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Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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October 19, 2004

CAMPAIGN HIGHS: An NAACP volunteer has a unique method of registering people to vote. She paid a guy with crack cocaine to register people to vote.

Sheriff Westrick said that Pitts, 41, of Toledo, admitted she gave Mr. Staton crack cocaine in lieu of cash for supplying her with completed voter registration forms. The sheriff declined to say how much crack cocaine Pitts supplied Mr. Staton, or to say whether Pitts knew that the forms Mr. Staton gave her were falsified.
[Voter fraud case traced to Defiance County registrations volunteer - Toledo Blade - 10-19-04]

CAMPAIGN LOWS: Republicans must not like the fact that in most states, newly registered voters are overwhelmingly Democrat. There's only two ways to fix that problem.

In an affidavit filed with the lawsuit, Russell said he was told to ask prospective voters, "Who would you vote for in the next election?" He said he was told to register only those who supported President Bush.

"I personally witnessed my supervisor at VOA, together with her personal assistant, destroy completed registration forms that VOA employees had collected,'' said Russell. "All of the destroyed registration forms were for registrants who indicated their party preference as 'Democrat.'"
[GOP-paid firm faces voter-fraud charge - Mercury News - 10-14-04]