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Wed May 16, 2012, 12:43 PM May 2012

O'Keefe's sloppy "research" catches up to him, again.

This time he he finds a "dead" voter that is alive and well.

James O'Keefe's "Dead" NC Voter Isn't Dead

May 16, 2012 12:08 pm ET by Matt Gertz

O'KEEFE: We found ballots being offered out in the name of the dead. One man, Michael Bolton, had died April 23, but apparently the Board of Elections didn't get the memo, and his ballot was offered to us on May 8.

In the ensuing video clip, an O'Keefe operative at a polling place tells a poll worker, "The name is Michael G. Bolton." There is then a jump cut, and in the next clip the poll worker is telling the operative to sign or make an mark in the pollbook to affirm his identity. The operative then says he would feel more comfortable if he could show his photo ID, and leaves.

Something very important happens during that jump cut. As the raw video reveals, the poll worker says, "You must be a junior? ... Michael G. Bolton, Jr.?" to which O'Keefe's operative responds: "That would be correct."

Yes, as multiple obituaries for Gordon note, he was survived by, among others, his son Michael Gordon Bolton, Jr. Public records searches using the Nexis database confirm that Gordon Jr. was registered to vote at the same address given to the poll worker by the O'Keefe operative.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201205160006

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O'Keefe's sloppy "research" catches up to him, again. (Original Post) Archae May 2012 OP
I'll believe it catches up to him JustAnotherGen May 2012 #1
O'Keefe doesn't do any research Drale May 2012 #2
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