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appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:41 PM Sep 2012

Fla. voter registration fraud charge has ties to Romney

Source: Salon

The Republican Party of Florida’s top recipient of 2012 expenditures, a firm by the name of Strategic Allied Consulting, was just fired on Tuesday night, after more than 100 apparently fraudulent voter registration forms were discovered to have been turned in by the group to the Palm Beach County, FL Supervisor of Elections.

The firm appears to be another shell company of Nathan Sproul, a longtime, notorious Republican operative, hired year after year by GOP Presidential campaigns, despite being accused of shredding Democratic voter registration forms in a number of states over several past elections.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Strategic Allied Consulting has been paid some $667,000 this year by the Florida GOP, presumably to run its voter registration campaigns in the state. That number, however, does not account for another identical payment made in August. The Palm Beach Post is reporting tonight that the firm received “more than $1.3 million” from the Republican Party of Florida “to register new voters.”

The firm is not only tied to the Florida GOP, but also to the Mitt Romney Campaign, which hired Sproul as a political consultant late last year, despite years of fraud allegations against his organizations in multiple states.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2012/09/26/fla_voter_fraud_charge_has_ties_to_romney/

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Fla. voter registration fraud charge has ties to Romney (Original Post) appleannie1 Sep 2012 OP
THIS is the real vote fraud -- not the bogus claims made by those states LuckyLib Sep 2012 #1
True! The voter ID has been in the process for over 10 yrs now, that's the main reason why jonesgirl Sep 2012 #10
Infuriating. But at least in the light of day now. Keep kicked! nolabear Sep 2012 #2
I'll never forget this &(*&^*&% fun n serious Sep 2012 #3
Good Find!!! IthinkThereforeIAM Sep 2012 #6
Maybe people will read if I post some of what is in that link. fun n serious Sep 2012 #9
They think we forget so easily. Thanks for posting this jonesgirl Sep 2012 #13
But the Florida Supreme Court had ordered a recount ............. UCmeNdc Sep 2012 #16
They all need to be kicked out of our Country! I don't understand it at all. I'm sick and tired of jonesgirl Sep 2012 #4
Sproul was big in Ohio 2004 Botany Sep 2012 #5
The Republi - Con Party has it's dirty hands all over our country. I'd call it organized crime. The Wielding Truth Sep 2012 #7
Agree with ya 100% jonesgirl Sep 2012 #12
CHEATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Denise21 Sep 2012 #8
Republicans attempting to steal the election from America Berlum Sep 2012 #11
As you said, not just Florida Pat Riot Sep 2012 #14
Why no subpoenas? UCmeNdc Sep 2012 #15
Subpoenas for rich, well-connected people? What country do you think this is? Ian_rd Sep 2012 #17
Why not at the top of The Greatest Page? Turborama Sep 2012 #23
Laws are for little people. formercia Sep 2012 #18
+ 1, thanks. Excellent Brad Blog report. Mc Mike Sep 2012 #19
K&R and retweeted defacto7 Sep 2012 #20
Hmmm amuse bouche Sep 2012 #21
Has Fox reported this yet? FrenchieCat Sep 2012 #22

jonesgirl

(157 posts)
10. True! The voter ID has been in the process for over 10 yrs now, that's the main reason why
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:43 PM
Sep 2012

the magnetic strip was put on the back of driver license and ID cards. I read about this in 2002, plus I had asked the DMV about the magnetic strip...the dept said it wouldn't be complete until 2014 for the entire States.
I don't understand why so much money was invested in this, and now States are protesting it. I wonder who profited from all this?

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)
6. Good Find!!!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:29 PM
Sep 2012

I recommend everyone give this article a read, only takes about 10 minutes, but gives you great information!

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
9. Maybe people will read if I post some of what is in that link.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:39 PM
Sep 2012

Whatever your personal preference, Harris was only following the Florida election laws. As far as the county vote totals were concerned, Bush had received 537 more votes than Vice President Al Gore, granting the Texas governor a comfortable 536-vote margin of victory. Florida state election law didn't require the Secretary of State to order a statewide recount, not even in such a ridiculously tight election (where the candidates' vote totals are separated by a mere .009786%), not even when the most powerful position on Earth hangs in the balance.

Only much later did someone discover that Database Technologies had scrubbed 57,700 legal voters off the Florida rolls, most of whom would have probably voted for Gore. At least 8,000 of those disenfranchised voters came from a list of Texas felons provided by ChoicePoint Inc. -- except that those people had actually only committed misdemeanors and not felonies. Thus, they had been improperly barred from casting their ballots. A spokesman for ChoicePoint ultimately admitted, "I guess that's a little bit embarrassing in light of the election." What's more, ChoicePoint had contributed large amounts of money to Republican candidates in 2000, leading to the observation that the company's error coincidentally benefited its partisan leanings. But that hardly surprised anyone.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
16. But the Florida Supreme Court had ordered a recount .............
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:34 PM
Sep 2012

The Florida Supreme Court over ruled the Secretary Of State and Kathleen Harris.

jonesgirl

(157 posts)
4. They all need to be kicked out of our Country! I don't understand it at all. I'm sick and tired of
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:01 PM
Sep 2012

all this! Boot their asses out

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
11. Republicans attempting to steal the election from America
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:44 PM
Sep 2012

Freaking lowball traitorous horseshit -- stealing and cheating the American people.

Romney shows is is lower than snake slime with his so-called 'morals.'

Turborama

(22,109 posts)
23. Why not at the top of The Greatest Page?
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:00 AM
Sep 2012

This post should be rec'd until it pleads for mercy.

Unfortunately - and weirdly, I can't rec posts at the moment, as explained here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240147488

Any proxy recs would be hugely appreciated!

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
19. + 1, thanks. Excellent Brad Blog report.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:03 PM
Sep 2012

When repugs describe 'ACORN voter fraud', they're really describing he actual practices of Sproul, Lincoln, SAC, Arno, YPM, the RNC. Hypocrites. Their party is trying to be 100% in the wrong, always, about everything. And doing a good job of it, too.

Every slimy GOP tentacle is busily working at doing outrageous and or criminal things.

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