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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:24 PM Oct 2012

Republican Party paid firm connected to voter-registration fraud in Florida $400,000 in September

MON OCT 22, 2012 AT 09:17 AM PDT
Republican Party paid firm connected to voter-registration fraud in Florida $400,000 in September
by Meteor Blades

Federal Election Commission filings show that the Republican National Committee paid Strategic Allied Consulting LLC $416,665 for "management consulting services" in September. The firm, owned by GOP operative Nathan Sproul, was fired by the RNC and five state Republican parties after apparently fraudulent voter-registration forms turned up in 10 Florida counties. The payments were provided before Republican ties with the firm were cut off.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00003418/821533/sb/ALL

A spokesman for the RNC said at the time Strategic Allied Consulting was fired that the party has "zero tolerance" for anything that smacks of voter-registration fraud. But it has stuck with Sproul over nearly a decade despite repeated allegations in various states that his firms have been involved in trickery and deceit. There's a pattern of alleged misbehavior.

The Florida party had previously paid the firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, $1.3 million in July and August, according to the Palm Beach Post. The RNC had directed another $3.1 million to the firm through state organizations in Florida, Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia, according to the Los Angeles Times.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/22/1148251/-Republican-Party-paid-firm-connected-to-voter-registration-fraud-in-Florida-400-000-in-September

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Republican Party paid firm connected to voter-registration fraud in Florida $400,000 in September (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #1
Sprouling works, steals votes one at a time Coyotl Oct 2012 #2
And how many thousands of TRASHED voter registrations PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #3
Considering the evidence if someone finds their registration was "lost" flamingdem Oct 2012 #4
What I wonder is whether the RNC contracts with ANY legitimate voter registration firms. n/t factsarenotfair Oct 2012 #5
GOP SOP Blue Owl Oct 2012 #6
 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
2. Sprouling works, steals votes one at a time
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:27 PM
Oct 2012

Not as useful as switching votes, where your candidate gets the vote you steal -- plus one and minus one = two vote change in results -- but every registration tossed is another vote stolen.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
3. And how many thousands of TRASHED voter registrations
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:29 PM
Oct 2012

did they get for their millions spent?
Criminal, traitorous bastards..

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
4. Considering the evidence if someone finds their registration was "lost"
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:39 PM
Oct 2012

they should get a protected provisional ballot. Sadly there was a 60 minutes Sunday where it was made clear that provisional ballots are NOT counted in Florida

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