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10/14/2004
選挙不正が続々：共和党系有権者登録活動団体が各州で民主党支持者の申込を大量廃棄
ネバダ州klas-tvのスクープ( http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe )より。
ネバダ州で、共和党系の有権者登録代行団体が、民主党支持者の登録票を大量廃棄していることが判明した。さらに、同様の不正行為が、コロラド、オレゴン、アリゾナ、ペンシルバニア、メーン、バージニア、ミズーリ、ミネソタ、ミシガン、オハイオ、ウィスコンシン、その他各州でも進行している可能性がある。（ひょっとしたら4年前のフロリダ以上の大騒ぎになるかもしれない）
現在までに発覚している不正の概要は以下のとおり：
* 無党派を自称する「Voters Outreach of America」という団体が、ショッピングモール、商店街、政府施設前など、人の集まる場所で有権者登録票を配布し、大統領選挙への参加を促した。各地の住民は次々とその登録票に記入、同団体のスタッフが用紙を回収した。その後同団体スタッフは、回収した登録票のうち、民主党支持者の申込分を全て廃棄した。廃棄の事実は、当然ながら、申込者には知らせていないので、投票日当日になって、はじめて有権者は自分に投票資格がないことがわかる仕組みである。
* 組織的な選挙不正を行っている団体「Voters Outreach of America」に資金援助しているのは共和党全国委員会。団体代表はアーロン・ジェイムズという人物で、その背後にいる資金提供者はネイサン・スプロウル---スプロウル・アンド・アソシエイツという政策コンサルティング企業を経営する元アリゾナ州共和党委員長で、アリゾナ州キリスト教徒連合を率いる人物である。この二人は、アリゾナ州でラルフ・ネイダーの大統領選挙活動を支援している( http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=7954 )。
* スプロウル・アンド・アソシエイツが愚かなのは、登録申込を促すために、スタッフに成果報酬を約束しておきながら支払いを怠っていたことだ。怒ったスタッフが内部告発者としてメディアに登場し、民主党支持者の登録用紙の廃棄事実が暴露されてしまったのである。
（その他参照リンク：コロラド州の報道/事件を追求する有名ブログ：Daily Kos）
ところで、今回の不正が発覚したきっかけのひとつは、オレゴン州ミッドフォードの図書館長を務めるメーガン・オフラティさんが、オレゴン各地の図書館宛てに配達された手紙に疑惑を抱いたのが始まりだった。
その手紙---「図書館に有権者登録のブースを作るので協力して欲しい」という依頼の手紙には、スプロウル・アンド・アソシエイツと記されていた。
「スプロウル・アンド・アソシエイツは、無党派の全国有権者登録活動“America Votes”に認定された政策コンサルティング企業です」という手紙の説明を疑った彼女は、ネットでリサーチして、手紙の主が前アリゾナ州共和党委員長であることを発見。そのネイサン・スプロウルという人物が、無党派の全国活動“America Votes”とは無関係でありながら、紛らわしい名称を使い（スプロウル・アンド・アソシエイツは自らの活動を正式には“Project America Votes”と名乗っていた）図書館側を騙すつもりであったことをつきとめて、同僚たちに警戒連絡をしたのである。
マイケル・ムーアの著作を言論の封殺から助け出し、司法長官の違法な国民監視から読者を守り、今度は国民の投票を守ったわけだ。ヴォネガット氏の言うとおり、図書館員の皆さんに拍手を送りたい。（もちろん、元図書館司書のファーストレディは除外する）
民主主義を本当に擁護する気があるのなら、合衆国政府は、国防総省ではなく図書館に投資すべきではないか。
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Voter Registration Fraud Allegations -- Oct. 13
A former worker with Voters Outreach of America is claiming that his bosses threw out voter registrations. Employees of a private voter registration company say they saw evidence of fraud. It could mean that hundreds of people who think they are registered, may not be. Investigation into Trashed Voter Registrations (Oct. 13) -- Federal, state, and local officials are gathering information about allegations of voter registration fraud that were first raised Channel 8 Eyewitness News. An employee of a private voter registration firm alleges that his bosses trashed registration forms filled out by Democratic voters because they only wanted to sign up Republican voters. The allegations have set off a political firestorm stretching from Las Vegas to Washington D.C., and beyond. As with everything else in this election year, it's now become a political football being tossed between the two parties, with charges and countercharges, but at its core, there still remains the matter of registration forms that were ripped up and tossed in the trash. Who did it, and why? That's what official agencies will try to determine. On Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegan Eric Russell and his girlfriend took a packet of documents to the Las Vegas FBI office but left before filing a formal complaint about what Russell says was a deliberate effort to disenfranchise local voters. Russell worked for a company called Voters Outreach of America, along with 300 other people. He says he got into a beef with the company over a pay dispute, and witnessed his bosses ripping up registration forms that had been filed by democrats. "They were thrown away in the trash. I grabbed them out," said Eric Russell. One of those forms belonged to Daren Gray, who was shocked to learn that the re-registration form he filled out was never turned in. "I'm pretty mad, upset. I'm still gonna vote," said Daren Gray. Russell doesn't know how many democratic registrations were tossed in the trash but guesses the number could be very high since Voters Outreach of America operated in Las Vegas for more than two months. The FBI confirms that it is gathering information about the case but stopped short of calling it an investigation, saying it wants to talk to Russell again. Secretary of State Dean Heller issued a statement that his office is also taking a look, trying to figure out what if any laws might have been violated. Nevada Democrats came out swinging Wednesday. "Most disturbing is that Voter Outreach of America is being paid by the National Republican Party and we ask how can people have faith in government if a national party is involved in trickery in depriving people the right to vote," said Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates. The Republican National Committee acknowledges that it hired Voters Outreach of America to register voters, but in a statement said it had zero tolerance for any kind of fraud. Local party officials said there is no way the GOP would instruct the company to trash democratic registrations. However, similar problems have been alleged elsewhere. In Washoe County, the registrar says he too has turned over information to the FBI about Republican backed registration efforts. In Oregon, the same company that was operating here has been criticized for its tactics in signing up voters. There, it used the name America Votes, which is actually the name of a Democratic organization. Employees in Las Vegas say they too were told that the name of the company was America Votes. "They confused us with the name. They told us one thing and told the temp force something else. They told us America Votes," Russell said. So, why has this company used the name of a Democratic organization as it signs up voters here and in Oregon? It's a question Eyewitness News is investigating. In the meantime, Eric Russell is about to learn what it's like to stir the pot. He has already been attacked in other media accounts as a disgruntled employee who was fired and displayed a violent temper. Russell was a disgruntled employee. He admits that if he had been paid, he probably wouldn't have talked. Even so, discrediting him doesn't explain the existence of the trashed registration forms. Call the Clark County Election Department at 455-VOTE or click here( http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/election/lookup.asp ) to see if you are registered. Voter's Outreach Connection to Nader Campaign (Oct. 13) -- Eyewitness News has learned Voters Outreach of America also has a connection to Ralph Nader's presidential campaign. The independent candidate was in Las Vegas Wednesday. Eyewitness News has learned Voters Outreach of America collected signatures in Arizona for Ralph Nader and for Republican backed ballot initiatives. Voters Outreach of America worked hand in hand in Arizona with JSM Incorporated, an organization known for working on Republican campaigns. JSM collected signatures for Nader in Nevada as well. Democrats argue Ralph Nader pulls voters away from Democrat John Kerry, as both share similar messages. Nader argues it's the other way around. "Why is John Kerry suddenly going after big business and large corporate power? Because he wants to take away some of our voters so we've had some good effect on that," Nader said. Nader's potential impact on Kerry isn't lost on Republicans. In July, Republican consultant Steve Wark admitted raising money for Nader's Nevada campaign in an effort to bolster President Bush. While Wark was raising money, JSM Incorporated, a known Republican consultant group, collected signatures to get Ralph Nader on the November ballot. Nader acknowledges the company, but dismisses any Republican involvement in his campaign. "That's a laughing mockery if the Republicans wanted to get us on 50 state ballots they could have done it with a fifth of the money the Democrats have spent to keep us off the ballots. They have in a few states tried to collect signatures we've refused to take them. That's the critical issue," Nader said. But Clark County election officials tell Eyewitness News they received and certified Nader petitions turned in by JSM. In a one on one interview this morning, Nader says JSM was working independent of his campaign. "There's no coordination that would be illegal." But a track record of JSM and Voters Outreach working on similar plans in other states is raising questions about what is right and what is wrong when it comes to winning an election. In August, Nevada democrats tried to remove Nader from the ballot, citing inconsistencies with JSM petitions. They claimed names and addresses didn't match up. Last month the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Nader could stay on the ballot. JSM practices are also under review, or have been under review, in Arizona, West Virginia, Ohio and New Mexico. In those states, JSM was collecting signatures for Republican candidates, Republican initiatives, and Ralph Nader. (Oct. 12) -- Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day. The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in the trash. Anyone who has recently registered or re-registered to vote outside a mall or grocery store or even government building may be affected. The I-Team has obtained information about an alleged widespread pattern of potential registration fraud aimed at Democrats. The focus of the story is a private registration company called Voters Outreach of America. The out-of-state firm has been in Las Vegas for the past few months, registering voters. It employed up to 300 part-time workers and collected hundreds of registrations per day, but former employees of the company say that Voters Outreach of America only wanted Republican registrations. Two former workers say they personally witnessed company supervisors rip up and trash registration forms signed by Democrats. "We caught her taking Democrats out of my pile, handed them to her assistant and he ripped them up right in front of us. I grabbed some of them out of the garbage and she tells her assisatnt to get those from me," said Eric Russell, former Voters Outreach employee. Eric Russell managed to retrieve a pile of shredded paperwork including signed voter registration forms, all from Democrats. We took them to the Clark County Election Department and confirmed that they had not, in fact, been filed with the county as required by law. So the people on those forms who think they will be able to vote on Election Day are sadly mistaken. We attempted to speak to Voters Outreach but found that its office has been rented out to someone else. The landlord says Voters Outreach was evicted for non-payment of rent. Another source said the company has now moved on to Oregon where it is once again registering voters. It's unknown how many registrations may have been tossed out, but another ex-employee told Eyewitness News she had the same suspicions when she worked there. It's going to take a while to sort all of this out, but the immediate concern for voters is to make sure you really are registered. The company has been largely, if not entirely funded, by the Republican National Committee. Similar complaints have been received in Reno where the registrar has asked the FBI to investigate. All content © Copyright 2000 - 2004 WorldNow and KLAS. All Rights Reserved. (Oct. 13) -- Some Nevadans, who thought they had registered to vote, may have had their applications tossed in the trash. Channel 8 Eyewitness News has learned that countless voter registration forms may have been destroyed and never processed. If you are one of those people, you will not be able to vote. This could have happened to hundreds or thousands of people. You need to look no further than Florida in the last presidential election. In the final hours to register to vote on Tuesday night, thousands waited in line at the Clark County Government Center. They filled out the form and waited patiently for the next available clerk. Democrat Natalia Connerly isn't here because she's a procrastinator but, instead, she may be a victim of voter fraud. Months ago, someone signed her up outside a grocery store at Lake Mead and Nellis Boulevard. "I haven't gotten anything in the mail. I've been looking for my voter registration card that I normally get and I don't have anything," said Natalia Connerly, voter. Eyewitness News has spoken with employees of the private voter registration company called Voters Outreach of America, also known as America Votes. More than 300 part-time workers have been canvassing southern Nevada shopping malls and grocery stores collecting registrations. Former employee Eric Russell says his supervisor would destroy the democratic registrations and keep the republican ones. "We caught her taking Democrats out of my pile, handed them to her assistant and he ripped them up right in front of us," Russell said, adding, "I grabbed some of them out of the garbage and she tells her assistant to get those from me." In Reno, Washoe County's Registrar of Voters is taking a much closer look at registration forms. The FBI is now being called in to look at allegations that the same company, Voter Outreach of America forged nearly 200 registrations. The Republican National Committee is primarily responsible for the hiring of the group in Nevada. Earlene Forsythe, the chair of the Nevada Republican Committee says her party is surprised by the alleged fraud. "The Republican National Party would never intentionally hire any staff people to come into the state to intentionally do voter fraud." In Clark County, Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax says an investigation could also be launched against the group. "If it's true that some illegal things have happened and we see some evidence of that, we'll react accordingly. We'll probably start with the district attorney's office," Lomax said.
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Investigation of voter registration fraud -- Oct. 12
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George Knapp, Investigative Reporter
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George Knapp, Investigative Reporter
Voter Registrations Possibly Trashed
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Voter Fraud Follow
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