Sabata yatha, chipani cha New Mexico Republican Party chinanena molakwika kuti anthu 28 adaponya mavoti achinyengo mu June Democratic primary ku House District 13. Akuluakulu a chipani cha State Republican Party adati ndemanga ya ovota 92 omwe adalembetsa kumene m'chigawochi adapeza mavoti 28 omwe anali olakwika. manambala achitetezo ndi masiku obadwa olakwika. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, akuluakulu a GOP adanena kuti izi zinali zoonekeratu zachinyengo cha ovota.
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Komabe, zadziwika kuti bungweli lidachitapo kanthu kwambiri popondereza mavoti a anthu omwe amafuna kuponya mavoti a demokalase m’maboma osiyanasiyana.
Pafupifupi sabata imodzi pambuyo pa zisankho zapakati pa chaka cha 2006, Rogers adatumiza Rumaldo Armijo, Wothandizira Woyimira milandu waku US ku New Mexico yemwe amayang'anira zisankho, imelo yofulumira, ponena kuti adalandira foni yosadziwika kuofesi yake yamalamulo kuchokera kwa mwamuna "wokhala ndi Spanish pang'ono. mawu" omwe adati anali wogwira ntchito ku Bernalillo County "ndipo powerengera sabata ino, "adawonjezera mavoti a Heather."
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Patangopita masiku awiri imelo yake yoyamba ku Armijo, Rogers adamutumiziranso cholemba china.
"Sindinamve kuchokera kwa wothandizira wa FBI, ndipo ndikupemphanso kuti afufuzidwe mwamsanga," Rogers analemba mu imelo ya Nov. 13, 2006. "Ndikupezeka ndipo ndikukupemphani kuti mutumize imelo kwa othandizira a FBI ndi maofesi ena kapena anthu ena."
Iglesias adati "palibe mlandu womwe unaperekedwa chifukwa cha "kutumiza" kwa Pat.
Koma Rogers anapitirizabe kuumirira mlandu wake. Anatengera madandaulo ake ku ofesi ya loya wa Bernalillo County ndipo adapempha kuti afufuze.
Komabe, kufufuzako sikunayambike chifukwa zonena za Rogers sizikanatsimikiziridwa.
Wilson adasankhidwanso ndi malire a mavoti 861 mwa mavoti opitilira 211,000 omwe adaponyedwa.
Akuluakulu a zisankho zaku New Mexico komanso akuluakulu azamalamulo amakhulupirira kuti zomwe a Rogers ananena kuti mavoti a Wilson adachulukana anali kuyesa kuti ofufuza afufuze zowona za mavoti omwe adaponyedwa ku Madrid pomwe mavoti akuwerengedwa ndipo mpikisano udakalipo. mpweya.
Rogers akuwoneka kuti akudzutsanso nkhani zomwezi zokhudzana ndi chinyengo cha ovota pa June Democratic primary m'chigawo cha Albuquerque State House.
Kuphatikiza apo, a Rogers ndi akuluakulu ena aboma a GOP alunjika ku bungwe la Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now (ACORN), ponena kuti gululi likuchita zachinyengo zomwe zafala kwambiri m'boma.
Poyesa kupulumutsa kampeni yake, a John McCain adalumphiranso pamlandu wa ACORN, nawutchulanso pamkangano wachitatu wapurezidenti. Adalengeza kuti ACORN "tsopano yatsala pang'ono kuchita chinyengo chachikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya ovota mdziko muno, mwina kuwononga demokalase."
Komabe, kufufuza komwe kunayambika motsutsana ndi ACORN kwadzetsa nkhawa zina, makamaka kuti a Republican akukwapula nkhaniyi pofuna kuyesa kukwiyitsa, kutsitsimutsa kampeni ya McCain, komanso kuopseza ovota atsopano.
Kumbali yake, ACORN yaumirira kuti kasamalidwe kabwino kake kadawonetsa mafomu ambiri okayikitsa olembetsa asanaperekedwe kwa akuluakulu aboma komanso kuti malamulo aboma nthawi zambiri amafuna kuti magulu olembetsa akunja apereke mafomu onse mosasamala kanthu za zovuta zowonekera.
Kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha awonetsanso kuti kulembetsa mwachinyengo sikumachititsa kuti mavoti aponyedwe mosaloledwa chifukwa pali zodzitchinjiriza zina zambiri zomwe zimapangidwa mudongosolo.
Mwachitsanzo, kuyambira Okutobala 2002 mpaka Seputembala 2005, anthu 70 anapezeka olakwa pamilandu yokhudzana ndi zisankho, malinga ndi ziwerengero zomwe zidalembedwa ndi New York Times chaka chatha. Okwana 18 okha mwa omwe anali ovotera osayenera.
Malinga ndi mkulu wina wa ku New Mexico U.S. Attorneys, ogwira ntchito ku GOP adakakamiza akuluakulu aboma kuti alankhule ndi a FBI paza zisankho zomwe akuti adachita zachinyengo komanso kuti afufuze ku ACORN.
Lachitatu, webusayiti ya TPMMuckraker.com idalumikizana ndi Oliver, kalaliki wa Bernalillo County, kuti atsatire zomwe adakumana nazo ndi FBI.
"Toulouse Oliver adawonjezera zambiri pachithunzichi. Ananenanso kuti adaperekanso mapepala okayikitsa (ambiri mwa iwo anali ndi zidziwitso zosagwirizana, kapena ma adilesi olembedwa omwe kulibe) ku maofesi a District Attorney ndi US Attorney m'derali," inatero TPMMuckraker. "A FBI italumikizana naye, idati idafunsidwa kuti atsatire ndi ofesi ya Loya waku US. Ndipo msonkhano wapakati pa Toulouse Oliver ndi wothandizira wa FBI udapezekanso ndi Wothandizira Woyimira milandu waku US.
Malangizo ofufuza a Federal amaletsa kwambiri kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi zisankho mavoti asanaponyedwe chifukwa chotheka kuti zofunsazo zitha kukhala zandale komanso zitha kukhudza zotsatira za zisankho.
"Nthawi zambiri, ovota sayenera kufunsidwa mafunso, kapena kufufuza kwina kwa ovota kuchitidwa, mpaka chisankho chitatha," malinga ndi malangizo a Dipatimenti Yachilungamo pazachisankho monga momwe adawunikiridwa mu May 2007 pa nthawi ya Gonzales monga Attorney General.
M'mafunso achidule Lachitatu, Iglesias, yemwe anali Loya wakale waku New Mexico US yemwe adachotsedwa ntchito ngati gawo la woyimira boma woyendetsedwa ndi White House mu 2006, adati sakudziwa "ndani adayatsa moto pansi pa [New Mexico] FBI ponena za kunenedwa zachinyengo za ovota."
Iglesias adati adadabwa kuti FBI ikadavomera kuti ifufuze ACORN tsopano komanso kuti mafunsowo ayenera kuti adalandira kuwala kobiriwira kuchokera ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.
Iglesias adati mu Seputembala 2004, adakhazikitsa gulu lochita zachinyengo pazisankho, kuti lifufuze zonena kuti ACORN idachita nawo chinyengo cholembetsa ovota.
"A FBI ku [New Mexico] anali olimba mtima nditakweza gulu lazachinyengo la ovota lomwe ndidapanga kale mu 2004 chifukwa SAC [Special Agent in Charge] idati FBI General Counsel adati kufufuza koteroko kudakhumudwitsidwa chifukwa chowoneka kuti ndi wamkulu. 'zandale,' ” adatero Iglesias.
“Ndinachita kupotoza manja awo kuti alowe nawo ndipo nditawatsimikizira kuti palibe amene adzazengedwe mlandu chisankho chisanachitike. …Ndikudabwa chifukwa chomwe FBI idachoka mu 2004 kukhala yotsamira kutsogolo tsopano. Akuwakakamiza ndani ndipo chifukwa chiyani?"
Rogers ndi akuluakulu ena a GOP akuti ACORN yasandutsa chigawo cha Bernalillo kukhala malo achinyengo a anthu ovota komanso chinyengo cholembetsa ovota.
Milanduyi idawonekera koyamba mu 2004, pomwe Sheriff wa County Bernalillo Darren White adawonekera kuofesi ya kalaliki wa chigawocho akufuna kudziwa ngati pali zolembetsa zokayikitsa za ovota pafayilo.
A Mary Herrera, kalaliki wa Bernalillo County, adauza White kuti panali mafomu pafupifupi 3,000 omwe mwina anali osakwanira kapena olembedwa molakwika.
Chigawo cha Bernalillo chinali cholinga cha khama lalikulu la gulu la Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now (ACORN) kuti lilembetse ovota, zomwe zidapindula ndi anthu pafupifupi 65,000 omwe adalembetsa kumene.
Koma a Sheriff White amafuna kutsutsa kukhulupirika kwa mayina ena omwe ali pamipukutu yolembetsera ovota.
White adalanda mafomu olembetsa ngati umboni kuti ACORN idapereka mafomu olembetsa achinyengo. Adachita msonkhano wa atolankhani limodzi ndi akuluakulu ena a Republican m'boma kuti atchule za nkhaniyi.
White adakankhira Iglesias kuti awononge ma drive olembetsa ovota omwe amathandizidwa ndi Democratic.
Iglesias adakhazikitsa gulu lochita zachinyengo mu Seputembala 2004 ndipo adakhala miyezi yopitilira iwiri akufufuza zachinyengo chambiri m'boma lake.
"Nditaunika umboniwo, komanso mogwirizana ndi Bungwe la Justice Department Election Crimes Unit ndi FBI, sindinapeze milandu iliyonse yomwe ndingathe kuiimba mlandu mopanda kukayikira," adatero Iglesias. "Chotsatira chake, sindinalole kuti ovota aziimba milandu yachinyengo."
White adakhumudwa ndi zomwe Iglesias sanachite motsutsana ndi ma drive olembetsa ovota a Democratic-back ndi zina zaupandu. Adatenga madandaulo ake ponena za kusowa kwaukali kwa Iglesias ku Washington.
M'nkhani yodziwika pang'ono mu Albuquerque Journal pachimake cha chisokonezo cha US Attorney, White, yemwe anali wapampando waku New Mexico wa kampeni ya Bush-Cheney 2004, adatsimikiza kuti mchaka cha 2006, adatengera "madandaulo ake ku dipatimenti yoyang'anira". Chilungamo komwe adakumana ndi wamkulu wa Attorney General [Alberto] Gonzales, Kyle Sampson ndi ena," nyuzipepala ya Albuquerque inanena pa Epulo 15, 2007.
White tsopano akupanga kampeni kuti mpando wachipanichi uchotsedwe ndi kasitomala wakale wa Rogers, Rep. Heather Wilson.
Rogers ndi White, a Bernalillo County Sheriff, ndi mabwenzi anthawi yayitali. Rogers adagwira ntchito limodzi ndi White mu 2004 kuti atsutse zowona za kalembera ovota m'boma.
Alinso ndi chinanso chofanana: Onse adakhudzidwa ndi kuwombera kwa Iglesias. Senator waku Republican waku New Mexico, a Pete Domenici, adalimbikitsa Rogers kuti alowe m'malo mwa Iglesias ngati Loya waku US pomwe Iglesias adachotsedwa ntchito. Lipoti la DOJ lati Domenici adatenga gawo lalikulu pakuchotsedwa kwa Iglesias.
Malinga ndi lipoti la inspector General wa Dipatimenti Yachilungamo, "Patrick Rogers, phungu wakale wa chipani cha New Mexico State Republican Party komanso womenyera ufulu wachipani, anapitiriza [chisankho cha 2006 chisanachitike] kudandaula za chinyengo cha ovota ku New Mexico.
"Mu e-mail ya March 2006 yomwe inatumizidwa kwa [Craig] Donsanto mu [Justice Department's] Public Integrity Section, Rogers anadandaula za chinyengo cha ovota ku New Mexico ndipo anawonjezera kuti, 'Ndayitana, ku USA [Loya wa US] ndi ake. wothandizira wamkulu, koma sanathandizidwe kwambiri panthawi yachinyengo ya ACORN yolembetsa zisankho zatha. "
Donsanto ndi amene analemba buku losinthidwa la May 2007 Federal Prosecution of Election Offences lomwe lidafewetsa machenjezo okhudza kufufuza ndi kuimba mlandu milandu yachinyengo ya ovota chisankho chisanachitike.
Mu June 2006, Rogers adatumizira Iglesias Wothandizira Woyimira milandu wa U.S. Rumaldo Armijo imelo:
"Nkhondo zachinyengo za ovota zikupitilira. Kutsutsidwa kulikonse kwa mzimayi wa Acorn kukuyamikiridwa. . . . Ma demokalase a ACLU/Wortheim [sic] atembenukira ku kamera ndikuwonetsa kuti chinyengo si nkhani, chifukwa USA ikadachitapo kanthu pofika pano. Likawomba wotheratu!"
John Wertheim anali wapampando wa New Mexico Democratic Party.
Iglesias adati tsopano akukhulupirira kuti zonena za GOP zachinyengo za ovota zakhala "zapadera kwa olamulira a Bush."
"Ngati chinyengo cha ovota chili vuto m'dziko lonselo, n'chifukwa chiyani pakhala milandu yochepa chabe m'zaka zingapo zapitazi?" adatero.
A Rogers adauza lipoti la Public Record the Justice department pakuwombera kwa Loya waku US "ndi zolakwika chifukwa cha njira zambiri zomwe sizingatheke kuwathetsa onse."
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