Politics > Politics-USA > New allegations of Voter registration forms destruction. First Nevada now Oregon.
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"Harry Hope" |
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13 Oct 2004 09:03:04 AM |
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New allegations of Voter registration forms destruction. First Nevada now Oregon. |
From The Associated Press, 10/13/04:
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1097647496301300.xml&storylist=orlocal
Bradbury plans to investigate election complaint
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --
Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Attorney General Hardy Myers plan
to investigate allegations that a paid canvasser might have destroyed
voter registration forms.
"There have been allegations made that someone threw out some voter
registration forms that had been submitted to them," Bradbury told The
Associated Press late Tuesday.
"This is a violation of the law and I will meet with the attorney
general in the morning to talk about what we can do to pursue this,
and to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Bradbury learned of the conduct from KGW-TV, which interviewed Mike
Johnson, 20, a canvasser who said he was instructed to only accept
Republican registration forms.
He told the TV reporter that he "might" destroy forms turned in by
Democrats.
"I have never in my five years as secretary of state ever seen an
allegation like the one that came up tonight -- ever," Bradbury said.
"I mean, frankly, it just totally offends me that someone would take
someone else's registration and throw it out."
Bradbury said the law requires that groups registering voters submit
forms no later than five days after they were filled out.
He added that canvassers can't turn away a voter because of his or her
party affiliation.
Rory Smith, a spokeswoman for the Republican Party in Oregon, said the
young man interviewed by KGW-TV was not in their rolls.
"We do not condone this type of behavior," Smith told the
Portland-based station.
In Nevada earlier Tuesday, KLAS-TV, a CBS affiliate, interviewed an
employee of a private voter registration organization who said
hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of Democratic registration forms had
been destroyed.
Eric Russell, a former Voters Outreach of America employee, told the
TV station he had personally witnessed his supervisor take out
Democratic registration forms from the pile and shred them.
The company has been largely funded by the Republican National
Committee, the station reported.
A spokesman for the Las Vegas bureau of the FBI said he did not know
if an investigation had been initiated.
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It's gotten nasty out there.
Harry
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| User: "et lux perpetua loci deus rex" |
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| Title: Re: New allegations of Voter registration forms destruction. First Nevada now Oregon. |
13 Oct 2004 07:59:46 PM |
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"We do not condone this type of behavior," Smith told the
Portland-based station.
This kind of statement tells me that they aren't going to do anything. All
politicians need to get off their asses and fight for our rights. The
authorities whose salaries I pay with my taxes need to find and arrest these
criminals immediately. If they fail to find them then I will call for their
resignations.
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| User: "kurttrail" |
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| Title: Re: New allegations of Voter registration forms destruction. First Nevada now Oregon. |
13 Oct 2004 09:23:46 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 10/13/04:
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1097647496301300.xml&storylist=orlocal
Bradbury plans to investigate election complaint
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
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It's gotten nasty out there.
Harry
Yep. That's why I registered in person at my local Supervisor of Elections
office. Just got my Voter Registration card in the mail yesterday.
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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| Title: Re: New allegations of Voter registration forms destruction. First Nevada now Oregon. |
13 Oct 2004 11:32:25 AM |
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:03:04 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
From The Associated Press, 10/13/04:
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1097647496301300.xml&storylist=orlocal
"I have never in my five years as secretary of state ever seen an
allegation like the one that came up tonight -- ever," Bradbury said.
What, he doesn't read the newspapers? Iowa and Nevada also had
Republicans throwing away Democrat relkigistration forms. Florida had
Republicans calling up Democrats and telling the Democrats they are
not illigible to vote. Why is no one going to prison for this treason?
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"Terrorism" isn't the enemy: George W Bush is!
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