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In reply to the discussion: Per Rachel, Republicans have STOPPED registering voters in 5 swing states [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)44. Volunteers would be less likely to destroy opponent-party registrations
This company was seemingly paid to do just that. Harder to get volunteers to violate federal law and risk federal prison time, especially when some of those same volunteers might be opponent-party plants doing oppo research, but add a private company and $3.1 million to the mix, and suddenly the risk/reward and ethics equations change dramatically.
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Per Rachel, Republicans have STOPPED registering voters in 5 swing states [View all]
CatWoman
Oct 2012
OP
They fired the company that was doing the registering due to registration fraud :)
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
#11
I bet democrats in those states are fired up to register voters even more now! (nt)
barnabas63
Oct 2012
#18
Well let's fill up those private prisons. They have lots of money too! They can keep the entire
lonestarnot
Oct 2012
#32
BUT it is the registration cards the DEMOCRATS filled out that probably got thrown away
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
#37
Because it is against the law to register only pigliCONs. Registering voters is ok. But they only
lonestarnot
Oct 2012
#29
They got caught with that company, they might start up again after they come back under
JI7
Oct 2012
#34
Volunteers would be less likely to destroy opponent-party registrations
alcibiades_mystery
Oct 2012
#44
Strategic Allied Consulting wasn't registering GOP voters, but destroying Dem registrations
alcibiades_mystery
Oct 2012
#43