Defiance County man arrested in alleged voter registration-crack cocaine scheme(DNCer knows Pitts!

A Defiance County man has been arrested for allegedly filing more than 100 false voter registration forms in exchange for crack cocaine from a Toledo woman working on behalf of the NAACP’s voter registration drive.

Chad Staton, 22, of Stratton Ave., faces a fifth-degree felony charge of false registration after sheriff’s deputies said he filled out the registration forms by himself — using either fictitious names or addresses — and gave them to Georgianne Pitts, 41. /snip/ Ms. Pitts told police she had been recruited to obtain voter registration forms by Thaddeus J. Jackson II, of Cleveland, who is coordinating the Toledo area’s voter registration drive for the NAACP voter drive.

When contacted by The Blade this afternoon, Mr. Jackson said that Ms. Pitts was a “volunteer,” but said he had no knowledge of any fraudulent voter registration forms. He declined to comment further.

The following are the headlines that a search on http://www-catalog.cpl.org yields. It looks like Mr. Jackson has had legal trouble trouble related to illegal fundraising, corruption, and vote-fraud in the past. They are all from the Ohio Plain Dealer. I went to their website, www.plaindealer.com, but they don't have an online archive, you have to pay and they send you a microfiche of the page you want. And this is Ohio's largest paper? What a Mickey-Mouse-operation.

# City Club sponsors debate involves four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the 25th Ohio Senate District-il Plain Dealer 01 May, 1998, pg. 3 sec. B

# Democrats Eric D Fingerhut, Thaddeus J Jackson, Sonya A Russell-Ogletree and Georgine Coso Welo seek to replace Sen Judy Sheerer in the 25th Ohio Senate District Plain Dealer 13 Apr, 1998, pg. 4 sec. B

# Judge refuses to put Thaddeus Jackson in clerk race Plain Dealer 29 Sep, 1993, pg. 04 sec. C

# Cuy Cty Bd of Elections removes Thaddeus Jackson from court race Plain Dealer 15 Sep, 1993, pg. 01 sec. D

# Thaddeus Jackson's residency is questioned for Cle clerk of court race Plain Dealer 27 Aug, 1993, pg. 05 sec. B

# Despite conviction, Thaddeus Jackson makes bid for Cle clerk of courts-il Plain Dealer 20 Aug, 1993, pg. 08 sec. C

# Thaddeus Jackson, ex-chrmn of the Cuy Cty Bd of Elections, gets year's probation in fund probe Plain Dealer 20 Jan, 1993, pg. 01 sec. B

# Roger M Synenberg gave election board computer rigging order, patrol reports Plain Dealer 08 Jan, 1993, pg. 01 sec. B

# Thaddeus Jackson admits taking $2,400 payment from voter-registration group Plain Dealer 19 Dec, 1992, pg. 01 sec. A

# Fight over elections seat heats up; Democratic Party has 15 days to make nomination Plain Dealer 24 Nov, 1992, pg. 09 sec. A

# Thaddeus Jackson, chairman of the Cuy Cty Bd of Elections, quits before hearing on charges-il Plain Dealer 24 Nov, 1992, pg. 01 sec. A

# Attacks on Cuy Cty Bd of Elections Chrmn Thaddeus Jackson racial, activist leader says-il Plain Dealer 22 Nov, 1992, pg. 04 sec. B

# Cuy Cty Bd of Elections Chrmn Thaddeus Jackson received advisories on ethical rules Plain Dealer 17 Nov, 1992, pg. 01 sec. B

# Cuy Cty Bd of Elections Chrmn Thaddeus Jackson should be ousted, investigator for Taft says Plain Dealer 11 Nov, 1992, pg. 01 sec. A

# Campaign '92: Beryl Rothschild claims opponent Louis Stokes got illegal $8,000 from TJ Jackson Plain Dealer 01 Oct, 1992, pg. 02 sec. B

# Cuy Cty Elections Bd Chairman Thaddeus Jackson denies wrongdoing-il Plain Dealer 25 Sep, 1992, pg. 01 sec. B # Reappearance of 77 ballots from June primary reverses Ward 10, Precinct P election results Plain Dealer 23 Sep, 1992, pg. 01 sec. A

# State finds Cuy Cty Elections Bd chaos; Chrmn Thaddeus Jackson accused of nepotism Plain Dealer 22 Sep, 1992, pg. 01 sec. A

# Cuy elections bd questions Chrmn Thaddeus Jackson's order to photocopy voter-registration cards Plain Dealer 19 Sep, 1992, pg. 01 sec. B

# Cuy Cty Bd of Elections Chairman Thaddeus Jackson, after botched primary, limits talk to media Plain Dealer 01 Sep, 1992, pg. 03 sec. B

# Thaddeus Jackson re-elected to four-year term on the Cuy Cty Board of Elections Plain Dealer 12 Jan, 1992, pg. 10 sec. B

# Thaddeus Jackson is named chairman of the Cuy Cty Bd of Elections Plain Dealer 25 Jun, 1991, pg. 02 sec. B

# Election board members' kin 'rehired' Plain Dealer 22 Mar, 1991, pg. 01 sec. B

# Cuy Cty Bd of Elections' hiring of Johnnie Jackson, brother of board member, questioned Plain Dealer 08 Feb, 1991, pg. 01 sec. B

# Question forces mistrial in Cuy Cty Board of Elections civil suit Plain Dealer 19 Jan, 1989, pg. 01 sec. B

# 42 at vote board laid off; some cry cronyism Plain Dealer 16 Jul, 1988, pg. 01 sec. B

# Stokes-backed candidate, Thaddeus Jackson, wins vote board seat Plain Dealer 08 Feb, 1987, pg. 12 sec. B

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