Third instance of voter registration dumping found in Virginia

[babsbunny]

By David Ferguson
Friday, October 19, 2012 14:24 EDT

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/19/third-instance-of-voter-registration-dumping-found-in-virginia/

A third instance of fraudulent voter registration has been uncovered in the important swing state of Virginia, where a Republican consultant has been arrested and thousands of discarded voter registration forms were recovered from a dumpster earlier this week. According to the Not Larry Sabato blog, a law student at James Madison University registered to vote on campus, but found when she tried to verify the change online, found that her form had never been submitted.

On Thursday, Raw Story reported that 31-year-old Colin Small, a Republican operative employed by Pinpoint, a firm contracted by Republican Party of Virginia, was arrested and charged with “four counts of destruction of voter registration applications, eight counts of disclosure of voter registration application, and one count of obstruction of justice” for throwing active voter registration forms into a dumpster.

Raw Story (http://s.tt/1qvXQ)

[Drale]

1. Where is the treason charge

Interfering with an election is treason in my book.

[liberalmuse]

5. I really hate what I'm feeling about this.

I am thinking "treason" and the punishment that goes with it.

[Agnosticsherbet]

18. Treason is defined by the Constitution, and this doesn't fit. n/t

[freshwest]

19. I had a long talk a while back here on slinging treason around. It has a narrow legal meaning.

During the Iraq war hype, conservatives threw it out there so many times it became meaningless. Treason under the Consitution is a strict thing. Despite the Sedition Act, it's nearly impossible to enforce now. Lesser charges are made instead. The words have a lot of emotional power so we use them to express outrage more than anything. It is a felony to do what they did. The only solution is to GOTV.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. K&R

Rev. Sharpton had a segment on this guy. I bet these folks are in all of the swing states.

[68 Rex]

8. Seconded!

[robinlynne]

22. and in all of the other states too!

[JuveDem]

3. Why is the media not covering this ?

Why are guys like Chucky Toad, Matthews, Morning Joe and co not covering this ?
This is serious. Do they even care ?

[Cha]

11. Because they're Toadies and not capable of reporting REAL NEWS

[freshwest]

20. +1,000. Or hired to hide the real news with fluff stories.

[julian09]

13. Chris and the others do care and have promos on voter fraud and repression.

Their lucky if their audience reaches one million. The MSM and college administration, city fathers, should bring it to everyones attention in their community. Personally I wouldn't register at those type of locations, without the knownledge that they are on the, up and up.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

17. Who owns the media?

http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart

[julian09]

4. I hope she and others can identify perpetrator

and alert others on campus, to see if others were decieved.

[Berlum]

6. Republican treason

These crooks need to be jailed for the crimes they are perpetrating against the US of A.

[KamaAina]

7. They'll probably let him plead down to littering

[malaise]

9. ReTHUGs in name and nature

Throw them in prison. Make a good example of this one NOW!!

[Honeycombe8]

10. I'm wondering about these reports. They're not being reported by mainstream news sources...

are they?

[renegade000]

16. it was covered by the local news

http://blogs.nbc12.com/decisionvirginia/2012/10/arr.html

might pick up in the MSM if enough noise is made.

[Honeycombe8]

24. This IS big news. I'll do some e-mails this weekend or tweets. nt

[felix_numinous]

12. So voter registration needs to be extended

so that these people can re-register and get their chance to vote!! I hope steps are taken to correct these crimes!!

[Booster]

15. They need to extend it for 6 mos or more. As a matter of fact, they shoud extend it until they get

rid of the Romney-owned voting machines and go back to paper ballots. This election is turning into a sham. I'd like to see them throw out R&R and have Mr. Obama win by default. That would stop this shit right now from ever happening again.

[felix_numinous]

25. Absolutely!! Extend voting until every vote is counted

--as LONG as it takes, I think these crooks need to be taught a lesson-->Not. This. Time.

[Lasher]

14. Not just Virginia

Late last month, the RNC fired another voter registration contractor — Virginia-based Strategic Allied Consulting — after more than 100 suspect forms it collected in Florida were turned over to local prosecutors. Virginia was one of the states that had a contract with the company.

“We have heard a lot from Republicans both in the Virginia General Assembly and across the country about their numerous fears that voters were committing fraud,” (Virginia State Sen. Donald) McEachin said, referring to the GOP’s push for strict voter identification laws. “It certainly looks like, instead, the fraud is being committed by the Republicans on the voters.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/worker-for-gop-hired-contractor-charged-with-dumping-va-voter-registration-forms/2012/10/19/86062d7a-19f1-11e2-ad4a-e5a958b60a1e_story.html

[Melinda]

21. Is it really thousands of dumped ballots? I read the 1st drop was 8 registration forms...

and that the GOP operative was charged with 8 felony counts, along with several misdemeanors. I've read the LA times article too, and can't find anything about the "thousands" of registration forms. This is a HUGE number, and a big deal. A BIG deal. Do you (OP) or anyone else reading this know where this number came from?

TIA!

[LisaL]

28. One guy got caught because of a concerned citizen. How many didn't get caught?

[Melinda]

29. I get your point. I'm looking for something that qualifies the number "thousands" in the article.

There is no doubt in my mind that the GOP is capable of massive scale voter suppression. None. Not a bit.

[TalkingDog]

33. Why don't you write Not Larry Sabato and ask?

Last edited Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:35 AM - Edit history (1)

http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2012/10/new-information-in-voter-fraud-case.html

Let us know what he says.

[Melinda]

34. The OP links to Raw Story which links to NotLarrySabato. Raw Story claims thousands - Sabato eight.

Which brings me full circle. But thanks for trying.

[TalkingDog]

35. So you wrote the author of the Raw Story piece and asked them where the number came from? n/t

[Melinda]

36. Why yes, I wrote them several hours after I asked the question of the OP, and well before

you came along. roxanne@rawstory is the only contact info on their site; the author of the piece has no contact information listed. I'm still waiting almost 3 days later. Oh, and Not Larry Sabato confirms he did not use the term "thousands", he listed "eight", as I wrote in my response to the OP.

I'm tapped out of Boolean, Lexus-Nexus, and other ORM methodologies. FWIW, legal research was my bread and butter for years. So, do you have anything more you consider helpful to add, or can we put our discussion (albeit, is it really?) to rest?

[nc4bo]

23. My God!!!! OMFG!

Is this shit serious enough to do something about it yet?!!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

26. The Republicans are trying to steal the election - It is what it is - a crime.

[beac]

27. A VERY important sentence from this story:

When questions arose about Strategic’s practices, including allegations of “submitting forged forms and of dumping Democratic registrations,” the RNC fired the company, at which point Small and his team were re-hired by the Republican Party of Virginia.

In other words, business as usual carried on without a hitch. Same fraud, different day.

[CoffeeCat]

30. They collect registrations from colleges...

...and festivals and events where there are a high number of Dems. Then, into the trash they go!

People arrive at the polls and can't vote.

I have a suggestion for the states where this is happening. In my state we have same-day voter registration. We can register to vote up to and including Election Day. So, if there was a problem or human error, the person could register and vote at the polls.

Does Virginia have a Democrat Sec of State who would be able to pass similar legislation, in an emergency basis? Some Sec/States have this power. If not, maybe the VA state legislature would be willing to pass a law.

This has got to be huge news in VA! If I was in VA, I'd be double checking my registration!

[Live and Learn]

31. Shouldn't he get a count for each card he dumped?

That is the way they charge small time criminals. Why should this be any different? He should have thousands of charges for destruction of voter registration cards and the same for obstruction of justice. This is some serious malarkey.

[lumberjack_jeff]

32. Three independent rogues... all working for the same guy.

When Republicans talk about the evils of... pretty much anything... you just know it's essentially a confession.