Romney Operatives Caught Handing Out Fake Ballots In Nevada AND Maine

Attempts to divide and disrupt official Ron Paul delegate slates; Romney sends in lawyer that stole election for Bush in 2000

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
May 7, 2012

Two separate incidents captured on video this  weekend reveal desperate attempts by Mitt Romney operatives to divide and  disrupt official Ron Paul endorsed delegate slates by handing out fake ballots  to attendees at the state conventions in Nevada and Maine.

The video below captured by Ron Paul supporters in  Nevada on Saturday exposes a provocateur wearing a Ron Paul T-shirt being caught  handing out a fake delegate ballot in an attempt to dilute Ron Paul supporters’  votes.

The ballot that the man was handing out looked  very similar to the official Ron Paul endorsed slate, and was even printed on  the same lime green colour paper. However, the names on the ballot were  different.

It is not clear whether the man was officially  affiliated with Romney, however, it is clear that he had a fake ID and was  passing out fraudulent documents designed specifically to look like the official  Ron Paul delegate slate for Nevada.

Watch the video:

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Remarkably, this was not an isolated incident. The  very same thing happened in Maine, indicating that there has been a coordinated  effort by Romney operatives to trick Ron Paul supporters into diluting their  votes.

As Paul campaign volunteer Ginger Taylor explains  in the following video, Romney supporters circulated not one but two different  slates, to make Paul voters think there had been a change in the official list  of delegate nominees that were being endorsed by the Paul campaign.

Paul supporters, including Taylor herself, were  forced to officially announce a withdrawal of their “nomination” to the national  convention as delegates, even though they had never agreed to stand in that  capacity.

The attempts to dilute the vote and swing more  delegates Romney’s way ultimately failed miserably thanks to the quick thinking  and alertness of Paul supporters.

Paul won a huge majority with 22 of the 25 Nevada  delegates up for grabs, leaving Romney with only 3. In Maine, Paul supporters  were elected to 21 of the 24 delegate spots.

The under the radar strategy to win delegates by  Paul Ron Paul supporters is starting to pay off. In addition to Nevada and  Maine, the Congressman has now won a majority of delegates from Iowa, Louisiana,  Massachusetts, and Minnesota with many other caucus states expected to  follow.

In some states, including Nevada, party rules  adopted last fall, dictate that since Romney won the caucuses he will get a set  number of delegates who are bound to vote for him.

Paul supporters say delegates will abide by those rules in  the first round of balloting at the national convention in Tampa, but that all  bets are off if there is more than one round of balloting.

As we reported last week, the Republican National  Committee has threatened to refuse to allow the entire delegation for Nevada to  be seated at the national convention, because Paul supporters have secured a  majority of delegate slots.

Now, with Paul’s victory in Maine, the Romney campaign has  dispatched top lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg to challenge the results. Ginsberg was  George W. Bush’s lawyer 2000 and helped secure the now infamous Florida recount,  which ultimately secured Bush the presidency.

Charles Cragin, a Romney supporter who lost Saturday’s bid to  chair the convention, called the turn of events in Maine “bizarre.” Cragin  threatened that the Paul-led delegation may not be recognized at the national  convention because of “violations of rules of procedure” this weekend in  Augusta.

“They have so phenomenally screwed this up that they will go  to Tampa and not be seated,” Cragin said.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Romney campaign  and GOP officials are fretting over the resurgence of Ron Paul’s campaign and  fear that Paul supporters could still have a huge impact on the outcome of the  nomination process.

Romney supporters and potential operatives have now been  caught red-handed engaging in dirty tricks in an attempt to derail Paul’s  surge.

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Steve Watson is the London  based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International  Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in  England.