November 3, 2008
More GOP Dirty Tricks in New Mexico? Caging the Vote
Caging the vote? Republican National Committee may be recruiting private investigators for vote caging in N.M.
ALBUQUERQUE — A local private investigator says he was contacted by a man recruiting on behalf of the Republican National Committee, looking for private investigators to advise poll challengers on election day. The investigator, David O’Niell, says he’s worried that RNC may be using private investigators to help with so-called vote caging, a method of vote suppression.
Vote caging is a technique involving one person, group or political party that uses returned mail, home foreclosure lists, Social Security databases or other methods to identify groups of voters and prevent them from voting.
The recruiter is Todd Stefan from SETEC Investigations, a California security company. “I was told to see if there were some individuals, people with investigative experience, IT [information technology] experience… to advise attorneys and make sure that everything goes smoothly,” Stefan told the Independent in a phone interview Friday.
Stefan declined to say whether he was recruiting on behalf of RNC…
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