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Rep. Moran's son resigns from father's campaign amid voter fraud scandal | |
2012-10-25 | |
Patrick Moran, the son of Virginia Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and the field director for his father's reelection bid, resigned abruptly Wednesday after a video linked him to voter fraud. The video -- released earlier in the day by Project Veritas, a conservative organization headed by the Republican activist James O'Keefe -- revealed that the younger Moran had weighed options for helping an undercover operative cast votes on behalf of 100 people who allegedly weren't planning to vote. "There will be a lot of voter protection, so, if they just have, you know, the utility bill or bank statement -- bank statement would obviously be tough ... but faking a utility bill would be easy enough," Moran says, apparently referring to options for getting around Virginia's voter ID laws. Moran's campaign issued a statement confirming the congressman's son had stepped down. "Patrick is well liked and was a well-respected member of the campaign team. This incident, however, was clearly an error in judgment. The campaign has accepted Patrick's resignation, effective immediately," the statement said. The resignation comes just a day after Rep. Moran and two other Virginia Democrats -- Reps. Gerry Connolly and Bobby Scott -- had urged the Justice Department to launch an investigation into Strategic Allied Consulting, a GOP firm linked to separate allegations of voter registration fraud in Virginia and Florida.
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Posted by:Fred |
#5 Right, it'd even stop the Trunks from cheating. Just last week, one got caught! I say, "Stop All The Vote Cheaters!" |
Posted by: Bobby 2012-10-25 12:36 |
#4 I agree with Doc Steve that we need to keep track of these people. But we also IMO need to change the environment so that they can't thrive. Serious Voter ID systems/enforcement would go a good way to doing that. Not a panacea, but an important element. |
Posted by: lotp 2012-10-25 11:47 |
#3 "Find one cockroach, and you won't have to look hard to find a whole load more" Lao Tsu*... *I made it up, but I'm sure the father of Taoism would agree. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-10-25 08:33 |
#2 "the Diseased Apple doesn't fall far from the Stupid Tree" - it's in the Bible, you could look it up |
Posted by: Frank G 2012-10-25 07:34 |
#1 @Fred About 2) From seing many American movies from the sixties here is the answer I would like to "What he will be doing in six months?": Making big stones into little stones all while weraing a chain at his foot. |
Posted by: JFM 2012-10-25 04:58 |