Wisconsin Election Official Confirms Romney Poll Watcher Materials Are Inaccurate
Source: ThinkProgress
On Tuesday, ThinkProgress reported on how the Romney campaign is training poll watchers to mislead voters in Wisconsin. Now, an election official in the Badger State has weighed in to criticize the Romney campaigns practice of hiding their poll watchers affiliations and confirm that the materials they used in trainings are misleading.
Reid Magney, a spokesman for Wisconsins Government Accountability Board, spoke with the Washington Post about the story Tuesday and corrected the Romney campaigns claims:
Pronouncing Election Day observers the first line of defense against illegal voting, the primer gives trainees some questionable advice. It says, for example, that convicted felons are ineligible to vote in Wisconsin. Not exactly true, according to Reid Magney, spokesman for the states Government Accountability Board, which administers elections. Felons who are out prison and have completed probation can vote, he said.
Once you have completed the terms of your sentence your voting rights are restored in Wisconsin, Magney said. The materials cautioned observers not to assist voters, even though the law says voters can ask for help from anyone.
Magney also criticized the Romney campaign for instructing their poll watchers not to disclose any affiliation with the campaign when they sign in at the polls (they were told to list themselves as a concerned citizen instead). We would hope that people would accurately represent who they are with, he said, though he added that state would not card people as a means of enforcement.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/31/1114071/wisconsin-election-officials/
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AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Because he knows he can't win. Its like putting Pirates in charge of Ft. Knox.
docgee
(870 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)these tactics, and others, will continue.
Anthony McCarthy
(507 posts)The Republican Party is the home of voting fraud, they steal entire elections with the help of the Republicans on the Supreme Court.
Democrats, if they manage to get a majority in the House MUST make election integrity one of their main issues. There is no issue in self-government more important than the integrity of elections. Overturning Buckley vs. Valeo and Citizens United are almost as important.
uwbadgerdem
(40 posts)Why not try it again for Romney?
Uncle Joe
(58,458 posts)Thanks for the thread, DonViejo.
chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)Who is watching Kathy Nicholaus on Tuesday evening, November 6, 2012? I'm really getting nervous that enough little things will add up to a Romney stolen victory.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,747 posts)people involved are removed and prosecuted.