Strategic Allied Consulting was hired by Republicans to do voter registration drives in Florida and other states. But last fall, the state party fired the company and took the additional step of filing an election fraud complaint against the company with state officials. Both alleged that they were told they would not get paid unless they submitted a certain number of applications, and Paul alleges that she was instructed not to register Democrats.
In Florida, there are still four pending cases against the firm, though an attorney for the company says the investigation is looking at at most six employees, so the probe is just a "tempest in a teapot. But Strategic Allied Consulting, headed up by infamous voter registration consultant Nathan Sproul, has a history of shady dealings and legal troubles related to voter fraud -- a history that hasn't stopped Republicans from continuously hiring the firm.
In , for instance, Lincoln Strategy Group, which is also headed up by Sproul, tried to pull votes away from John Kerry by trying to get Ralph Nader on the ballot. At the time the firm was employed by the national Republican Party. In October , in Nevada and Oregon, former employees of the Sproul-run Voters Outreach of America alleged that they witnessed staff members shredding registration forms from Democrats. Haake reminded all political parties that it is a crime to throw away voter registration forms if the individual supports an opposing party.
While there is no evidence Strategic Allied Consulting did that in Virginia, Haake encourages all voters to be mindful as parties beef up recruiting efforts ahead of the October 15 voter registration deadline. When CBS 6 visited that address today the firm did not know who the group was. Joe St. George will continue to investigate this story.
News National News. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Virginia Republicans fire voter registration group. By: Joe St. Haake said he informed the Republican Party of the incident when it occurred.
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