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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
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ok, according to true the vote
Here are the facts:
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True the Vote (TTV) is a conservative[1][2] non-profit[3][better source needed] vote-monitoring organization whose stated objective is stopping voter fraud.
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True the Vote's website portrays voter fraud as largely a Democratic party problem. It routinely runs stories on election fraud being perpetrated by "liberals,"[14] or "Democrats".[15]
Like many groups pushing for strict voter ID laws, True the Vote asserts that voter fraud is widespread and deliberate, and relies on reports of individual incidents to support this assertion.[16] True the Vote argues for stronger voter ID laws in every state, and resists attempts to relax or remove voter ID laws. On December 13, 2011, it held a rally in Austin, Texas to support a stricter ID law passed earlier that year.[17]
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On February 28, Walker called for the data gathered by the "Verify the Recall" effort to be used as an official challenge of the recall.[23] This information was gathered and compiled entirely by True the Vote. True the Vote's executive summary contended that only 534,865 signatures gathered during the recall effort were valid.[24] There is evidence that True the Vote used a flawed process to discount signatures on the ballot, and that most of the signatures it discounted are, in fact, accurate.[25]
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In October 2012, Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat initiated an investigation into alleged voter suppression by True the Vote. Cummings wrote a letter to founder Engelbrecht, raising questions about voter challenges in Ohio, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Maryland. He indicated that if the efforts to challenge voter registrations were "intentional, politically motivated and widespread across multiple states, they could amount to a criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights."[31]
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In 2012, True the Vote applied to the Franklin County Board of Elections to place polling observers in Columbus area districts with large African-American populations. A November 6, 2012, news report in the Cleveland Leader stated that the FBCOE in Ohio had "determined" five of the six signatures on the application were likely forged.[32] Because this type of fraud is a fifth degree felony, the FCBOE declared that an investigation will be conducted after the election.[33]
Catherine Engelbrecht responded to the allegations by saying that the signatures on the initial form were genuine, and, following Franklin County instructions, were copied onto subsequent forms. She said that prior to the placement of observers, the candidates rescinded their approval following threats of lawsuits. She said that the allegation of forgery was "blatant slander", and that William Anthony, the director of the FBCOE, was formerly the chairman of the county Democratic Party. She requested that Anthony release the timeline of events surrounding the allegations and clarify whether there was any coordination with the Democratic Party.[34]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_the_Vote
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While she portrays True the Vote as nonpartisan, it grew out of a Tea Party group, King Street Patriots, that she founded in Texas. An examination shows that it has worked closely with a variety of well-financed organizations, many unabashed in their desire to defeat President Obama.
A polished and provocative video, circulating among Tea Party activists, seeks to raise a ?cavalry? to march on swing states and identifies True the Vote as a participant in the effort, called Code Red USA.
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But when True the Vote vetted petition signatures in Wisconsin?s recall election, the state?s Government Accountability Board reported that the process was ?at best flawed.? The group raised questions about thousands of signatures that the board deemed valid.
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Ms. Engelbrecht has said her goal was not to stop the recall election, which had been backed by labor unions, but to prove to those behind it ?that unions cannot strong-arm America.? She said thousands of volunteers helped enter petition signatures into a database, which was then analyzed by the group?s software. Of the one million signatures, True the Vote said 63,038 were ineligible, 212,628 required further investigation and 584,489 were valid.
The accountability board concluded that about 900,000 signatures were valid and, in a memorandum reviewing True the Vote?s work, criticized its methods.
For example: Mary Lee Smith signed her name Mary L. Smith and was deemed ineligible by the group.
Signatures deemed ?out of state? included 13 from Milwaukee and three from Madison.
The group?s software would not recognize abbreviations, so Wisconsin addresses like Stevens Point were flagged if ?Pt.? was used on the petition.
Signatures were struck for lack of a ZIP code.
While the board commended the group for encouraging ?a strong level of civic engagement,? it found that True the Vote?s results ?were significantly less accurate, complete and reliable than the review and analysis completed by the G.A.B.?
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