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Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:28 PM Oct 2012

G.O.P. Operative Long Trailed by Allegations of Voter Fraud

For a year, the Republican National Committee has portrayed Democrats as the villains when it comes to voter fraud.

In a provocative article on CNN’s Web site, the committee’s chairman, Reince Priebus, said, “Democrats know they benefit from election fraud.”

The tables have turned, however, and Republicans are now playing defense over the role of a well-paid operative, Nathan Sproul, in a voter registration scandal that emerged in Florida and has spread to other states.

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The voter registration fraud allegations against Mr. Sproul’s companies seem to fit a pattern.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/us/politics/nathan-sproul-a-republican-operative-long-trailed-by-voter-fraud-claims.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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