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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames O'Keefe's video about N.C. voting called incorrect, 'infuriating'.
RALEIGH, N.C In an undercover "sting" video that has caused a stir since debuting online last week, a national group led by conservative activist James O'Keefe cites the cases of three Wake County voters in an effort to show that it's easy to commit voter fraud here.
The three examples used by Project Veritas, though, turned out to be wrong, according to elections officials and N&O reporting. And one family is upset that the name of their patriarch, who died in April, is being dragged into a political escapade.
"I don't even know what to say, except that it makes you feel violated," said Winifred Bolton of Raleigh. She is the widow of Michael G. Bolton, who died of cancer April 23 at age 63.
Michael Bolton is cited in the video, posted on YouTube, as an example of what the narrator calls "ballots being offered out in the name of the dead."
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/23/149956/sting-video-about-north-carolina.html#storylink=cpy
Woody Woodpecker
(562 posts)and get away with it?
spanone
(135,891 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)Wasn't "voter fraud" supposed to be a violation of the law?
Confusious
(8,317 posts)Bah duh bump.
tanyev
(42,632 posts)struggle4progress
(118,378 posts)spanone
(135,891 posts)struggle4progress
(118,378 posts)he's a dishonest and untalented two-bit hack, but IMO he's only a pawn in their game