McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused of Voter Registration Fraud

[ProSense]

McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused of Voter Registration Fraud

Posted by Matt Ortega on October 20, 2008 at 05:29 PM

John McCain's hyperbolic claims about "the fabric of democracy" ring incredibly hollow when, at the same time, he pays dirty tricksters like Nathan Sproul almost $200,000 to "register voters."

John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states.

According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of "registering voters." The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even, once, spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots so as to hinder the Democratic ticket.

More from the Sproul file:

Indeed, Sproul's history is filled with allegations of political misdeeds. During the 2004 election, Sproul & Associates (the former name of Lincoln Strategy) was accused of attempting to destroy forms collected by Democratic voters in Nevada. That same year in Oregon, Sproul & Associates allegedly instructed canvassers to only accept Republican registration forms in addition to destroying those turned in by Democrats.

In Minnesota, meanwhile, Sproul's firm was accused of actually firing workers who brought back Democratic registration forms, while other canvassers were allegedly paid "$13 an hour, with the $3 bonus for every Bush, undecided or Ralph Nader voter registration." Similar problems related to Sproul & Associates popped up in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

From the link in the article:

As Republican Congressman Chris Cannon summarized during a joint hearing for the subcommittee on commercial and administrative law back in May 2008: "The difference between ACORN and Sproul is that ACORN doesn't throw away or change registration documents after they have been filled out."

Indeed, Sproul's history is filled with allegations of political misdeeds. During the 2004 election, Sproul & Associates (the former name of Lincoln Strategy) was accused of attempting to destroy forms collected by Democratic voters in Nevada. That same year in Oregon, Sproul & Associates allegedly instructed canvassers to only accept Republican registration forms in addition to destroying those turned in by Democrats.

Add Sproul to the list of people a special prosecutor needs to investigate.

[Overseas]

1. K&R for more evidence of McSame's deep ethical principles in action. //nt

[ProSense]

2. Thanks. McCain doesn't have a shred of credibility left. n/t

[Overseas]

4. And this guy runs the company that TOSSED OUT Democratic registrations!

So he and the Republican frat boys are all up in arms about ACORN, who submit all the registrations as legally required, bundling the odd ones separately, to facilitate investigation

and McShame hires the guy who actually
instructed his employees to TOSS OUT DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATIONS
after his team did their registration drives.

Gee, what a prince that John Sidney McCain III is, HAAHNNH?

[Emit]

3. Sproul was the one who trashed the Dem voter regs in LV, NV, iirc

Thanks for posting. I'm gonna send this to everyone I know!