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(86,005 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:22 AM Oct 2012

VA GOP voter registration arrest: 8 felony charges, 5 misdemeanors

Andrew Kaczynski ‏@BuzzFeedAndrew

RT @aseitzwald: VA GOP voter registration arrest: 8 felony charges, 5 misdemeanors. "Additional charges may be filed"


Breaking: GOP consultant charged with 8 felonies in election fraud case

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the investigation of voter registration fraud that began on the afternoon of October 15th when law enforcement received a citizen complaint of voter registration application forms being found in a dumpster behind a business in the City of Harrisonburg.

The following individual has been charged:



Mr. Colin Small, 31 year old male of Phoenixville, PA

Voter Registration Supervisor employed by Pinpoint, an independent private organization contracted by the Republican Party of Virginia for purposes of general voter registration.

The following charges have been placed:

Four (4) counts of Destruction of Voter Registration Application, Class 1 Misdemeanor, Section 24.2-1002.01, Code of Virginia

Eight (8) counts of Disclosure of Voter Registration Application, Class 5 Felony, Section 24.2-1002.01, Code of Virginia

One (1) count of Obstruction of Justice, Class 1 Misdemeanor, Section 18.2-460(A), Code of Virginia

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VA GOP voter registration arrest: 8 felony charges, 5 misdemeanors (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2012 OP
The face of a traitor. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #1
He'd look much better in orange Zambero Oct 2012 #2
That should give him enough time to think about consequences. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #3
If convicted Flashmann Oct 2012 #4
Solitary for the entire prison term. Nothing but bread and gruel. Panasonic Oct 2012 #5
Are those voter registration forms for D or R? Light63 Oct 2012 #6
You know they are D. Please...don't think this over..it's a GOP case. vaberella Oct 2012 #9
In VA you are not required to register as a D or R. I'm sure those were the voter forms FSogol Oct 2012 #10
what party affiliation Flashmann Oct 2012 #17
How Long Before Mr. Small Looks Like This? Dread Pirate Roberts Oct 2012 #7
Hello DoJ do you want to do anything? Fun little link up w/ this case Botany Oct 2012 #8
Time for a Federal raid on American Crossroads. FSogol Oct 2012 #11
Time to lean on Mr. Small and see where the money trail leads to? Botany Oct 2012 #13
awesome work bigtree Oct 2012 #16
I saw sproul's people @ work in Ohio 2004 ..... Botany Oct 2012 #20
Now get the rest of them!!!!! librechik Oct 2012 #12
Tip of the iceberg, I bet. PotatoChip Oct 2012 #14
You won't see this on Faux news... NotThisTime Oct 2012 #15
Indiana, Florida, and Virginia Dirty Socialist Oct 2012 #18
I'm sure he did this all on his own. Whovian Oct 2012 #19
 

Panasonic

(2,921 posts)
5. Solitary for the entire prison term. Nothing but bread and gruel.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:29 AM
Oct 2012

No canteen food. No nothing.

This man deserves nothing but basic food to keep him alive.

23.75h in the cell, and 15 minutes of rec time.

Light63

(233 posts)
6. Are those voter registration forms for D or R?
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:29 AM
Oct 2012

I wonder what party affiliation are those voter registration applications!

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
9. You know they are D. Please...don't think this over..it's a GOP case.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:39 AM
Oct 2012

Why would he rip R registrations?!

FSogol

(45,514 posts)
10. In VA you are not required to register as a D or R. I'm sure those were the voter forms
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:42 AM
Oct 2012

of African Americans or Latinos. He'll might face civil rights charges too.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
17. what party affiliation
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:58 AM
Oct 2012

It shouldn't matter......However,given the region this occurred in,and the current politcal climate,I'll make a wild guess.....The puke was tossing Dem Registrations.....

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
7. How Long Before Mr. Small Looks Like This?
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:31 AM
Oct 2012

A candidate for the Aryan Brotherhood if there ever was one.




I don't understand why I'm in jail, I was only protecting the nation from a socialist, Muslim, Kenyan who stole the presidency!

Botany

(70,552 posts)
8. Hello DoJ do you want to do anything? Fun little link up w/ this case
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:37 AM
Oct 2012

Last edited Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Mr. Small ..... Mr. I'll put the democratic voter registrations in a dumpster Guy ......



worked for this guy, Nathan Sproul. (think Ohio 2004)



and guess who has the same mailing address as Mr. Sproul?




As sharp-eyed BRAD BLOG commenter "Citizen92" noticed in those newly released documents, the "Key takeaway from this is that Strategic Allied Consulting has a business address of 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100, Warrenton, VA."

"Who else has a business address at 45 North Hill Drive?," Citizen92 asked rhetorically, "American Crossroads, Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie's 527 group."

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/nathan-sproul-and-karl-rove-share-more-part

Botany

(70,552 posts)
13. Time to lean on Mr. Small and see where the money trail leads to?
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:46 AM
Oct 2012

Not only is this the right and legal thing to do but it would tie up Rove for the
rest of the campaign.

But I have no doubt that Rove still has people inside the DoJ.

Botany

(70,552 posts)
20. I saw sproul's people @ work in Ohio 2004 .....
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 11:37 AM
Oct 2012

..... they dressed up as "America Coming Together" people but
called themselves "Move America Forward" and registered voters
but if you were black or a student or a Democrat when you went to
vote @ your precinct you found that you were not listed as a registered
voter. During the 2004 Ohio recount Sproul and associates were paid
millions for their "help" during the recount which was as dirty as the
election.

The idea that the Romney and the Republicans do not or did not know
what they were getting when they hired Sproul is laughable.

librechik

(30,676 posts)
12. Now get the rest of them!!!!!
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:45 AM
Oct 2012

can anyone believe this guy was alone? GET THOSE GOP PARTY OFFICIALS IN JAIL!!!!!

they'll fool us into thinking they have done something about the problem when the have only trimmed a cuticle.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
14. Tip of the iceberg, I bet.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:51 AM
Oct 2012

Sproul, the young lady registering Romney voters in Colorado, now this guy.

How many more does there have to be before a major, nationwide investigation of the Republican party begins?

Is this going to be like all of the other Republican corruption scandals where bit players take the fall, or will somebody actually do their job, rather than turn a blind eye to the bigger picture?

NotThisTime

(3,657 posts)
15. You won't see this on Faux news...
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 10:54 AM
Oct 2012

Why is it the only people caught with or around voter fraud are Repugs?

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