tainted elections by the GOP

[DKSuddeth]

Should this be indicative of a wider issue?

yahoo story

CONCORD, N.H. - The former head a Republican consulting group pleaded guilty to jamming Democratic telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 general election.

Allen Raymond, former president of the Alexandria, Va.-based GOP Marketplace LLC, waived indictment and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Concord on Wednesday. Judge Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. released Raymond on his own recognizance pending sentencing in November.

According to court papers, Raymond plotted with unidentified co-conspirators to jam Democratic Party telephone lines established so voters could call for rides to the polls in Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and Claremont. Manchester firefighters' union phone lines also were affected.


The jamming involved more than 800 calls and lasted for about 1 1/2 hours on Nov. 5, 2002, the day New Hampshire voters decided many state and federal races, including the U.S. Senate race between outgoing Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and then-Rep. John Sununu. Sununu, a Republican, won the race.

 

[dilloduck]

A bad apple in every bunch! I hope he sits in jail a long time. Republicanshave no sympathy for cheaters.

 

[HGROKIT]

Originally posted by DKSuddeth
Should this be indicative of a wider issue?

Within the consulting group or within the Republican party?

 

[DKSuddeth]

Originally posted by HGROKIT
Within the consulting group or within the Republican party?

think bigger, like both parties using groups like this.

 

[5stringJeff]

Bad call on the part of this group. This is the kind of thing that makes people lose faith in the system.