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kentuck

(111,101 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 10:52 PM Oct 2012

The young lady in Colorado that was registering voters worked for the Florida fraudster...

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The young woman in a video that was uploaded to YouTube more than a week ago who is seen registering voters in El Paso County, Colorado and admits to trying to only register voters who support Mitt Romney has been confirmed to be a former contract employee of Strategic Allied Consulting -- the firm run by longtime GOP consultant Nathan Sproul that is currently under investigation for possible voter fraud in three Florida counties.

Fox31's Eli Stoklos, who broke the story over the weekend, reported that the Colorado GOP has spent almost half its total budget -- nearly $500,000 -- with Strategic Allied Consulting while the Republican National Committee has dropped more than $3 million into Sproul's company this year to conduct voter registration drives in five swing states -- Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia.

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The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams disavowed the young woman's statements that she was registering voters on behalf of Williams' office. "The statement made in this video is both unfortunate and inaccurate," Williams said in a statement. "My office does not and will not engage in partisan voter registration. It is the duty of the Clerk’s office to ensure that elections are conducted in a fair and honest manner, this includes allowing any one to register to vote regardless of their political party affiliation."

Republicans in El Paso County claimed that the video was recorded more than a month ago by a Democratic "campaign operative" and has been released now to damage the Romney campaign. But, Christy Lelait, Chairman for the El Paso County Democrats denies that charge to KOAA. "It's an interesting charge. I don't know of any campaign operatives here in El Paso County and I know for certain that the woman who shot this video is not a campaign operative, she's a volunteer with several different organizations including the El Paso Democratic Party and she's also a precinct chair."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/woman-only-registering-ro_n_1928902.html
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The young lady in Colorado that was registering voters worked for the Florida fraudster... (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2012 OP
PUSH THIS STORY!!! Both the girl and Wayne Williams are Mormon jsmirman Oct 2012 #1
Wow. This info needs to get out into the MSM. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #11
People over in an ex-mormon forum recognized her and said she goes to the kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #22
Can you link the forum? jsmirman Oct 2012 #23
Here's the forum. Don't have the exact links to posts discussing it but they're not hard to find. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #31
That's all I need - I'll find them jsmirman Oct 2012 #32
You look better going after the company not the girl DisabledAmerican Oct 2012 #25
A church leader ordering a young girl to do something he knows is illegal? aquart Oct 2012 #30
There is a Mormon Church Wellstone ruled Oct 2012 #2
Very interesting indeed! nm nc4bo Oct 2012 #3
Is the state attorney general mormon also? When are these dirty tricks going to be punished? nt kathman-duzi Oct 2012 #4
k&r Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2012 #5
Cheaters. Hmmmfs. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #6
This story needs more attention! spockeye Oct 2012 #7
What Safeway was this at, spockeye? kentuck Oct 2012 #13
This needs to be followed up on jsmirman Oct 2012 #20
yes, please tell us which safeway, as I also live in the springs. niyad Oct 2012 #26
The story is getting attention MSNBC DisabledAmerican Oct 2012 #27
Will someone tell me that what this lady did is illegal? Seriously? There is a lot of fraud but is rhett o rick Oct 2012 #8
Ethics come to mind. spockeye Oct 2012 #9
Did she break any law? Cant I go out and try to register Democrats? Is there a law that requires rhett o rick Oct 2012 #15
Yes. Yes. Yes DURHAM D Oct 2012 #16
Are you answering yes to each of my questions? nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #18
Yes DURHAM D Oct 2012 #24
We went over this again and again and again in the linked thread - the answer is "it depends" jsmirman Oct 2012 #21
williams did not call her a goddamn liar tiny elvis Oct 2012 #10
K&R SunSeeker Oct 2012 #12
LOL so now anybody with a friggin brain and a cell phone is a "campaign operative"? LittlestStar Oct 2012 #14
the woman-hating anti-choicers in this town are quite something. several friends and I used niyad Oct 2012 #28
K&R. David Zephyr Oct 2012 #17
who gives a shit when it was recorded ? and even if it was intended to hurt Romney by releasing it n JI7 Oct 2012 #19
thanks for posting this. have been out of touch recently, so had heard nothing about this. niyad Oct 2012 #29

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
1. PUSH THIS STORY!!! Both the girl and Wayne Williams are Mormon
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 10:56 PM
Oct 2012

As I pointed out in the thread on this before, that girl is wearing a CTR (Choose the Right) Ring, meaning she is a mormon.

It may be more than a slip that she first says she's working for the El Paso County Clerk.

Wayne Williams (the El Paso County Clerk) is a prominent mormon local elected official.

This story stinks to high hell.

People need to push on this story!!!!

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
22. People over in an ex-mormon forum recognized her and said she goes to the
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:21 AM
Oct 2012

same LDS ward as Wayne Williams. So she would be compelled to do whatever he told her to do. Women are required to always obey priesthood holders, and he is one. He probably told her at church that it was her sacred duty to go work for that group. Hell, he probably told all the young people there that it was.

That's probably why she said she "worked" for him.

 

DisabledAmerican

(452 posts)
25. You look better going after the company not the girl
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:37 AM
Oct 2012

Even if the girl is part of the Republican party or a Right-wing group or a religous group do not go after the girl go after the company. The company is more important then the girl the girl is just a person. Focus on the story that needs to be not one that is small.

aquart

(69,014 posts)
30. A church leader ordering a young girl to do something he knows is illegal?
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:14 AM
Oct 2012

Prosecute the fucking hell out of it.

spockeye

(238 posts)
7. This story needs more attention!
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:21 PM
Oct 2012

I live in Colorado Springs. This town is politically fraud-ridden. The registration fraud attempt at the Safeway store happened just a couple of miles from where I live. In this town the County Clerk's Office is nothing more than a revolving door. Please ask for an investigation to clean this crap up. I know that the fraud is being dictated by the RNC but the politicos in this town are either blind followers or have been bought.

 

DisabledAmerican

(452 posts)
27. The story is getting attention MSNBC
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:40 AM
Oct 2012

properly link it to the story from Florida. Rachel has a great show tonight about how the attention the company is getting has shut down the Republican GOTV process. It's working and getting attention big time. Now just link it to Republicans attacking Acorn and showing Clips of their own words.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
8. Will someone tell me that what this lady did is illegal? Seriously? There is a lot of fraud but is
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:23 PM
Oct 2012

what she did illegal?

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
15. Did she break any law? Cant I go out and try to register Democrats? Is there a law that requires
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:39 PM
Oct 2012

me to register both parties? I dont know, I am asking. At least she wasnt registering Democrats and throwing the registrations away.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
21. We went over this again and again and again in the linked thread - the answer is "it depends"
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:10 AM
Oct 2012

I really think to answer your own question, you need to read this thread and draw your own conclusions:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1403098

LittlestStar

(224 posts)
14. LOL so now anybody with a friggin brain and a cell phone is a "campaign operative"?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:38 PM
Oct 2012

By El Paso county standards that sounds about right. I went to a grocery store there once and practically got assaulted for not signing a "Personhood" amendment petition. The toothless white male who chased me to my car was only about 30 and I would guess he had maybe a 9th grade ejamacashun. As I was holding my infant daughhter, trying to unlock my car, he called me a baby killer. Serious sickos in that part of Colorado!

niyad

(113,329 posts)
28. the woman-hating anti-choicers in this town are quite something. several friends and I used
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:42 AM
Oct 2012

to counter-protest that jerk carmody and his faithful lemmings, and came close to getting assaulted on several occasions.

JI7

(89,251 posts)
19. who gives a shit when it was recorded ? and even if it was intended to hurt Romney by releasing it n
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:50 PM
Oct 2012

now it still wasn't wrong .

this is like those people who break into homes to try to steal things suing the owners because they got hurt while trying to steal.

niyad

(113,329 posts)
29. thanks for posting this. have been out of touch recently, so had heard nothing about this.
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:43 AM
Oct 2012

and here I thought the previous occupant of the clerk's office was a complete tool.

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