Investigation of voter registration fraud

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Employees of a private voter registration company say they saw evidence of fraud. It could mean that hundreds of people who think they are registered, may not be.

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe

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1. Not the first time, anyone remember seeing this

Oregon Librarian Thwarts Voter-Registration Fraud
A librarian in Medford, Oregon, uncovered in September the real identity of a group claiming to be part of a nonpartisan, nationwide voter-registration organization called America Votes. The group had called and sent letters to several libraries in Oregon, including Multnomah County, West Slope, and Corvallis-Benton County.

Meghan O’Flaherty, library manager of the Jackson County Headquarters Library, checked into a letter from a group called Sproul & Associates asking to set up a voter-registration booth in the library. The letter began: “Our firm has been contracted to help coordinate a national non-partisan voter registration drive, America Votes! in several states across the nation.” Checking the Internet, O’Flaherty found that Sproul & Associates is a political consulting firm headed by former Arizona State Republican Party Executive Director Nathan Sproul.

An employee at Sproul & Associates said the group’s drive is called Project America Votes and admitted to knowing about the similar names. Claiming an innocent mistake, Sproul said in the September 21 Medford Mail Tribune, “We were not trying to copy their name. All we were trying to do was register people to vote. You telling me that they even exist was really the first time I’d heard it.”

O’Flaherty contacted Kevin Looper, the state organizing director for America Votes, who told her that Sproul & Associates had absolutely nothing to do with his organization. “You’ll have to forgive me for not finding it credible that they would not have heard of a group that is one of the largest in the country.” He also said that America Votes is “in the process of pursuing all of our legal options to pursue cease and desist.”Looper credits O’Flaherty’s and other Oregon librarians’ quick thinking in the matter: “If it wasn’t for their initiative on it, I would not have known about it.”


http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=september2004abc&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=76329

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2. Nevada has been a busy GOP State hasn't it?

Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat.



Dan Burdish, former head of the state Republican Party, filed a challenge last week claiming the Democrats should be removed from the rolls because they were inactive voters.


But Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax rejected the move Tuesday, saying Burdish could only challenge voters in his precinct, and then only if he has personal knowledge that they are inactive.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_el_pr/nevada_voter_challenge&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

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3. the job posting...

here is the job posting for these positions in LV:

Door to door signups

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Location: US-MO-Springfield
Base Pay: N/A
Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
Industry: Government - Civil Service
Not for Profit - Charitable
Other Great Industries
Manages Others: No
Job Type: Customer Service
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Req'd Education: Not Specified
Req'd Experience: Not Specified
Req'd Travel: Contact Company
Relocation Covered: No

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Ref ID: 506710

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$8.50/hr part-time,
$10.00/hr full-time
Canvassing Neighborhoods in Support of the GOP!

Voter's Outreach of America is hiring door-to-door canvassers asking people to register to vote. Must be at least 18 yrs of age, no felonies, registered to vote and have own transportation. Need good communication skills and professional appearance. Hours are 4pm to 8pm Monday-Friday and 8am to noon Saturday.

Call toll free 702-307-1320 for more information.

Paid for by the Republican National Committee. www.gop.com. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Source - Reno Gazette Journal - Reno, NV