General News Penn state police investigating voter registration group

sldanlm · Nov 5, 2016

State police raid Philly office as voter registration probe grows

No charges have been filed against FieldWorks, a Washington-based organization, and it has pledged to cooperate with investigators. People familiar with the probe say there is currently no evidence pointing toward an effort to cast illegal or fraudulent ballots in next week's election.

At a meeting with the Inquirer's editorial board Thursday, Attorney General Bruce Beemer declined to discuss specifics of the FieldWorks case. But he said most voter-registration probes focus on canvassers caught "cutting corners when it comes to registering individuals or doing stuff to meet a quota."

Still, the latest raid signaled a widening probe into the organization - one that has drawn scrutiny in other states before - and came hours after Rep. Patrick Meehan, a Republican congressman and former prosecutor, accused FieldWorks or its employees of a "criminal conspiracy" in connection with disputed registration forms in Delaware County.

According to its website, FieldWorks recruits hourly workers nationwide, requiring no previous experience. Founded in 2001, it works with "progressive advocacy organizations, federal and state Democratic campaigns," and others.
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Officials say it would be difficult for newly registered voters who used a false name, address, or driver's license number to cast a fraudulent ballot in Pennsylvania, because such voters must provide identification that matches registration information at the polls.

In the past, executives of FieldWorks have acknowledged that its business model means some of its canvassers will likely commit fraud.

In 2012, Christopher Gallaway, one of the firm's owners, testified before the board of elections for the Cincinnati area after his group flagged hundreds of possibly fraudulent registration applications.

"As an entity that hires, you know, several thousand temporary hourly employees every year . . . we have come to realize that despite out best efforts to screen people . . . there are going to be . . . employees that we hire who unfortunately try to lie to us, steal from us by getting paid for no work and commit fraud," he said, according to a hearing transcript.
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There are also reports (from a source I need to verify is reliable and not partisan) that similar activity has been going on from this organization in NE Ohio (Cleveland area) It wouldn't be surprising however if it was true, given Cleveland's geographical location to Penn.

SkyWinter · Nov 5, 2016

It's certainly disturbing to hear about voter fraud, vote tampering, etc. If the system is rigged then it's hard to be confident about how honest our system of government could actually be.

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