U.S. Department of Justice

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The campaign HQ in Yonkers for Andrea Stewart-Cousins--running for State Senate in the 35th District--is reporting they are on the receiving end of all sorts of polling place wackiness today.

"It's pretty bad," said Ted Lazarus, campaign spokesman.

One voter report they got was of a fellow dressed as a state trooper--gun and all--who has been touring with Republican poll watchers. This morning, he showed up at Lincoln High School. The trooper claimed to be off-duty, and Department of Justice monitors asked him to leave the site. The trooper showed up at another polling place later in the day.

Around 9:30 this morning, a woman complained that after voting for Stewart-Cousins, her fingers were sticky--and later, that woman's aunt reported that the lever for Stewart-Cousins was stuck. The campaign says that the DOJ monitors called in a technician, who confirmed glue on the voting machine.

The campaign also reports that a lawyer (and Democrat) confronted a group of men at yet another polling place who were attempting to hand lists of voters to be excluded to poll workers.

"They've been trying to do it all over the district," said Mr. Lazarus.

This is all unconfirmed at the moment. If you have more information, let us know.

--Choire Sicha

The Department of Justice will be in town tomorrow watching the polls during voting hours in Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester "to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act," the agency announced today. They'll also be monitoring results in Queens after hours. (They must have read about the bare-knuckled campaigning in Jackson Heights).

The DOJ will also be on the ground in Arizona.

The Voting Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is at 1-800-253-3931. Just in case.

-- Azi Paybarah

Rudy Giuliani, who says he's "seriously considering" running for president, wants people to help him help others.

In a new blast email soliciting donations of between $25 and $500 for candidates in federal races this year, Giuliani urges recipients to rally around the White House and the Republican Congressional majority:

"I learned the virtue of strong Republican leadership when I had the honor of serving President Ronald Reagan in his Justice Department. His optimism helped inspire our nation as he led us to victory over communism.

Today, President Bush faces a similar challenge. In the middle of a war on terror, we need to remain focused on furthering Republican ideas more than ever before. We can't turn back now."

Giuliani ends the note by asking readers to go to the Solutions America website -- "so that I can be on the forefront of helping our Republican candidates in these important 2006 elections."  read more »

-- Josh Benson

The Justice Department has filed suit against New York State for failing to implement the Help America Vote Act.

Worth noting that Chuck and Hillary were the only two United States Senators to vote against the bill in the Senate, opposing its mandatory I.D. check. Certainly, car-poor New York presents an unusual challenge in a country where everyone has a drivers license.

But still, the lawsuit suggests that New York's state government is, indeed, extraordinarily screwed up.

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The Riverdale Review is reporting:

"Indictments of borough officials over corruption charges could be handed down shortly.  read more »

"Several sources close to the investigation, including one in the Department of Justice, have intimated to this newspaper that the grand jury in the case against State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr., has closed, and indictments will be handed down shortly."

The prosecutors looking into Hillary Clinton's 2000 fundraising seem to have given the Sun a lead on a serious political mystery.

The details of the Clinton case are extremely technical, but leaked prosecution court filings reveal a "mystery witness" in the case against Clinton fundraiser David Rosen. This witness is a family member of a prominent Democrat whom the Justice Department has apparently been using as an informant in investigations of at least two other political figures, we assume Democrats, since 2002.

This person -- the Sun suggests it's a man, based on one reference to "he" -- is working for the feds to escape prosecution on bank fraud charges. Here are the clues:

-Related to "an extremely prominent and well-known political figure." -Active in fundraising for the Democratic Party. -Assisted in the U.S. Senate campaign of Hillary Clinton. -Also used in an investigation in Louisiana involving a state senator and a $5 million state contract. -Also used in an investigation into a prominent Democrat suspected of laundering contributions from foreign nationals.  read more »

Given the Louisiana connection, it should be possible to figure out who this person is, no? And we can already hear the words "fishing expedition" sounding from the Democratic side of the aisle.

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