2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans End Swing-State Voter Sign-Up After Firing Company
Republican parties in Florida, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia -- all states that both campaigns view as competitive -- fired Glen Allen, Virginia-based Strategic Allied Consulting, the company in charge of registrations, said Kirsten Kukowski, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. The national committee also canceled its contract with the company, its only vendor signing up new voters, Kukowski said.
The five states have registration deadlines from Oct. 6 to Oct. 15. Stopping efforts before then could hurt Republican nominee Mitt Romney in his bid to unseat Democratic President Barack Obama, said Lance deHaven-Smith, a Florida State University political science professor in Tallahassee.
In any swing state thats going to be significant because these elections are so close, deHaven-Smith said. This gives an advantage to Obama.
More:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-01/republicans-end-swing-state-voter-sign-up-after-firing-company.html
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Imagine that.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Now we know why the RNC wasn't worried about ending voter registration - looks like the Chamber is picking up the slack. Vile organization.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/01/1138338/-RNC-Cancels-All-Swing-State-Voter-Registration-Drives
P.S. Scott Brown keeps boasting about the support he gets from this organization - Elizabeth Warren needs to hit him with it in the debate tonight. He claims they are 'independent', but in reality they are Republican.
Tippy
(4,610 posts)They may not need to register more people to vote....Romneys company ownes voting machines...Knoxville TN has them not sure how many there are and in what states...
I do know when our primary was held one voting place registered more votes for Romney then there was people in that county...
I wonder just how wide spread this is...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1442380
On Edit: Remember in 2004 Ohio votes were changed via a computer in Chattanoga TN
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Republican_IT_consultant_subpoenaed_in_case_0929.html
The man responsible died in a plane crash just before he was to give testimony.....