Thread: Trouble in MD-Pls help us get this out to ALL NATIONAL MEDIA

Big Trouble in Maryland-HELP US GET THIS TO NATIONAL MEDIA!

Our own state media won't even get it out..........

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Please help us fellow Patriots!



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From the above URL

UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION

The DREAM Act, granting in-state tuition and other special privileges to illegal aliens was defeated in Congress last year, but Maryland, a sanctuary state, was able to pass its own version (SB 167) in April. This was managed by intense lobbying from the far leftwing illegal immigrant advocate organization, CASA de Maryland – which receives millions from the state – and a blizzard of legislative contortions.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has made illegal immigrants his new BFFs for the tantalizing political power they offer. He has created a state-sponsored organization, the Maryland Council for New Americans (illegals), and meets regularly with the Hispanic lobby behind closed doors. Many Democrat legislators at all levels of government support this.

But Marylanders who have to pay the tab for Mr. O’Malley’s pandering are outraged. About three-quarters of Maryland’s $2 billion structural deficit is due to provision of various services for illegal immigrants, according to thegovernment’s own figures, compiled by the Federation for American Immigration Reform. This new law just piles on more.

A petition drive to put the DREAM act to referendum on the 2012 ballot was launched almost immediately following passage of SB 167 by Delegate Neil Parrott (MD Dist. 2B), with the support and assistance of Delegates Pat McDonough (MD Dist 7) and Mike Smigiel (MD Dist 36).

Under state law, legislation can be challenged by signature petition of 3 percent (55,736) of registered voters. The law is then placed on hold and decided in the next statewide election.

With widespread sentiment against giving tax breaks to those in this country illegally – from Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites and young and old alike – petitioners seemed likely to be able to deliver almost double the required signatures by the June 30th deadline. At last count, over 67,000 signatures had been obtained.

What has followed is an astounding description of harassment and intimidation by CASA de Maryland, and criminal abuse of power by this state’s corrupt Democrat machine.

Almost from the beginning, CASA activists and others have harassed petitioners wherever they set up. Here is a partial list of their tactics:
They stand between petitioners and citizens trying to sign petitions and block access to the signing table
They plead with signers not to sign
They stand around and glower threateningly
They scream racist and other obscene epithets in petitioners’ faces
One petitioner was reportedly spat at
$12/hour rent-a-thugs from a group called "Field Works" shadow petitioners and reports their locations
They hand out "Think Before You Ink" flyers with misleading information about the petition

Saturday, however, took the cake. CASA activists at a number of locations called police on the petitioners, who were legally there collecting signatures. The police threw the petitioners out. As one related:

We were forced to leave the Essex MVA (Motor Vehicles) today. A Latinawoman stood for a long while watching us and looked angry. Then she got on the phone and shortly after police came and told us to leave immediately. It’s absolutely Orwell's 1984. O’Malley rules this state through corruption and intimidation!

But it gets even worse.

For a petition drive to succeed in Maryland, the ballot has to be filled in perfectly. No hanging chads allowed here. If your voter information is not precisely identical to that on your voter registration – even if the registration information is incorrect – your ballot will be discounted. There are many other hoops to jump through as well.

The State Board of Elections (SBOE) has certified 47,288 of a total of 55,736 signatures needed, and say they won’t certify any more until the petition drive is completed on June 30th.
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A list is now available showing all of the 10,217 signatures that were rejected in the first round of DREAM Act petitions.

Del. Michael Smigiel, R-Cecil, has posted the list on his website.

For those who were rejected -- or who want to sign and haven't done so -- the clock is ticking on getting in a valid signature. The final state deadline for signatures is midnight on Thursday.

Opponents of the DREAM Act must submit 55,736 signatures from valid Maryland voters in order to reach their goal of getting the measure on the ballot in 2012. The Maryland State Board of Elections verified 47,288 signatures in the first of two rounds of signature verification, so petitioners need about 8,500 more.

The DREAM Act was passed earlier this year by state lawmakers. It allows illegal immigrant students to pay in-state rates for college tuition under certain circumstances. At first, they'd be eligible for the in-state (or in-county) rates at community colleges, and later could pay in-state rates at four-year state schools if they transfer.

Meanwhile, supporters of the DREAM Act are ramping up their campaign to promote the new law and to deter people from signing the petitions.

They've set up a website, http://onemarylanddefense.com, with information in support of the bill. They're looking for information on where signature gatherers are working, so they can send representatives to those sites as well.

Meanwhile, petition supporters are still using their website, http://mdpetitions.com, to gather signatures and spread their information. The ACLU, however, has called the website into question, specifically how it uses voter information data to pre-fill petition forms.

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