In another true sign of desperation, the Corker camp is already crying foul, insinuating that there may be voter fraud in early voting on the part of Democrats. (Figures considering we won early voting)However, this claim is ludicrous. If anyone knows about voter fraud it is the Republicans here in Tennessee.
Let me remind you guys:
GOP Leader Arrested By TBI For Voter Fraud
Shirley Ward, president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, has turned herself in to authorities and has been arrested on charges of voter fraud by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, according to department spokesperson Jennifer Johnson.
Ward, a Tipton County resident, has been charged with knowingly voting in the wrong district for a Tipton County Commission race. While Johnson could not say which County Commission seat was affected, she said the winner of the race had won by one vote.
A call to the Tipton County Election Commission confirmed that the August 3 election for Tipton County Commission race, District 2, between John Arnold McIntyre Jr. and Billy Dan Huggins was decided by one vote. McIntyre was the victor in the non-partisan race.
Ward was elected president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women in 2005 and has a long history in Republican politics. According to her biography on the organization's website, she has served as deputy chairman of "W Stands for Women," county chairman for Senator Bill Frist and Van Hilleary and co-chairman for the Bush/Cheney campaigns of 2000 and 2004. She has also served as the financial director for TeamGOP.org, an organization that is run by her son, Jeff Ward.
She has also been named "Woman of the Year" by the Tipton County Republican Women's club and serves on the statewide "Tennessee GOP Development Council in 2005."Phony Voter Registration Forms Turned In By GOP Group
A canvassing group hired by the Republican National Committee is responsible for 12 potentially phony voter-registration forms found in Davidson and Williamson counties, election officials said Friday.
Liberty Consultants also worked in Rutherford County, where the elections administrator said he fielded calls from residents who complained canvassers with the group made them sign a petition before registering, though the 800 forms submitted by the group were legitimate.
Several other Midstate county election commissions reported no contact with the group.
RNC spokesman Danny Diaz confirmed Friday that his organization hired the company to register Tennesseans to vote and said it is monitoring the situation.
"It's a good thing this has been brought to our attention," Diaz said. "If anyone has done any wrongdoing, they should be held responsible."
Liberty Consultants workers were banned from Tennessee Wal-Marts in late August because of the group's partisan nature, namely its connection to former Arizona GOP leader and Christian Coalition activist Nathan Sproul. Sproul denied wrongdoing in 2004 when some of his former workers said they were asked not to register Democrats and reported Democrat forms were thrown away, The Associated Press reported.
Diaz said he did not know personally whether RNC officials knew about Sproul's connection to Liberty Consultants. He could not provide more information.
The state Republican Party had no contact with Liberty Consultants or knowledge of the company's connections, said Chris Devaney, executive director.
"I don't know all the ins and outs, but I don't think they were here too long," Devaney said. "People involved in these kind of election activities should be punished to the fullest extent of the law."
It appears the canvassers operated in Tennessee between at least early August and early September, according to dates on the forms.
During that time, a woman named Susan Williamson picked up thousands of blank voter-registration forms from the Metro elections commission, though at first she didn't return many, said Joan Dixon, Metro chief elections deputy.
Williamson told Dixon that Liberty Consultants was working for Tennessee Victory 2006, a booster group promoting GOP candidates throughout the state, Dixon said. Tennessee Victory is backed by the RNC and the state GOP.
Williamson used the same Murfreesboro Pike address, that of an Antioch hotel, used by two canvassers who signed the forms.
A signature of Jason Holly was on some Williamson County forms. Another signature of the surname Morrison and an illegible first name, which starts with a "D," was on forms in Davidson and Williamson counties.
The registration forms, six in Metro and six in Williamson County, contain the names, addresses and phone numbers of people, but personal information such as Social Security numbers, signatures and birth dates are incorrect.
Election officials have speculated the forgers may have been paid by the number of signatures they collected.
Phone calls to Susan Williamson were answered by a voice mail message saying her phone was off or out of range. Dixon said she's been unable to contact Williamson for weeks.
So get off your high horse you Corkerites. The only folks arrested in this state for voter fraud are members of YOUR PARTY.
I know you are losing and it sucks, but you are going to have to come up with a better excuse than this. Seriously.
