Nashville: Voter registrations faked in GOP drive.

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http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061006/NEWS0206/610060429

Voter registrations faked in GOP drive
About 150 forms questioned in Metro, Williamson County
At least five apparently bogus voter registration forms were submitted to the Metro Nashville election commission by a worker with ties to the Republican National Committee, and up to 150 other registrations have been called into question, The Tennessean has learned.

Election officials in Williamson County said they were probing three to five potentially fraudulent forms that might or might not be related to the Metro cases.....

...Tennessee Victory 2006 is a joint effort between the state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee.

State Republican Party Executive Director Chris Devaney said that the RNC was running the show at Tennessee Victory in August, when the registrations were apparently collected....

...The potentially fraudulent forms could be the handiwork of a political worker who was paid by the number of new voters registered, said Jon Crisp, chairman of the Nashville-Davidson County Republican Party.

"I think this is more financial fraud, not election fraud," Crisp said.

He said he heard about the 100 to 150 questionable forms earlier this week and did not believe a local GOP volunteer was behind it. Instead, he said, political groups contract with companies that pay people to register voters.