How To Rig An Election
Allen Raymond explains in his new book How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative how his company helped Republicans disrupt the election process by blocking, on election day, the communication ability of the New Hampshire Democratic Party office a fire department location that was planning on transporting senior citizen voters to polling places.
His efforts were shut down after an hour and a half by a communication from a Republican official who told him that the Chairman (of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, presumedly) had asked him to stop the calls because they were a violation of federal law. Raymond was convicted of phone harassment and spent time in federal prison. Two other Republican officials were brought up on charges as well. From CNN:
One of Raymond’s alleged co-conspirators, James Tobin, was a top official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee that year. He went on to serve as George W. Bush’s Northeastern regional re-election chairman in 2004. Tobin was initially convicted. But he succeeded in having that decision overturned by an appellate court. Just last week, Tobin was again indicted in the case on two counts of making false statements to a federal agent. His lawyer had no comment.
Another co-conspirator and former chairman of New Hampshire’s Republican Party, Charles McGee, pleaded guilty to phone harassment in the case and served seven months in prison.
Mr. Raymond says a film project is in the works.
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