Republican Party paid firm connected to voter-registration fraud in Florida $400,000 in September

[kpete]

MON OCT 22, 2012 AT 09:17 AM PDT
Republican Party paid firm connected to voter-registration fraud in Florida $400,000 in September
by Meteor Blades

Federal Election Commission filings show that the Republican National Committee paid Strategic Allied Consulting LLC $416,665 for "management consulting services" in September. The firm, owned by GOP operative Nathan Sproul, was fired by the RNC and five state Republican parties after apparently fraudulent voter-registration forms turned up in 10 Florida counties. The payments were provided before Republican ties with the firm were cut off.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00003418/821533/sb/ALL

A spokesman for the RNC said at the time Strategic Allied Consulting was fired that the party has "zero tolerance" for anything that smacks of voter-registration fraud. But it has stuck with Sproul over nearly a decade despite repeated allegations in various states that his firms have been involved in trickery and deceit. There's a pattern of alleged misbehavior.

The Florida party had previously paid the firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, $1.3 million in July and August, according to the Palm Beach Post. The RNC had directed another $3.1 million to the firm through state organizations in Florida, Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia, according to the Los Angeles Times.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/22/1148251/-Republican-Party-paid-firm-connected-to-voter-registration-fraud-in-Florida-400-000-in-September

[porphyrian]

1. . n/t

[Coyotl]

2. Sprouling works, steals votes one at a time

Not as useful as switching votes, where your candidate gets the vote you steal -- plus one and minus one = two vote change in results -- but every registration tossed is another vote stolen.

[PearliePoo2]

3. And how many thousands of TRASHED voter registrations

did they get for their millions spent?
Criminal, traitorous bastards..

[flamingdem]

4. Considering the evidence if someone finds their registration was "lost"

they should get a protected provisional ballot. Sadly there was a 60 minutes Sunday where it was made clear that provisional ballots are NOT counted in Florida

[factsarenotfair]

5. What I wonder is whether the RNC contracts with ANY legitimate voter registration firms. n/t

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[Blue Owl]

6. GOP SOP

Grand Old Party Standard Operating Procedure