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Friday, October 19, 2012

2012 Republican Fears of Voter Fraud Turned Out to Be Vindicated, Because a Republican Was Just Arrested for Voter Fraud

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Funny how Republicans are always the ones whining about voter fraud. Because it seems like they're always the ones who commit voter fraud, too:

A 31-year-old man working for the Virginia Republican party was arrested on Thursday after he was caught throwing out voter registration forms, Richmond, Va., the Rockingham County sheriff's office confirmed to CBS News.

The man, Colin Small, faces 13 felony and misdemeanor counts relating to voter fraud, including one count of obstruction of justice, four counts of destruction of voter registration applications and eight counts of disclosure of voter registration applications.

According to CBS affiliate WTVR local man reportedly spotted Small throwing a bag into a Harrisonburg, Va., dumpster reserved for private use by the company at which he works, and investigated because he was annoyed that the man had improperly used the dumpster. He looked in the bag to discover eight filled-out registration forms.

(He couldn't even use the dumpster properly!) Find a mug shot of Small over at The Richmonder. If Small is found guilty, I hope he's punished severely. Taking away another American's right to vote is one of the most un-American things you can do.

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In their defense, checking Colin Small's ID, is certainly aiding in his prosecution and, had it been done earlier, may have dissuaded him from this illegal act.

Posted by Surprise Buttsex! on October 19, 2012 at 11:23 AM

Paul, you incorrectly label this voter fraud. Voter fraud is when someone illegally casts a ballot. This is very rare.

This is voter *registration* fraud and is somewhat more common.

Posted by roddy

on October 19, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Ah, the old 'Stop me before I kill/commit fraud again!" ploy.

Posted by Ziggity on October 19, 2012 at 11:50 AM

How can taking away other people's right to vote be un-American? Haven't we been doing that since the country was founded?

Posted by Asbel on October 19, 2012 at 11:57 AM

@2: +1. Still shitty, but not voter fraud. And way worse than voter registration fraud.

Posted by aureolaborealis on October 19, 2012 at 12:02 PM

I think if your party gets caught doing this kind of bullshit, the opposing party should automatically have their vote count multiplied by 1.5.

Posted by Schmapdi on October 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM

So this dude is a Republican?

Posted by Geraldo Riviera on October 19, 2012 at 12:23 PM

@2 - When the Republicans complain about voter fraud, they often cite ACORN and other groups. The few specific instances they cite are also voter registration fraud. But that's not how they label it. They label it "voter fraud." So Paul is just using the terms the GOP uses.

@7 - he was a supervisor for a firm that regularly contracts with the Republican Party, and in this case was contracted with the GOP in VA.

Posted by TJ on October 19, 2012 at 12:33 PM

Not every one of the scumbags doing this are as dumb as this one. Most of them have shredders.

As much as I love the idea of volunteers going out to register new voters, this is the downside. Any dipshit with a clipboard can go out and defraud people of their right to vote.

The very best type of volunteer-run registration program would be to give or to help people fill out the registration forms, then give them a stamp and an envelope and point them to the mailbox.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on October 19, 2012 at 12:43 PM

I wonder if he just threw out forms from black people and Latinos. Virginia doesn't register by party.

Posted by jzimbert on October 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM

If a political party is caught doing things like this, that party should be banned from operating in that state.

If a party falsly accuses someone else of doing it, they should also be barred from the state.

Either you play fair, or you don't get to play at all. Period.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on October 19, 2012 at 1:19 PM

And what does the Republican Party of Virginia have to say about this?

Posted by Charlie Mas on October 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM

It's part of the long game to get Democrats on board with voter ID legislation. FYI.

Posted by Michael of the Green on October 19, 2012 at 4:21 PM

The real voter fraud is likely to come from those easy-to-spoof voting machines.

http://tinyurl.com/9yemp4a

Posted by Greg on October 20, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Voter fraud is voter fraud is voter registration fraud OR in-person voter fraud OR any other kind of fraud that results in people not voting who should or people voting who shouldn't. Obviously, the best way to cut down on voter fraud is to not let Republicans participate in the voting process.

Posted by idaho on October 21, 2012 at 9:38 AM