Top staffer for Florida Democratic Rep. Garcia resigns amid voting fraud probe The top staffer for Florida Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia resigned this weekend after being implicated in a voting-fraud scheme. Chief of Staff Jeffrey Garcia resigned Friday after taking responsibility for the plot and being asked by the congressman for his resignation. A “well-intentioned attempt to maximize voter turnout”- Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla. The congressman said Saturday he thinks the plot was a “well-intentioned attempt to maximize voter turnout” and that the system is “prone to fraud.” Several hours before the resignation, law-enforcement investigators raided the homes of Giancarlo Sopo, the congressman's communications director, and John Estes, his 2012 campaign manager. Authorities are investigating a sophisticated scheme to manipulate last year's primary elections by submitting hundreds of fraudulent absentee-ballot requests. Garcia won the primary and later defeated incumbent Republican David Rivera in the general election. That primary resulted in a separate, federal corruption investigation into whether Rivera had ties to the illegally funded primary campaign of one of Garcia's opponents. Rivera has denied any wrongdoing. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/02/top-staffer-for-florida-democratic-rep-resigns-amid-voting-fraud-probe/#ixzz2V5auZ9qO
Kinda reminds me of this: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/03/06/the-...oyees-admit-forging-voter-registration-forms/
The real GOP voter fraud: Employees admit forging voter registration forms The Florida Department of Law Enforcement revealed Tuesday that two employees of a company hired by the Republican Party of Florida to register voters admitted they committed fraud during the 2012 election season. The two former employees of Strategic Allied Consulting are facing third degree felony charges after admitting that they submitted dozens of forged voter registration applications last fall ahead of the 2012 election. The employees, Rebekah Joy Paul and Christian Davis Price, told investigators they forged forms in order to meet the required number of applications and receive payment. Paul also said that her bosses at Strategic Allied instructed her to not register Democrats, although a lawyer for the company denies that allegation. Paul’s story is similar to a complaint filed in Nevada last fall by a woman who claimed she was told to tear up her registration form by a SAC employee when he realized she had registered as a Democrat. Strategic Allied Consulting was dismissed by the Republican National Committee and many state GOP parties after elections officials received complaints of shady registration practices and discovered irregularities on registration documents. The company is run by Nathan Sproul, a Republican who has worked on Republican get out the vote and registration campaigns for years through his various companies. Those companies have faced voter fraud accusations dating back to 2004. Just last year, Virginia officials charged Colin Small, a former employee of Strategic Allied Consulting who continued working directly for the Republican party of Virginia after the state party severed ties with SAC, with eight felonies and five misdemeanors associated with destroying voter registration forms. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has not finished its inquiry into the firm, and four more cases are still pending investigation. FDLE also announced two additional voter fraud cases would be closed without charges, including accusations that a Democratic party employee registered a non-citizen to vote. Resident Jorge Cala complained to election officials when he received a voter registration card in the mail, claiming he never understood what he was signing and that a Democratic official had pressured him to register. The investigation ended when that man was unable to pick out the Democratic Party employees from a photo lineup.
A couple of things: Fraudulent absentee-ballot requests. I take it that means that they were not actual votes, but how would it change anything? Those requests are usually vetted for accuracy, appropriate district, etc. right? Pretty stupid to even try such a thing. Mind you, the fraud charges are valid, since they knowingly did this...according to FOX , and who? Holder?
