Voter Fraud Charges Out West
TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2004
Voter Registration Fraud
"... there is no better way to disenfranchise a voter than to say you are registered and then throw away a voter registration form."
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury
(CBS) By CBSNews.com Chief Political Writer David Paul Kuhn
Officials in Oregon have launched a criminal investigation after receiving numerous complaints that a Republican-affiliated group was destroying registration forms filed by Democratic voters statewide, Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury told CBSNews.com.
Meanwhile, CBS affiliate KLAS-TV is reporting accusations of similar malfeasance in Nevada.
Both state's allegations are linked to a Phoenix political consulting firm called Sproul & Associates run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Republican Party. Sproul & Associates has received nearly $500,000 from the Republican National Committee this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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