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RUSH: Let\u2019s go to Indianapolis. This is Brian. Brian, it says here that you are an election inspector in the primary tomorrow.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That is true. An inspector is in charge of a polling location. So my job tomorrow is a polling location that has approximately 800 voters, and to make sure that the election goes in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, are you guys — are you election inspectors — assigned by party, or you show up as nonpartisan?<\/p>\n

CALLER: By party. And right now, in Marion County, which is Indianapolis, the Democrat Party holds appointments. But I\u2019ve been doing this since 2000, and they\u2019ve had problems getting reliable people. So they\u2019re still using a number of Republicans, hold-out Republican inspectors.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And you are one?<\/p>\n

CALLER: And I am one, yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re a Republican inspector. I\u2019m glad you called, actually, because there is some confusion about crossover voters tomorrow and the fact they might be breaking the law. There are efforts to intimidate them from actually following through and voting. Can you explain to us what the rules are?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. In fact, what I wanted to do was make sure that people understand that are going to be voting anywhere in Indiana, what the process is. The process is: If they are challenged, it has to be by a Democrat in their precinct. Somebody walking in off the street, unless they are a credentialed challenger — which somebody has to give me those credentials, and I have to recognize them as being a Democratic challenger in that precinct. But only another voter in that precinct can challenge them. So, at our location we\u2019ve got two precincts right next to each other —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I thought I heard just two confusing things. You said somebody walking off the street, unless they\u2019re a credentialed challenger, cannot challenge one of these voters; but you said another voter in the precinct can. So you mean that if an Operation Chaos voter, a Republican crossover, is in line, and right behind or right in front of them is another voter, that voter can ask the Operation Chaos voter to be challenged?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Correct.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And challenged by somebody like you?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I cannot challenge them on party affiliation. I can only challenge them on voter fraud.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. So let\u2019s not confuse this. If somebody in line wants to challenge an Operation Chaos voter, what do they do?<\/p>\n

CALLER: They step up and say, ‘I wish to challenge that party affiliation.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: To who? But who do they say that to?<\/p>\n

CALLER: To us, the election officials.<\/p>\n

RUSH: To you, the election officials. What do you do once that has happened? <\/p>\n

CALLER: That person challenging must be on my poll list.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, if the person is on your poll list, the person challenging is on the poll list, then what?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I have a form to fill out. I have the challenger fill out why they are challenging.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why they\u2019re reregistering, you mean?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Why —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, no. I\u2019m sorry. The challenger has to fill out a form why they are challenging?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yep.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, I want to get to what happens to the person being challenged.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That person then responds on the backside. And they have two choices: One, to mark they voted in the last general election for a majority of in this case Democrat Party; or, if they didn\u2019t vote, to say that they will vote for a majority of Democrats in the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, so it\u2019s sort of like on the official election form they gotta swear a loyalty oath?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I wouldn\u2019t put it that far.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Sure sounds like it to me.<\/p>\n

CALLER: There\u2019s an Indiana code that repeats all of these words, but not being an attorney, I don\u2019t know what the penalty statute is. But again, as you\u2019ve stated multiple times: How are they going to prove it? But there\u2019s one more important point that I\u2019d like to make, if I could.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Sure.<\/p>\n

CALLER: There are a number of reasons to challenge a voter other than party affiliation. As we heard from the Supreme Court, our ID law now is valid; and if someone doesn\u2019t have proper ID and still wants to vote, I give them what\u2019s called a provisional ballot. It\u2019s segregated, and it\u2019s dealt with after the Election Day by the county election board. A challenged voter on party grounds does not vote a provisional ballot. They wrote a regular ballot.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is important for Operation Chaos operatives to understand. If a Democrat– and I would tell you Operation Chaos voters tomorrow to fully expect to be challenged. They are looking for you. This caller, Brian, in Indianapolis, is a poll watcher. He\u2019s an elections official. You are going to be challenged, and the point he just made is crucial. You, after having been challenged, can vote. You will not be given… Your vote is not provisional. It will count, and you fill out the form after you\u2019ve been challenged, and you say whatever it says you\u2019ve gotta say. Because the only way that they can find out who you voted for is if you tell \u2019em, and it\u2019s none of their business. You don\u2019t have to tell anybody who you voted for, correct?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s the law.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s the law. All of this is the law. So this is basically an intimidation factor. Don\u2019t tell me the Democrats don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything to Operation Chaos. We know there is, because they are mounting this kind of intimidating challenge. This is who these people are, folks. Brian, I\u2019m really glad you called and explained this. Is there anything else people need to know before you go?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I just wanted to make sure that people don\u2019t vote a provisional ballot if they\u2019re charged on political party grounds, that they vote a regular ballot, because I have seen confusion. The procedures are very well documented, very well laid out. They give us a handbook. We\u2019ve got a handbook from the secretary of state as well with all of these things in it. But I have watched inspectors in other precincts on different occasions do it wrong.<\/p>\n

RUSH: On purpose.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And I want to make sure that people going in to vote on Operation Chaos, know what the process is so they can very, very politely say, ‘I believe I vote a regular ballot. I don\u2019t vote a provisional,\u2019 and when they go and look up the procedures, that\u2019s exactly what it is.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate your call, Brian. I\u2019ll make sure that these rules are passed on to our operatives as the program unfolds for the remainder of the afternoon. Thanks very much for taking your time.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s a pleasure. I\u2019ve been listening to you for 17 years, ever since I was in college, and it\u2019s quite an honor to actually speak to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. Let me just reiterate: If you are challenged, if you\u2019re an Operation Chaos voter, if you\u2019re a Republican that\u2019s registered Democrat for the first time tomorrow, and if somebody in line challenges you — and you should fully expect this. If you\u2019re challenged on party affiliation, do not let them make you vote provisional. You can vote regularly, not provisional ballot. It will count. Don\u2019t let them intimidate you. If you show up and — you know, they got the new voter ID law — if you\u2019re challenged on ID, that\u2019s a different matter. They will take a provisional ballot there. Do not be talked out of this tomorrow.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I want to speak a little bit more about this intimidation that will no doubt happen in Indiana tomorrow as Democrats attempt to challenge you, Operation Chaos voters. We\u2019ve been through this before. There are a number of things that you can do to avoid being challenged. Here is a partial list. Do not bathe tonight, and do not shave if you are a man. Wear jeans, sandals, flip-flops, Birkenstocks. Don\u2019t tuck your shirttail in. Another thing you can do is hold your head up very high so that you appear to be snooty and elitist, looking down on everyone else. Act confident. Do not act afraid. Do not act like a suspect. Act like a Democrat. Keep talking about how much you love Obama, how you can\u2019t wait to vote Obama. Now, one thing you have to consider is people vote by precinct. So you probably are going to be showing up at the polling place with some people who will know you. Your neighbors, some people who will recognize you. Those people know where your ideals lay. Some of your friends may know that you\u2019re an Operation Chaos operative. Some may not. So, will your neighbors try to go in when their fellow neighbors are at work? <\/p>\n

This is another thing that you can do, folks. You know, most Republicans in the primaries, in the election, vote before work. They get up very early and they go in before work. This is another thing you can do, vote at ten o\u2019clock in the morning to two o\u2019clock in the afternoon, skipping the lunch hour. That\u2019s when most liberal Democrats show up to vote, when other people are working, any number of things that you can do here to avoid being challenged, but you still have to go into this tomorrow fully expecting to be challenged. Now, if you get challenged and these poll directors, these poll workers challenge you to have to say that you voted majority Democrat or Republican in the past and will do so in the future, one of the things you have to keep in mind they\u2019re doing is disenfranchising moderates, because what\u2019s a moderate supposed to answer to this? You know, a moderate by definition votes for anybody and everybody, and it\u2019s never a straight party ticket. Any number of ways that you can go about this, ladies and gentlemen, and have fun with it, but whatever you do, do not be deterred, do not be intimidated, because at the end of all this, nobody is allowed to know how you voted once you went into the booth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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