{"id":2858,"date":"2006-11-02T13:32:36","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T20:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/02\/shadenfraud-time-ann-coulter-may-have-illegally-voted-in-wrong-precinct\/"},"modified":"2006-11-02T13:32:36","modified_gmt":"2006-11-02T20:32:36","slug":"shadenfraud-time-ann-coulter-may-have-illegally-voted-in-wrong-precinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2858","title":{"rendered":"Shadenfraud time: Ann Coulter May Have Illegally Voted In Wrong Precinct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, anytime Ann Coulter is having a bad day I&#8217;m happy. But I&#8217;m a bit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061102\/NEWS\/611020457\/1004\">bugged by this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WEST PALM BEACH &#8211; Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation about whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will likely be turned over to state prosecutors, Palm Beach County&#8217;s elections chief said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson said his office has been looking into the matter for nearly nine months, and he would turn over the case to the State Attorney&#8217;s Office by Friday. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Knowingly voting in a wrong precinct is a third-degree felony <strong>punishable by up to five years in prison<\/strong>, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the State Attorney&#8217;s Office in West Palm Beach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t five years seem pretty extreme for the crime in this case? A single year in prison and a hefty fine seems like more than adequate punishment for the harm done, and for deterrence purposes. Even for Coulter.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to Lucia for pointing this story out to me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, anytime Ann Coulter is having a bad day I&#8217;m happy. But I&#8217;m a bit bugged by this: WEST PALM BEACH &#8211; Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation about whether she voted in the wrong &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2858\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservative-zaniness-right-wingers-etc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}