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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 24, 2004

VOTER SUPPRESSION: If your campaign is looking for a firm whose name is synonymous with credibility and Christian values, call Sproul & Associates!

Nathan Sproul's firm, Arizona-based Sproul & Associates, made a quick $500,000 from the Republican National Committee this year. Sproul, the former head of Arizona's Christian Coalition, headed a multi-state voter registration effort called Voters Outreach of America which is currently being investigated in two states for fraud.

SPROUL STANDS FOR: Substitute teacher Adam Banse wanted a summer job with flexible hours, so he signed up to knock on doors in suburban Minneapolis and register people to vote. He quit after two hours. "They said if you bring back a bunch of Democratic cards, you'll be fired," Banse contends. "At that point, I said, `Whoa. Something's wrong here.'"
[GOP Voter Drive Accused of Tossing Cards - AP - 10-23-04]

Russell, who was paid $8.50 an hour to register voters, said he was fired last month after protesting his supervisors' destruction of Democratic forms. "I didn't think it was right to register Republicans when there are others out there that should also be allowed the opportunity to register," Russell said Wednesday. A supervisor "right in front of me was tearing up the Democratic registration forms."
[Voter fraud alleged - Las Vegas Review-Journal - 10-14-04]

She says she worked for less than two weeks as a voter registrar for the state Republican Party. She and others walked neighborhoods to sign up voters, but only Republican voters. She says her supervisors at the party, two women named Monica and Drea, told the employees what they should do with any registrations they received from Democrats. "Just do whatever you want to with it. Dispose of it or bring it back here and we will dispose of it," Parker said.
[Voter Fraud Allegations Headed to Court - KLAS-TV - 10-14-04]

Sproul's deception began raising eyebrows in Arizona when the company attempted to set up voter registrations in public libraries by using the name of a legitimate non-partisan group, America Votes. The legitimate non-partisan group had no knowledge that Voters Outreach of America was falsely using their name and is currently pursuing legal action against Sproul & Associates.

BEARING FALSE WITNESS: A local librarian checking on a company’s request to set up a voter registration booth in the library discovered the company was not affiliated with a non-partisan national group as it claimed. Sproul & Associates, Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz., phoned and mailed the library in September, saying it had been hired by America Votes.
[Librarian bares possible voter registration dodge - Mail Tribune - 09-21-04]

also read: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FAKE AMERICA VOTES AND NATHAN SPROUL.