Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 2, 2012 19:06:07 GMT -6
In a scandal that is at odds with the Republican Party’s much-publicized crusade against voter fraud, the firm that was hired by the RNC to do swing-state voter registration is in hot water. As a result, the GOP has stopped its voter registration push in five electorally-vital states, just shy of key registration deadlines.
The trouble surrounding Strategic Allied Consultants first surfaced last week, when an elections supervisor in Palm Beach County flagged 106 fraudulent registration forms. It has snowballed significantly since then, and could seriously hinder Republican efforts in multiple battleground states that could decide November's election.
The RNC also paid the consulting firm over $3.1 million to help the state parties of North Carolina, Nevada, Virginia, and Colorado, and had planned to use their services in Ohio and Wisconsin as well. But in response to the charges leveled in Florida—as well as similar ones in North Carolina—the GOP has since cut all ties with Strategic. This is a somewhat significant blow, as the group was the RNC’s sole contractor of voter registration assistance. As a result, the Republican push to register voters in five swing states with razor-thin margins has come to an immediate halt. With registration deadlines a little over a week away, the timing could not be worse for the Romney campaign as it looks to boost registration among its supporters.
The trouble surrounding Strategic Allied Consultants first surfaced last week, when an elections supervisor in Palm Beach County flagged 106 fraudulent registration forms. It has snowballed significantly since then, and could seriously hinder Republican efforts in multiple battleground states that could decide November's election.
The RNC also paid the consulting firm over $3.1 million to help the state parties of North Carolina, Nevada, Virginia, and Colorado, and had planned to use their services in Ohio and Wisconsin as well. But in response to the charges leveled in Florida—as well as similar ones in North Carolina—the GOP has since cut all ties with Strategic. This is a somewhat significant blow, as the group was the RNC’s sole contractor of voter registration assistance. As a result, the Republican push to register voters in five swing states with razor-thin margins has come to an immediate halt. With registration deadlines a little over a week away, the timing could not be worse for the Romney campaign as it looks to boost registration among its supporters.
After the right-wing's reproach of ACORN a few years back, this engagement of SAC could not be more of a hypocrisy.
