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As featured on p. 218 of "Bloggers on the Bus," under the name "a MyDD blogger."

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Fraud

Under the radar until now, there is a concentrated effort to steal this election. After seeing this preponderance of evidence, I'm convinced of it.

The company Sproul and Associates, which is suspected of tearing up Democratic voter registration forms in Las Vegas, has set up registration drives in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida and Nevada and is accused of the same things in most if not all of these states. Sproul & Associates is a Republican consulting firm run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Republican Party and Arizona Christian Coalition. Here's a state-by-state look:

Nevada:
Voters Outreach of America AKA America Votes tears up Democratic voter registration forms in Nevada.

Oregon:
Company claiming affiliation with non-partisan 'America Votes' to register voters in Oregon is actually GOP consulting firm Sproul & Associates, Inc.

West Virginia and Pennsylvania:
Sproul & Associates AKA America Votes workers in WV and PA refuse to register Kerry voters.

Oregon
Democrats in Oregon have complained that canvassers for Arizona based Sproul & Associates have been pressuring residents to register as Republicans so that they can get paid.

Arizona
Arizona Nader campaign was assisted in its petition drive by an unlikely figure: the ultra-conservative
former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, Nathan Sproul.

Who is this Sproul? Here's a good background story on him and his political track record, cached on Google.

In case you're wondering, here is the direct link between Sproul and Voters Outreach of America.

According to several sources, two of the contractors Sproul hired to oversee petition gathering for No
Taxpayer Money For Politicians -- Aaron "A.J." James, who directs Voters' Outreach of America, and Diane
Burns -- were also paid by Sproul to get as many signatures as possible for Nader.


And Here's a newsgroup posting to librarians warning of a possible Sproul fraud in several states.

And most interestingly,
Here's
a careerbuilder.com help wanted ad for Voters Outreach of America that says "Paid for by the Republican National Committee".

This is not an election about the issues. This is a naked power grab by the Republicans to maintain their hold on the White House. And we can't let this happen.

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