Registration Groups

The News Informant ^ | 10-01-04 | Bob Skilnik

[toddlintown]

In the meantime, charges of voter fraud continue. Democrats cried foul over news reports of the alleged destruction of voter registration forms by a Republican-funded registration group and National Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe charged the Republican National Committee of engaging in voter fraud in at least two states. But Republicans are also pointing fingers. America Coming Together and Acorn, nonprofit groups that have conducted voter registration drives in poor neighborhoods, have both been accused of turning in fraudulent voter registrations.

Kerry strategist Tad Devine has called the work of third-party groups to bring in new voter registrations “unprecedented.” Notwithstanding, in the key state of Ohio, registration efforts appear to be somewhat beyond other efforts. The Republican Party of Ohio recently challenged 35,000 new registrations after the U.S. Postal Service returned a mass of mail, indicating that the mail was “undeliverable.” A check of registered voters in a Columbus neighborhood found that, of six new registrants on a single block, three had recently moved, one could not be found, and the last was listed at a nonexistent address.

The feeling of success by bringing in new registrants, however, has to be balanced by an understanding of why they have actually been registered. The high numbers of new registrants must be offset by the fact that only those new potential voters who have an intense interest in an election will actually turn out. Typically the number of new registrants who cast their votes falls under fifty-percent.

[toddlintown]

Them cheaten' RATS!

[wvobiwan]

Aside from a few Republican wackos, the entire voter fraud business is owned by the Dems. Accusations of Rep. wrongdoing are smoke screens. Standard Dem strategy: accuse your opponent of the crimes that you intend to commit.