Widespread Voter Fraud by Republicans Revealed

[Spence]

Oct. 12) -- Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day. The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in the trash.

Anyone who has recently registered or re-registered to vote outside a mall or grocery store or even government building may be affected.

The I-Team has obtained information about an alleged widespread pattern of potential registration fraud aimed at democrats. Thee focus of the story is a private registration company called Voters Outreach of America, AKA America Votes.

The out-of-state firm has been in Las Vegas for the past few months, registering voters. It employed up to 300 part-time workers and collected hundreds of registrations per day, but former employees of the company say that Voters Outreach of America only wanted Republican registrations.

Two former workers say they personally witnessed company supervisors rip up and trash registration forms signed by Democrats.

"We caught her taking Democrats out of my pile, handed them to her assistant and he ripped them up right in front of us. I grabbed some of them out of the garbage and she tells her assisatnt to get those from me," said Eric Russell, former Voters Outreach employee.

Eric Russell managed to retrieve a pile of shredded paperwork including signed voter registration forms, all from Democrats. We took them to the Clark County Election Department and confirmed that they had not, in fact, been filed with the county as required by law.

So the people on those forms who think they will be able to vote on Election Day are sadly mistaken. We attempted to speak to Voters Outreach but found that its office has been rented out to someone else.

The landlord says Voters Outreach was evicted for non-payment of rent. Another source said the company has now moved on to Oregon where it is once again registering voters. It's unknown how many registrations may have been tossed out, but another ex-employee told Eyewitness News she had the same suspicions when she worked there.

It's going to take a while to sort all of this out, but the immediate concern for voters is to make sure you really are registered.

Call the Clark County Election Department at 455-VOTE orclick here to see if you are registered.

The company has been largely, if not entirely funded, by the Republican National Committee. Similar complaints have been received in Reno where the registrar has asked the FBI to investigate.Source (http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe) [And click on the link "Investigation of voter registration fraud" near the top to watch the story on video.]

And what would the Republicans have to say to all of this? The same thing they said last time: Just get over it. A good slogan for the GOP: Democracy--just get over it.

[akhhorus]

It begins...

[Agrawog]

Ok, I don't care who is responsible for this (Rep. vs Dem), these people are messing with our core structure. I don't know what the penalty is but they should do significant jail time. A fair viting process is the very basis for our way of life. This is the core of the american way and everyone from Bush to Kerry should be promoting its defense regardless of who benefits.

Find out who did it, prosecute them, and help those affected register.

Messing with our electoral process is not acceptable AND a national defense issue!

[Spence]

Ok, I don't care who is responsible for this (Rep. vs Dem), these people are messing with our core structure.You may not care but we do know. The GOP funds this group responsible for widespread voter fraud, not only in Nevada, but in other states across the nation.

[Booser]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1096018375266600.xml

well, looks like those squeaky clean democrats would never engage in voter fraud, specifically absentee ballots... wait, i'm sure that this report must be inaccurate...

[Jimreaper007]

GW is president but he lost the popular vote by a rather wide margin.

It seems to me that Republicans are more inclined to cheat at the polls because they need to.

Historically, a larger voter turnout favors democrats. Add in what happened in Florida in 2000 and you have a lot of pissed off dems who are determined not to have another election hijacked.


I just hope for the sake of civility that the elections go smoothly and the votes are counted properly.

[thickskin]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1096018375266600.xml

well, looks like those squeaky clean democrats would never engage in voter fraud, specifically absentee ballots... wait, i'm sure that this report must be inaccurate...

not at all squeaky clean, but this is bush league compared to the gop-sponsered fraud. laughable man.

[Spence]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1096018375266600.xml

well, looks like those squeaky clean democrats would never engage in voter fraud, specifically absentee ballots... wait, i'm sure that this report must be inaccurate...All cases of voter fraud should be thoroughly investigated. I would point out, however, that voter irregularities alleged in the case you cite do not involve the Democratic party. Nevertheless, it obviously should be investigated and if guilt is proven, the guilty punished. That's the difference between us, Booser. I think all voter fraud is awful. You only dislike voter fraud that you think hurts Mr Bush. It's an important difference between us, don't you think?

[skinsfan44]

If this is true, this is totally WRONG.

As a Republican, I want everyone who can vote, vote.

This is a Democracy, right?

But what about the 6000 felons who can vote in Colorado that the Democrats just got registered? And of course, all 6000 are Democrats.

I thought you are not allowed to vote if you are a felon?

[Spence]

I thought you are not allowed to vote if you are a felon?Felons are not allowed to vote. Most states allow ex-felons to vote.

[RedskinsDave]

I will echo the words of Dave Matthew at the Morons for Change concert the other night, "I don't care if you vote the way I'd like you to, just vote".

[Spence]

I will echo the words of Dave Matthew at the Morons for Change concert the other night, "I don't care if you vote the way I'd like you to, just vote".What are they saying at the Morons for Four More Years of this Crap Tour?

[Spence]

Okay, even REPUBLICANS are now saying the GOP is engaged in voter fraud. Bill Janklow is a former Republican Congressman from South Dakota, where six GOP campaign workers had to be forced out recently after it was revealed they were engaged in widespread voter fraud.Bill Janklow's commenting on the resignation of six people connected with the state Republican Party over absentee ballot applications.

The former governor and congressman says the national GOP is encouraging campaign workers to cheat. He says his ire is directed at the Republican Party's Victory operation, which helps register people and get them to the polls.

Janklow says his problem with the organization goes back to 2002 when he was a candidate for the US House.

Jason Glodt with the Republican Party says the absentee ballot problem was an honest mistake and has been handled, and that cheating won't be allowed.Source (http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail2817.cfm?Id=22,35248)

There. You don't have to take it from me. Take it from a Republican Congressman.

[RedskinsDave]

What about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)? They've been involved in sketchy registrations all over the country. I think it all stinks but don't act like this is something GOP supporters have a lock on. Hell, it's probably even more widespread among Dems but they've been doing it so long they've had to have mastered it by now.

[lakewinola]

The BIG difference here is the fact that this in not some fringe organization getting nutty, THIS IS THE GOP commiting a crime!!!

[Spence]

What about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)? They've been involved in sketchy registrations all over the country. I think it all stinks but don't act like this is something GOP supporters have a lock on. Hell, it's probably even more widespread among Dems but they've been doing it so long they've had to have mastered it by now.Even more widespread among the Dems? I find that hard to believe and since you didn't provide any evidence, I find it even harder to believe.

As for ACORN, I followed that group closely when I worked for that right-wing law firm. I put together a gigantic database on left-wing organizations around the country and ACORN was one of them. I never found any links between ACORN and the Democratic party, largely because ACORN believed the Dems were no better than the Repubs. ACORN is a quasi-revolutionary group that regards both major parties as agents of capitalist oppression. If ACORN has any ties to a party any of us have ever heard of, it is probably the Greens party. More likely it is the Socialist Workers Party.

[Booser]

All cases of voter fraud should be thoroughly investigated. I would point out, however, that voter irregularities alleged in the case you cite do not involve the Democratic party. Nevertheless, it obviously should be investigated and if guilt is proven, the guilty punished. That's the difference between us, Booser. I think all voter fraud is awful. You only dislike voter fraud that you think hurts Mr Bush. It's an important difference between us, don't you think?


First, i take offense to the judgement you make on me, Spence - but, I am moderately conservative so I must fit into your little Republican "box". Seems like an elitist attitude to me.
Secondly, good spin on the article... the fraud was not "sponsored" by the Democratic party, but I'm sure you wouldn't be as forgiving of interest groups that support the GOP. The interesting quote from the article:

"Lake election and law enforcement officials said their investigation is centered on absentee registration attempts by the nonpartisan NAACP's National Voter Fund and an anti-Bush, nonprofit group called Americans Coming Together, or ACT Ohio."

Anti-Bush and the "non-partisan" NAACP? Obviously no bias there.

[Jimreaper007]

Did we forget that the REPUBLICAN heavy Florida Supreme Court reprimanded Govenor Jeb Bush for placing Sherriffs in minority heavy district to intimidate minorities and in some cases turn minorities away saying they could not vote for frivolous reasons.

Even Former Sec. State James Baker said some of the things that have happened in Florida bring shame to the GOP.

That is why Bush is campaigning so hard in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He knows Florida is a lost cause so he is trying to make up for it. Little brother Jeb is being watched closely this time so the GOP cannot cheat.

I am sure they will try and cheat in other places.