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BradBlog

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 06:12 AM Sep 2012

FL GOP FIRES ROMNEY CONSULTANT'S VOTER REGISTRATION FIRM AFTER FRAUD REPORTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY [View all]

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Source: BRAD BLOG



FL GOP FIRES ROMNEY CONSULTANT'S VOTER REGISTRATION FIRM AFTER FRAUDULENT FORMS REPORTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
Firm owned by notorious GOP operative Nathan Sproul, accused of destroying Democratic registration forms in years past, hired 'at request of RNC', still operating in several key swing states...

The Republican Party of Florida's top recipient of 2012 expenditures, a firm by the name of Strategic Allied Consulting, was 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 FL 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 FL 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.

Moreover, the firm is also reportedly operating similar voter registration operations on behalf of the Republican Party, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars, in a number of key battleground states this year, including North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado. Strategic Allied has recently taken steps to hide their ownership by Sproul's notorious firm, Sproul & Associates.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Election Susan Bucher confirmed to The BRAD BLOG late this evening that she turned over 106 suspicious voter registration applications to the Florida State Attorney during a meeting yesterday afternoon in Palm Beach, after the "questionable" applications were submitted to her office by a worker for Strategic Allied…

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9586

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I hope firing is just the beginning, criminal charges should be in the future Optical.Catalyst Sep 2012 #1
Oh yea! n/t yankeepants Sep 2012 #2
I wish that is but I doubt it will happen ..... Sproul & Assoc. were kicked out of South Dakota in Botany Sep 2012 #15
I've been wondering if it would be good to have the UN monitor the election? dorkzilla Sep 2012 #18
It might make sense, but... CanonRay Sep 2012 #21
I agree, they would go nuts... dorkzilla Sep 2012 #25
That paper receipt would prove nothing. RC Sep 2012 #28
Paper ballots can be shredded or go missing though... dorkzilla Sep 2012 #36
You do understand that the Republicans own the voting machines? RC Sep 2012 #40
Yes, I am well aware of that. dorkzilla Sep 2012 #42
Here's some help for ya, dorkzilla BradBlog Sep 2012 #49
That actually was enormously helpful, thanks! dorkzilla Sep 2012 #52
And not only that.... AAO Sep 2012 #46
I am sure there would be challenges... dorkzilla Sep 2012 #48
Yes it would... Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #37
I'm thinking other states in the south will hire him. olddad56 Sep 2012 #53
This may be the reason Romney feels asjr Sep 2012 #3
Please! They caught them. longship Sep 2012 #26
Really? CTPatriot Sep 2012 #57
Who is there left to trust in this world? socialindependocrat Sep 2012 #4
my wife and I ask ourselves and each other that question often.... NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #20
Sproul was hired because of numerous fraud allegations, not in spite of them. Vidar Sep 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Sep 2012 #11
and....They have the nerve to put forth crap proposals like voter ID laws Harriety Sep 2012 #6
The old trick of pointing the finger at someone else... Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #38
We screwed up oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #7
Read the full article for comparisons of repug registration fraud vs allegations about ACORN... JHB Sep 2012 #8
Voter Fraud Sophiegirl Sep 2012 #9
Seems to me that this is a setup to prove "voter fraud" for future elections. Astazia Sep 2012 #10
Does this mean that technically the GOP was right about there being voter registration fraud? cstanleytech Sep 2012 #12
Sproul and Associates were in Ohio 2004 up to their eyeballs Botany Sep 2012 #13
RPOF? Really? They named their organization Ripoff? Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #14
LMAO . . . That was the first thing I noticed. ET Awful Sep 2012 #16
Well they hired SAC. Lochloosa Sep 2012 #22
Missing from the article is a clear explanation of the effects of registration fraud. Ian_rd Sep 2012 #17
Good questions, Ian BradBlog Sep 2012 #50
Thanks! Ian_rd Sep 2012 #51
Several years ago the head of the young college repubs groovedaddy Sep 2012 #19
ReTHUGS firing one of their crooks usually malaise Sep 2012 #23
The BradBlog is where I go for all info regarding voter fraud, etc LittleGirl Sep 2012 #24
Everything's under control -- we can relax. The FL Gov and AG are moving SDjack Sep 2012 #27
THIS IS SAD oliverrams1 Sep 2012 #30
But Acorn! d_r Sep 2012 #29
so this Sproul, after all his crimes, is still on the loose and still being hired by the GOP. nt valerief Sep 2012 #31
Justice rarely touches the elite and powerful, why do you think Murdoch isnt in jail in the UK? cstanleytech Sep 2012 #34
Laws are made for the wealthy--to protect them and their property. nt valerief Sep 2012 #43
tip of iceberg imo goclark Sep 2012 #32
And the M$M will be on this in 3...2...1... Roland99 Sep 2012 #33
K & R AzDar Sep 2012 #35
we have to win by a landslide. fun n serious Sep 2012 #39
Cheaters Rider3 Sep 2012 #41
Hope they nail this fucker gopiscrap Sep 2012 #44
Can we take them down like the GOP did to ACORN? n/t AAO Sep 2012 #45
They suspect 106. Smickey Sep 2012 #47
Felony Racketeering. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #54
K & R brightertomorrow Sep 2012 #55
Thanks Brad for giving us the latest. Some of us had just heard of Sproul's contract. Good news. freshwest Sep 2012 #56
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