Wisconson Election Official Confirms Romney Poll Watcher Materials Are Inaccurate

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Official Confirms Romney Poll Watcher Materials Are Inaccurate

by Scott Keyes at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/31/1114071/wisconsin-election-officials/?mobile=nc

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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 campaign’s practice of hiding their poll watchers’ affiliations and confirm that the materials they used in trainings are misleading.

Reid Magney, a spokesman for Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, spoke with the Washington Post about the story Tuesday and corrected the Romney campaign’s 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 state’s 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.

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[Angry Dragon]

1. 'Facts don't have any place in politics' says Willard

[davidpdx]

2. The sad thing is nothing will be done about this

Is the MSM isn't picking up on this? The Wisconsin Pukes control all the offices involved. The only way to stop it is to have Obama supporter out there challenging the placement of materials in each precinct. Even then there is no guarantee that polling places will stop them from doing this. I think the best we can hope for is to minimize the impact.