Stop Ballot Fraud
Exposing the deceptive tactics behind the country’s most suspect ballot initiatives.
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Ballot fraud is what happens when voters are lied to and deceived into signing petition sheets, and when petition gatherers use an array of tactics, such as forgery, to falsely qualify an initiative onto the ballot. Click here for our Signature Reform Guidelines.
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The Arizona Secretary of State's office ruled Thursday that the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative does not have enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Over 100,000 were rejected for reasons such as missing or inaccurate information from signers, or signers who aren't registered voters in the state.Fraud Merchants
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Ward Connerly
Ward Connerly, who's leading the charge to eliminate affirmative action programs, has allegedly been paid millions of dollars by lucrative contracting firms who stand to benefit directly from these civil rights rollbacks.
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National Ballot Access
Reports from a number of states indicate that Ward Connerly's paid signature gatherer, Edee Baggett, is up to her old tricks. In a manner eerily similar to what was witnessed in Michigan during the 2006 cycle, complaints are already being filed alleging that voters have been tricked by National Ballot Access into signing Connerly's so-called "civil rights initiative."
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- 05.01.08 Group accused of deception in ballot drive
- 04.25.08 Affidavits claim National Ballot Access Committed Signature Fraud in MI
- 04.01.08 So called “Missouri Civil Rights Initiative” Misleading Voters
- 04.01.08 Colorado Petition Draws Charges of Deception
- 03.27.08 So Called “Colorado Civil Rights Initiative” Qualifies for Ballot
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National Voter Outreach
With rampant cases of fraud and forgery throughout the years leading to investigations, lawsuits and disqualifications, this firm has been a leader in cultivating deceptive signature gathering practices.
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Howie Rich
Howie Rich's 2006 effort to put his three-headed monster-Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), pay-or-waive schemes, and judicial attacks-on the ballot was anything but pretty.
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Paul Jacob
In 2007 a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma indicted Jacob and two others for their involvement in the 2005 petition drive to put the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) initiative on the ballot.
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JSM Inc.
JSM Inc, a signature gathering firm based in Florida, used deception and forgery in multiple states to qualify Ralph Nader for the ballot in 2004, and is frequently hired as a subcontractor by Arno Political Consultants and National Voter Outreach.
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Connerly claims supporters of affirmative action are racist, yet the only organization that supported him in 2006 was the Ku Klux Klan. Connerly was even videotaped praising the KKK’s endorsement of his civil rights rollback in Michigan.
- 08.25.08 ND Tax Measure Approved Despite Possible Fraud Full Story
- 08.22.08 Connerly Initiative Makes Nebraska Ballot, Opponents Question Signatures Full Story
- 08.22.08 Connerly Initiative Fails to Make Ballot in Arizona Full Story
- 08.21.08 Phoenix News Times Reports on Signature Fraud in Arizona Full Story
- 08.20.08 Ariz. Affirmative Action Ban Foes File Challenge Full Story