GOP staffers fired after possible 'ballot harvesting' operation found in Pa.

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Wait, you mean to tell me some JV ward leaders from Northeast Philly are responsible for ballot-harvesting operation for the GOP? Shocked. Shocked, I say.

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GOP staffers fired after possible ‘ballot harvesting’ operation found in Pa.
The Philadelphia Inquirer found that dozens of Republican mail ballots for the May 17 primary were being diverted to a P.O. Box registered to the Republican Registration Coalition instead of to the...
10:55 PM · May 11, 2022

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/gop-staffers-fired-after-possible-ballot-harvesting-operation-found-in-pa.html

PHILADELPHIA — The fallout from the discovery of a potential GOP “ballot harvesting” operation in South Philadelphia continued Tuesday, as two state party staffers lost their jobs, the matter became fodder for attacks in the Republican primary for governor, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle jockeyed to define just what the situation said — or didn’t — about the security of voting by mail.

Republican Party officials fired Shamus O’Donnell, 27, and C.J. Parker, 24, both of whom had been affiliated with the Republican Registration Coalition, the political action committee behind the South Philadelphia mail ballot operation, according to four party sources familiar with the matter.

Prior to his termination, O’Donnell, the PAC’s former treasurer and a Republican ward leader in Northeast Philadelphia, had worked as a field organizer for the state party, most recently on the campaign of state Senate candidate Sam Oropeza. Parker, also a GOP ward leader in the Northeast, had worked as a personal aide to state party Chair Lawrence Tabas.

O’Donnell and Parker declined to comment Tuesday, and party officials, including Tabas, did not respond to requests for comment.

But the sources who described the terminations — and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter — said the party’s decision to cut ties with the two men stemmed from an Inquirer story last week that raised questions about the PAC’s work registering people in South Philadelphia to vote by mail.

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[gab13by13]

5. They were given free rein

when DOJ failed to prosecute the Cyber Ninjas.

[Achilleaze]

2. As usual, corrupt Republicans commit a voting crime

Then point fingers at dems. Same old foul bullshit. Lock the cheaters up.

[CrackityJones75]

3. Every accusation is an admission

Every. Single. Time!

[gab13by13]

4. They would like everyone to believe that's what they are doing,

They are not harvesting ballots, IMO. Dr. Oz was leading in the polls but would get trounced in the general election. McCormack fares better against Fetterman. My guess is that Republicans weren't harvesting votes, they were flipping votes from Oz to McCormack.

So they fired 2 people, is that supposed to be the end of the story? Those 2 fired people better be arrested and questioned and the state better do it because by the time DOJ gets around to any investigation the primary will be over, they have until May 17th.

[BSdetect]

6. Staffers don't just do that without approval or orders from their bosses.

Bet they get rehired soon.

[Novara]

7. Once again, VOTER FRAUD IS COMMITTED BY REPUBLICANS

[Atticus]

8. These two were not canned because they "harvested" ballots. They were canned because

they got CAUGHT harvesting ballots.

[yardwork]

9. Every accusation is a confession.

[kacekwl]

10. I hope democrats are keeping a list

of all the voting "fraud" committed by Republicans. The list can be handed out when Republicans cry about unfair election.

[MagickMuffin]

11. Is this how MoscowMitch McConnell and LenigradLindsey Graham "won" their elections?

They were both down in the polls and they definitely felt "confident" they would "win"

Wink wink nudge nudge, say no more!

[bluestarone]

13. FIRED? is that all?

Surely some laws were broken here. Why not investigate and CHARGE them? (ALL of who were involved) So tired of nothing done to these CREEPS!