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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Sat May 19, 2012, 09:44 AM May 2012

Fraud accusations mount for voter registration company switching party [View all]

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/18/4498789/fraud-accusations-mount-for-voter.html


A woman suspected of voter registration fraud in Sacramento County has been the subject of complaints in other campaigns as well. The registrar of voters in El Dorado County sent a warning to Monica Harris last year after problems with registrations collected at Folsom Lake College.

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Sacramento County Registrar of Voters Jill LaVine recently announced that she had turned over thousands of suspect registration cards turned in by Harris' company to the California secretary of state's office. In some cases, LaVine has received complaints from people who unknowingly had their party registration switched to Republican.

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The Republican Party of Sacramento County paid Harris' company $5 for each person who joined the party. Bounties contribute to fraud and inaccuracy in registration drives, Pan and other critics say. However, a Republican Party spokeswoman recently said the system pays only for proper registrations, and checks by the party and elections officials prevent fraud.

LaVine has said her office has spent countless hours trying to unwind sloppy and perhaps fraudulent work by Harris' company. LaVine's workers have also been frustrated by Harris' company turning in registration cards for people who live outside Sacramento County.

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So the Republican side of what they claimed ACORN to be is corporations in the business of registering voters? WFT?
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This will likely get 1/10th of the coverage that ACORN got ... zbdent May 2012 #1
And is actually corrupt and criminal.. ananda May 2012 #4
ACORN was attacked for actually following the law ... zbdent May 2012 #21
big k and r nashville_brook May 2012 #2
k&r Starry Messenger May 2012 #3
K & R n/t glinda May 2012 #5
Let me get this straight what ACORN supposedly did was fraud and what this group did was sloppy southernyankeebelle May 2012 #6
An unproven allegation of fraud sinks ACORN gratuitous May 2012 #7
They have been proven "false" allegations now. Acorn should be re-instated with apologies The Wielding Truth May 2012 #14
A political party Aerows May 2012 #8
It IS extremely illegal. The problem is getting someone to prosecute. robinlynne May 2012 #10
We found that here in Los Angeles 5 or 6 years ago. The man responsible robinlynne May 2012 #9
Didn't you guys know Iliyah May 2012 #11
So in many of these districts where this was done EC May 2012 #12
Over-registration is a necessary step to election fraud.... Scuba May 2012 #13
I doubt they use data on registrations alone Alcibiades May 2012 #18
as long as the mis-registered vote dem, this might be a good thing. imagine the exit polls. eom ellenfl May 2012 #15
Why is it that all the crimes Republicans complain about are primarily Republican crimes. Kablooie May 2012 #16
Yes. The big cases of voter fraud involving bluestate10 May 2012 #19
K&R hue May 2012 #17
An indictment of Republicans--once again DFW May 2012 #20
But we don't have a dem version of James OKeefe. Quantess May 2012 #22
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