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blockquote>Another Republican activist, an attorney in Hamilton County, Ohio who declined to be named for fear of “burning bridges,” told Business Insider that the campaign’s GOTV organization in that crucial swing county completely collapsed in the weeks leading up to the election.
In an interview last week, the attorney, one of the “Lawyers for Romney” who volunteered to help the campaign’s legal team by watching the polls on Election Day, described how the Romney campaign sent its legal volunteers the wrong training information, failed to provide volunteers with information about where they were supposed to be on Election Day, and stopped responding to phone calls and emails in the final two weeks of the campaign.
“It was basically a disaster,” the attorney said. “They never explained what we were supposed to be doing — where we were supposed to start, where we were supposed to end, what I was supposed to do at the end of the night — they didn’t explain any of it....A month before, you couldn’t get a phone call or an email answered.”
“Four out of eight of my polling places didn’t have a poll observer,” the attorney continued. “How you don’t even get people credentialed properly is beyond my comprehension.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-project-orca-election-day-collapse-2012-11#ixzz2C37aHa6f

Please allow me to say, as one who grew up in Hamilton County, and who still lives within 2 hours, that Hamilton county absolutely should not be difficult for a republican to organize. It is historically republican, it has neatly defined township, town, village, etc., lines, it has wondeful leadership assets, and it is not impoverished at all.
I must take this as evidence that Mitt Romney took a dive.
It's one thing to say your site crashed on election day, but it's quite another to deny access to your local legal teams for weeks leading up to the election. Refusal to communicate is NOT a failing of a system. It is a deliberate act.

Were they afraid that this economy could not be healed and the GOP-E didn't want to take the fall?

Here is the typical email I got.
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Friends:

I hope you are as excited as I am about the home stretch of this campaign. The momentum is clearly on our side, and the Romney-Ryan ticket is surging in the polls. We are going to win this thing! And we are so thankful for those of you who have provided assistance along the way.

There is more to do. If you are interested in volunteering in a battleground state for Election Day, email deployedlawyers@mittromney.com. We are still accepting applications.

But even if you can’t volunteer in a battleground state, there are plenty of ways to help ensure a fair and open election. Each state has one or more Lawyers for Romney chairs who are working hard to help our cause. If you would like to join the efforts in your state, email ssutter@mittromney.com and ask to be put in touch with the Lawyer for Romney Chair in your state.

Finally, please let’s make one final push to sign up new Lawyers for Romney members at www.lawyersforromney.com. This is your last chance to become the person who has recruited the most new members. Whoever recruits the most new members gets to spend election night in Boston with our team! We will notify the person this coming Wednesday.

Thanks,

Lee Rudofsky
Deputy General Counsel
Romney for President, Inc.
857-288-3724 (office)
202-258-4204 (cell)
lrudofsky@mittromney.com
Lawyers, sign up here: www.mittromney.com/forms/legal-volunteers

Here is another one I got
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Friend,

There are only 55 days to the election! Indeed, some Americans are already voting absentee in North Carolina. It’s crunch time!

We are very close to meeting our goal of recruiting enough lawyers to ensure a fair and open election. I am asking for your help in one more final recruiting push, particularly in some of the larger legal markets in the US. If you know Republican lawyers, especially any from New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, Illinois, or California, please get them to sign up at www.lawyersforromney.com.

When the lawyers you know sign up, they should list you as the person who referred them - anyone who refers 5 people will receive a limited edition Lawyers for Romney lapel pin.

Thanks,

Ben Ginsberg
National Counsel