Republicans Find Voter Fraud in Their Ranks

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco

So while the GOP is making noise and guarding the front door against alleged voter fraud – launching voter ID offensives in 22 states of the union, preparing to let loose an army of election observers in key precincts – there may have been some shady voter registration shenanigans going on through their own back door. It turns out  that a Republican funded voter registration and mobilization firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, in under investigation for voter fraud in Florida.

Here’s how the Los Angeles Times reported the story:

In Florida, the state party fired the firm on Tuesday after election workers in Palm Beach County discovered numerous registration forms that appeared to be filled out in the same handwriting, some including wrong addresses and birthdays. Some of the forms switched addresses and party registrations, including changes from Democratic or independent to Republican, said county elections supervisor Susan Bucher.

The company helped identify 106 forms submitted by the same worker.

So the dominoes started tumbling.  Strategic Allied Consulting has been fired in six other swing states. Party big-wigs say they have a zero-tolerance for such bad behavior. According to the same LA Times piece, RNC spokesman Sean Spicer said “When the allegations yesterday were brought to our attention, we severed our relationship. We acted swiftly and boldly.”

Here’s the thing, though: back in 2004 there were allegations that employees of Strategic Allied Consulting were registering Democratic voters and throwing those registrations in the trash. Wouldn’t that have been the proper time to act swiftly and boldly?

[Photo By The Rachel Maddow Show]

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