Reply #11: Clark County Registration Fraud Reported in July

[ignatzmouse]

A local TV report gave evidence that Clark County was the target of registration fraud beginning in July of this year. Incidentally, the state's numbers show a consistent rise in Democratic registrations in Clark from January through the end of general election registration. The big jump in Republican registrations began in July...

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2018890

Officials Say Clark County A Target For Election Fraud

July 9th, 2004
While most identity crimes involve stolen lives, there's another trend that creates phony lives to win elections. The Clark County Board of Elections says Nevada is a big target for fraud this year, and out-of-state money is being used to buy votes. Last week, 75 hundred voter registration forms were turned in to the elections department, up from the average of about a thousand a week. As News 3's Kim Capozzo shows us, it's a big jump some are blaming on big money.

It's obvious. Big stars spell big money when it comes to fundraising, but behind the scenes, some say the almighty dollar is driving voter registration. "These aren't brain surgeons doing this. The handwriting is obviously the same person."

Larry Lomax is fired up over what he calls fraudulent forms. Because Nevada is a swing state, both Republicans and Democrats want as many people registered to vote as possible, so groups from both sides have been known to pay people a flat hourly rate to register voters, which is perfectly legal. But Lomax says some people are not only twisting the rules, they're breaking the law.

"People are being paid by the form. That's illegal in the State of Nevada, and that is motivating a small group of individuals, but it doesn't take many to submit fraudulent forms, which are then processed with the good forms and then put into the system."

He thinks the people involved in the election fraud are simply pulling lists from phone books. But when they do that, they could affect legitimate voters' registrations by changing their parties or misspelling names. In November, people could be showing up to vote only to find out that their form has been changed.

It's a felony to give false information on voter registration forms, so if you spot anything suspicious, please call 455-VOTE and help them solve this problem.