we help them exercise their rights as adults,” Jeff Smith, Easter Seals chief communication officer, told The Daily Caller.
“We we were providing the support for those individuals based on their community involvement and desires, and in this case their desire was to vote.”
In the state of North Carolina, Darlene can vote, marry and enter into contracts, despite a court ruling in 1995 declaring her incompetent.
“Its not my role to refute law or otherwise,” Smith told TheDC, “They are individuals and they have the same rights. … They were fully in their right to vote.”
But Darlene’s father said that as her legal guardian, he should have been notified.
“My wife and I became her legal guardians in 1996 to prevent exploitation like this,” Pearson told the Carolina Journal. “We were not consulted. She is not capable of making an informed choice, and as her guardians we would not have approved it.”
According to the North Carolina Board of Elections records, Darlene has been registered to vote since 1995 but November’s election marked the first time she has actually voted. Staff from Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo identification card.
That day, with the assistance of the Moter-Voter law, she also registered to vote.
“Our job is to support them in living a full and active life,” Smith told TheDC. “We didn’t single out voting. It was just something else they wanted to do in the community.”
On Nov. 2, Darlene and other women in the group home were transported in a van to an early voting site in Roanoke Rapids. Assisted by a Halifax County election board employee, Darlene cast her vote curbside.
Pearson claims Darlene is incapable of making this important decision on her own, so someone else must have decided how she would vote.
But Smith insisted that Easter Seal’s staff did not help their residents vote, nor were they present when they cast their ballots.
“We didn’t influence them, nor did we know who they voted for unless they chose to share that,” he said.
Halifax County Elections Board Chairwoman Marilyn Harris explained to the Carolina Journal, “We had a registered voter who presented herself to vote. She asked for assistance and she was allowed to vote.”
Pearson wrote in an email to Easter Seals President Connie L. Cochran, “I know who my daughter voted for and I also know that when I asked who else she replied that she did not know. … [A]lso of interest to me is the fact she CANNOT read other than ‘a dog, cat and such simple words.’”
“We are here to support the individual’s rights and we help them exercise their rights as adults,” Jeff Smith, Easter Seals chief communication officer, told The Daily Caller.
“We we were providing the support for those individuals based on their community involvement and desires, and in this case their desire was to vote.”
In the state of North Carolina, Darlene can vote, marry and enter into contracts, despite a court ruling in 1995 declaring her incompetent.
“Its not my role to refute law or otherwise,” Smith told TheDC, “They are individuals and they have the same rights. … They were fully in their right to vote.”
But Darlene’s father said that as her legal guardian, he should have been notified.
“My wife and I became her legal guardians in 1996 to prevent exploitation like this,” Pearson told the Carolina Journal. “We were not consulted. She is not capable of making an informed choice, and as her guardians we would not have approved it.”
According to the North Carolina Board of Elections records, Darlene has been registered to vote since 1995 but November’s election marked the first time she has actually voted. Staff from Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo identification card.
That day, with the assistance of the Moter-Voter law, she also registered to vote.
“Our job is to support them in living a full and active life,” Smith told TheDC. “We didn’t single out voting. It was just something else they wanted to do in the community.”
On Nov. 2, Darlene and other women in the group home were transported in a van to an early voting site in Roanoke Rapids. Assisted by a Halifax County election board employee, Darlene cast her vote curbside.
Pearson claims Darlene is incapable of making this important decision on her own, so someone else must have decided how she would vote.
But Smith insisted that Easter Seal’s staff did not help their residents vote, nor were they present when they cast their ballots.
“We didn’t influence them, nor did we know who they voted for unless they chose to share that,” he said.
Halifax County Elections Board Chairwoman Marilyn Harris explained to the Carolina Journal, “We had a registered voter who presented herself to vote. She asked for assistance and she was allowed to vote.”
Pearson wrote in an email to Easter Seals President Connie L. Cochran, “I know who my daughter voted for and I also know that when I asked who else she replied that she did not know. … [A]lso of interest to me is the fact she CANNOT read other than ‘a dog, cat and such simple words.’”
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
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Is this on Fox right now??
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:23PM
I forgot to have Fox News on. Is this being talked about right now?
We need to make sure retards and other people we don't like cannot vote!
write your tea party immediately! we can't have people like that voting!
We need to make sure retards and other people we don't like cannot vote!
write your tea party immediately! we can't have people like that voting!
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
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Ura Tard
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:33PM
Is this on Fox right now?? Wrote:
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> I forgot to have Fox News on. Is this being
> talked about right now?
>
> We need to make sure retards and other people we
> don't like cannot vote!
>
> write your tea party immediately! we can't have
> people like that voting!
Note:
"Pearson wrote in an email to Easter Seals President Connie L. Cochran, “I know who my daughter voted for and I also know that when I asked who else she replied that she did not know. … [A]lso of interest to me is the fact she CANNOT read other than ‘a dog, cat and such simple words.”
Big difference in taking someone with such disabilities to vote and influencing who they vote for. And is just one of a number of examples of the same.
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> I forgot to have Fox News on. Is this being
> talked about right now?
>
> We need to make sure retards and other people we
> don't like cannot vote!
>
> write your tea party immediately! we can't have
> people like that voting!
Note:
"Pearson wrote in an email to Easter Seals President Connie L. Cochran, “I know who my daughter voted for and I also know that when I asked who else she replied that she did not know. … [A]lso of interest to me is the fact she CANNOT read other than ‘a dog, cat and such simple words.”
Big difference in taking someone with such disabilities to vote and influencing who they vote for. And is just one of a number of examples of the same.
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Margaret Sanger
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:37PM
Only solution to this major problem that is obviously influencing elections is to sterilize those with IQs below 100. Unless we can find a way to humanely end their lives.
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Teachers Union
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:39PM
Margaret Sanger Wrote:
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> Only solution to this major problem that is
> obviously influencing elections is to sterilize
> those with IQs below 100. Unless we can find a
> way to humanely end their lives.
Good idea! Then we can just concentrate full time on socialistic politics and we won't have to waste time dealing with those dumb little fuckers.
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> Only solution to this major problem that is
> obviously influencing elections is to sterilize
> those with IQs below 100. Unless we can find a
> way to humanely end their lives.
Good idea! Then we can just concentrate full time on socialistic politics and we won't have to waste time dealing with those dumb little fuckers.
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
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I smell Corruption!
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:40PM
"According to the North Carolina Board of Elections records, Darlene has been registered to vote since 1995 but November’s election marked the first time she has actually voted. Staff from Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo identification card.
The bastard Obama supporters had this all figured out in 1995. This conspiracy is larger than we thought.
Get on this right away FOX News!
The bastard Obama supporters had this all figured out in 1995. This conspiracy is larger than we thought.
Get on this right away FOX News!
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Crazy Ed Schultzie
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Date: December 04, 2012 11:44PM
I smell Corruption! Wrote:
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> "According to the North Carolina Board of
> Elections records, Darlene has been registered to
> vote since 1995 but November’s election marked
> the first time she has actually voted. Staff from
> Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of
> Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo
> identification card.
>
> The bastard Obama supporters had this all figured
> out in 1995. This conspiracy is larger than we
> thought.
>
> Get on this right away FOX News!
WTF? You're just babbling now dude. lol
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> "According to the North Carolina Board of
> Elections records, Darlene has been registered to
> vote since 1995 but November’s election marked
> the first time she has actually voted. Staff from
> Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of
> Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo
> identification card.
>
> The bastard Obama supporters had this all figured
> out in 1995. This conspiracy is larger than we
> thought.
>
> Get on this right away FOX News!
WTF? You're just babbling now dude. lol
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: December 05, 2012 09:21AM
Is Darlene hot?
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Lt Col Obvious
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Date: December 05, 2012 09:35AM
Ends Justify Means Wrote:
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> “We are here to support the individual’s
> rights and we help them exercise their rights as
> adults,” Jeff Smith, Easter Seals chief
> communication officer, told The Daily Caller.
>
> “We we were providing the support for those
> individuals based on their community involvement
> and desires, and in this case their desire was to
> vote.”
>
> In the state of North Carolina, Darlene can vote,
> marry and enter into contracts, despite a court
> ruling in 1995 declaring her incompetent.
>
> “Its not my role to refute law or otherwise,”
> Smith told TheDC, “They are individuals and they
> have the same rights. … They were fully in their
> right to vote.”
>
> According to the North Carolina Board of Elections
> records, Darlene has been registered to vote since
> 1995 but November’s election marked the first
> time she has actually voted. Staff from
> Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of
> Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo
> identification card.
>
> That day, with the assistance of the Moter-Voter
> law, she also registered to vote.
>
> “Our job is to support them in living a full and
> active life,” Smith told TheDC. “We didn’t
> single out voting. It was just something else they
> wanted to do in the community.”
>
> On Nov. 2, Darlene and other women in the group
> home were transported in a van to an early voting
> site in Roanoke Rapids. Assisted by a Halifax
> County election board employee, Darlene cast her
> vote curbside.
>
> “We didn’t influence them, nor did we know who
> they voted for unless they chose to share that,”
> he said.
>
> Halifax County Elections Board Chairwoman Marilyn
> Harris explained to the Carolina Journal, “We
> had a registered voter who presented herself to
> vote. She asked for assistance and she was allowed
> to vote.”
Rights are funny things sometimes.
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Attachments:
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> “We are here to support the individual’s
> rights and we help them exercise their rights as
> adults,” Jeff Smith, Easter Seals chief
> communication officer, told The Daily Caller.
>
> “We we were providing the support for those
> individuals based on their community involvement
> and desires, and in this case their desire was to
> vote.”
>
> In the state of North Carolina, Darlene can vote,
> marry and enter into contracts, despite a court
> ruling in 1995 declaring her incompetent.
>
> “Its not my role to refute law or otherwise,”
> Smith told TheDC, “They are individuals and they
> have the same rights. … They were fully in their
> right to vote.”
>
> According to the North Carolina Board of Elections
> records, Darlene has been registered to vote since
> 1995 but November’s election marked the first
> time she has actually voted. Staff from
> Darlene’s group home took her to a Division of
> Motor Vehicles office in 1995 to get a photo
> identification card.
>
> That day, with the assistance of the Moter-Voter
> law, she also registered to vote.
>
> “Our job is to support them in living a full and
> active life,” Smith told TheDC. “We didn’t
> single out voting. It was just something else they
> wanted to do in the community.”
>
> On Nov. 2, Darlene and other women in the group
> home were transported in a van to an early voting
> site in Roanoke Rapids. Assisted by a Halifax
> County election board employee, Darlene cast her
> vote curbside.
>
> “We didn’t influence them, nor did we know who
> they voted for unless they chose to share that,”
> he said.
>
> Halifax County Elections Board Chairwoman Marilyn
> Harris explained to the Carolina Journal, “We
> had a registered voter who presented herself to
> vote. She asked for assistance and she was allowed
> to vote.”
Rights are funny things sometimes.
*
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Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Speaking of Rights
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Date: December 05, 2012 09:39AM
Lt Col Obvious Wrote:
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> Rights are funny things sometimes.
LOL. This is funny coming from an uberdouche who wants to deny 2nd Amendment rights! Rights are funny that way, aren't they?
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> Rights are funny things sometimes.
LOL. This is funny coming from an uberdouche who wants to deny 2nd Amendment rights! Rights are funny that way, aren't they?
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Lt Col Obvious
()
Date: December 05, 2012 11:14AM
Speaking of Rights Wrote:
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> LOL. This is funny coming from an uberdouche who
> wants to deny 2nd Amendment rights! Rights are
> funny that way, aren't they?
I have no interest in denying anyone their 2nd Amendment rights. I do, however, want to reduce gunviolence.
PS - You're quite the Douche Nozzle yourself!
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> LOL. This is funny coming from an uberdouche who
> wants to deny 2nd Amendment rights! Rights are
> funny that way, aren't they?
I have no interest in denying anyone their 2nd Amendment rights. I do, however, want to reduce gunviolence.
PS - You're quite the Douche Nozzle yourself!
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
Speaking of Rights
()
Date: December 05, 2012 11:18AM
Lt Col Obvious Wrote:
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> I have no interest in denying anyone their 2nd
> Amendment rights. I do, however, want to reduce
> gunviolence.
And you would do this how????
> PS - You're quite the Douche Nozzle yourself!
Wow, awesome comeback!
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> I have no interest in denying anyone their 2nd
> Amendment rights. I do, however, want to reduce
> gunviolence.
And you would do this how????
> PS - You're quite the Douche Nozzle yourself!
Wow, awesome comeback!
Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
MrMephisto
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Date: December 05, 2012 11:33AM
... and I bet she was just as well-informed as the average literate, non-developmentally disabled voter.
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Re: Group-home staff took illiterate, developmentally disabled resident to vote
Posted by:
proof is in the pudding
()
Date: December 05, 2012 11:43AM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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> ... and I bet she was just as well-informed as the
> average literate, non-developmentally disabled
> voter.
Well, Obama DID win.....
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> ... and I bet she was just as well-informed as the
> average literate, non-developmentally disabled
> voter.
Well, Obama DID win.....