Ngesonto eledlule, i-New Mexico Republican Party iphumele obala yathi abantu abangu-28 bavote ngomgunyathi emhlanganweni wangoJuni weDemocratic Alliance e-House District 13. Izikhulu ze-State Republican Party zathi ukubuyekezwa kwabavoti abasanda kubhaliswa abangama-92 esifundeni kuveze amavoti angama-28 abenephutha emphakathini. izinombolo zokuphepha nezinsuku zokuzalwa ezingalungile. Ngamanye amazwi, izikhulu ze-GOP zathi, lokhu kwakuyicala elicacile lokukhwabanisa kwabavoti.
Okuphakathi kwalezi zinsolo ngu
Ngokombiko we-Associated Press, ama-FBI ahlangane nawo
Eminyakeni emibili edlule,
Nokho kuvele ukuthi le nhlangano ibambe elikhulu iqhaza ekucindezeleni amavoti abantu abebehlose ukuvotela amaDemocrats ezifundazweni ezahlukene.
Cishe ngemva kwesonto ngemva kokhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka ka-2006, uRogers wathumela uRumaldo Armijo, uMsizi Wommeli waseMelika eNew Mexico ophethe izindaba zokhetho, i-imeyili ephuthumayo, ethi uthole ucingo olungaziwa ehhovisi lakhe lezomthetho luvela kowesilisa “owayenolimi oluncane lwaseSpanishi. amazwi” owathi wayeyisisebenzi sokhetho saseBernalillo County “futhi phakathi nenqubo yokubala kuleli sonto, “wengeze amavoti athile kuHeather.”
Ngaleso sikhathi
"Akazange afune ukunikeza imininingwane ngocingo, wacela ukuthi sihlangane,"
“Ngemuva kokuvala ucingo, ngashayela uphiko lwethu lwe-IT ngatshelwa ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukulandelela izingcingo/izinombolo. Akekho owasondela kimi
Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kwe-imeyili yakhe yokuqala eya ku-Armijo, uRogers wamthumelela elinye inothi.
"Angizange ngizwe kunoma yimuphi umenzeli we-FBI, futhi ngizophinde ngikhuthaze ukuthi kuphenywe ngokushesha ngezinsolo," kubhala uRogers ku-imeyili yangoNovemba 13, 2006. "Ngiyatholakala futhi ngingakucela ukuthi uthumele i-imeyili kuma-ejenti e-FBI kanye nanoma imaphi amanye amahhovisi afanelekile noma abantu ngabanye."
U-Iglesias uthe "alikho icala elake lafakwa ngenxa "yokudluliselwa" kukaPat.
Kodwa uRogers waqhubeka nokucindezela icala lakhe. Wahambisa izikhalo zakhe ehhovisi lommeli waseBernalillo County wacela ukuba kuphenywe.
Nokho, uphenyo aluzange lwehle ngoba izimangalo zikaRogers azikwazanga ukuqinisekiswa.
UWilson uqokwe kabusha ngamavoti angama-861 emavotini angaphezu kuka-211,000 afakiwe.
Ezinye izikhulu zokhetho lwaseNew Mexico kanye nabezomthetho zikholelwa ukuthi izinsolo zikaRogers zokuthi isibalo samavoti kaWilson agcwalisiwe bekuwumzamo wokwenza abaphenyi benhlangano bangabaze ubuqiniso bamavoti avotelwe iMadrid ngenkathi kubalwa amavoti futhi umjaho usaphakama. umoya.
U-Rogers ubonakala ephakamisa izingqinamba ezifanayo futhi mayelana nezimangalo zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti phakathi nesikole samabanga aphansi sangoJuni seDemokhrasi Esifundeni SeNdlu Yesifunda Sase-Albuquerque.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uRogers nezinye izikhulu ze-GOP zibhekise kunhlangano ephansi i-Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), bethi leli qembu lihileleke ohlelweni lokukhwabanisa olusabalele lokubhalisa abavoti esifundazweni.
Ezama ukuhlenga umkhankaso wakhe, uJohn McCain ugxumele ecaleni le-ACORN, ecaphuna engxoxweni yesithathu kamongameli. Umemezele ukuthi i-ACORN "manje isiphezu kwezinhlelo zokukhwabanisa ezinkulu emlandweni wabavoti kuleli, mhlawumbe ibhidliza isisekelo sentando yeningi."
Kodwa-ke, uphenyo olwethulwe ngokumelene ne-ACORN luveze okunye ukukhathazeka, ikakhulukazi ukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi ashaya lolu daba ngomzamo wokuvusa intukuthelo, ukuvuselela umkhankaso kaMcCain, kanye nokwesabisa abavoti abasha.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-ACORN igcizelele ukuthi ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi kwayo kumake amafomu amaningi okubhalisa asolisayo ngaphambi kokuthi ahanjiswe kuzikhulu zezwe nokuthi imithetho yezwe ivamise ukudinga amaqembu angaphandle okubhalisa ukuthi athumele wonke amafomu ngaphandle kwezinkinga ezisobala.
Ucwaningo oluzimele luphinde lwabonisa ukuthi ukubhaliswa komgunyathi akuvamile ukuthi kuphumele ekuvoteni ngokungemthetho ngenxa yokuthi ziningi ezinye izivikelo ezakhelwe ohlelweni.
Isibonelo, kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2002 kuya kuSepthemba 2005, isamba sabantu abangama-70 balahlwa amacala ahlobene nokhetho lukahulumeni, ngokwezibalo ezahlanganiswa yi-New York Times ngonyaka odlule. Angu-18 kuphela lawo ebengawokuvota okungafanelekile.
Ngokusho kwesikhulu ehhovisi le-New Mexico U.S. Attorneys, izisebenzi ze-GOP zicindezele izikhulu zombuso ukuthi zithinte i-FBI mayelana nezinsolo zokuvota ezinomgunyathi futhi ziphenye i-ACORN.
NgoLwesithathu, iwebhusayithi ye-TPMMuckraker.com ixhumane no-Oliver, umabhalane Wesifunda saseBernalillo, ukuze alandelele umhlangano wakhe ne-FBI.
“UToulouse Oliver wengeze imininingwane emincane kuleso sithombe. Uthe udlulisele amakhophi aphinde adwetshwa amafomu asolisayo (amaningi awo anolwazi oluphambene kakhulu, noma amakheli asohlwini olungekho) emahhovisi oMmeli Wesifunda kanye Nommeli WaseMelika endaweni,” kubika i-TPMMuckraker. “Ngesikhathi i-FBI imthinta, yathi icelwe ukuthi ilandele ihhovisi loMmeli waseMelika. Futhi umhlangano phakathi kuka-Toulouse Oliver ne-ejenti ye-FBI ubuhanjelwe nawuMsizi Wommeli wase-US.
Imihlahlandlela yophenyo yenhlangano ikwenqabela kakhulu uphenyo oluhlobene nokhetho ngaphambi kokuthi kuvotelwe ngenxa yamathuba okuthi imibuzo izoba yezombusazwe futhi ingase ibe nomthelela emiphumeleni yokhetho.
"Ezimweni eziningi, abavoti akufanele kuxoxiswane nabo, noma kwenziwe olunye uphenyo oluhlobene nabavoti, kuze kube yilapho sekudlule ukhetho," ngokweziqondiso zoMnyango Wezobulungiswa mayelana namacala okhetho njengoba abuyekezwa ngoMeyi 2007 ngesikhathi sikaGonzales njengoMmeli Jikelele.
Engxoxweni emfushane ngoLwesithathu, u-Iglesias, owayenguMmeli waseMelika waseNew Mexico owaxoshwa njengengxenye yomshushisi wenhlangano eqhutshwa yi-White House ngo-2006, uthe akazi ukuthi "ngubani owabasa umlilo ngaphansi kwe-FBI [yaseNew Mexico] mayelana izinsolo zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti.”
U-Iglesias uthe uyamangala ukuthi i-FBI ngabe ivumile ukuphenya i-ACORN manje nokuthi lolu phenyo kumele ngabe luthole ukukhanya okuluhlaza emazingeni aphezulu oMnyango Wezobulungiswa.
U-Iglesias uthe ngoSepthemba 2004, wasungula ithimba elisebenza ngokukhwabanisa okhethweni, ukuze liphenye izinsolo zokuthi i-ACORN iyabandakanyeka ekukhwabaniseni ukubhaliswa kwabavoti.
“I-FBI [eseNew Mexico] yayinomoya ophansi ngesikhathi ngiphakamisa ithimba eliqopha ukukhwabanisa kwabavoti engalisungula ngo-2004 ngoba i-SAC [I-Special Agent Ephethe] yathi uMeluleki Jikelele we-FBI uthe uphenyo olunjalo ludikibalisiwe ngenxa yokubukeka sengathi 'kwezepolitiki,'" kusho u-Iglesias.
“Kudingeke ngibajike izingalo ukuze bangenele futhi ngemuva kokuba ngibaqinisekise ukuthi akukho macala azovulwa ngaphambi kokhetho. … Ngiyamangala ukuthi kungani i-FBI yasuka ekubeni yizidlamlilo emuva ngo-2004 yaya ekubeni incike phambili manje. Ubani obacindezelayo futhi ngani?"
URogers nezinye izikhulu ze-GOP bathi i-ACORN isiphendule i-Bernalillo County yaba isizinda sokukhwabanisa kwabavoti kanye nokukhwabanisa kokubhalisela ukuvota.
Lezi zinsolo zaqala ukuvela ngo-2004, ngesikhathi uSheriff waseBernalillo County uDarren White efika ehhovisi likamabhalane efuna ukwazi ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini ukubhaliswa kwabavoti okungabazekayo efayeleni.
UMary Herrera, umabhalane waseBernalillo County, utshele uWhite ukuthi cishe amafomu angaba ngu-3,000 noma ngaphezulu abengaphelele noma agcwaliswe ngokungeyikho.
I-Bernalillo County bekuyizisulu zomzamo omkhulu weqembu le-Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) wokubhalisa abavoti, okube nomphumela ngabavoti abasanda kubhaliswa ababalelwa ku-65,000.
Kodwa uSherifu White wayehlose ukubekela inselele ubuqotho bamanye amagama ohlwini lwabavoti.
White uthathe amafomu okubhalisa njengobufakazi bokuthi i-ACORN ithumele amafomu okubhalisa omgunyathi. Ubambe isithangami sabezindaba kanye nezinye izikhulu zeRiphabhulikhi esifundeni ukuze adonse amehlo ngalolu daba.
U-White uphushe u-Iglesias ukuthi enqabele imizamo yokubhalisa abavoti esekelwa iDemocratic Alliance.
U-Iglesias usungule ithimba elisebenza ngokukhwabanisa okhethweni ngoSepthemba 2004 futhi wachitha isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbili ephenya ngezimangalo zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti okusabalele esifundazweni sakhe.
“Ngemuva kokuhlola ubufakazi, ngokubambisana nophiko lwezoKhetho lwezoKhetho eMnyangweni wezoBulungiswa kanye ne-FBI, angikwazanga ukuthola amacala engingawashushisa ngaphandle kokungabaza,” kusho u-Iglesias. "Ngakho-ke, angizange ngigunyaze ukushushiswa okuhlobene nokukhwabanisa kwabavoti."
U-White wayecasulwe ukungenzi lutho kuka-Iglesias ngokumelene nemikhankaso yokubhalisa abavoti beDemocratic-back nezinye izindaba zobugebengu. Wathatha izikhalo zakhe mayelana nokungabi nolaka kuka-Iglesias eWashington.
Esihlokweni esingaphawulwa kancane kuyi-Albuquerque Journal ngesikhathi sokuphakama kwehlazo lommeli wase-U.S., u-White, owayengusihlalo waseNew Mexico womkhankaso we-Bush-Cheney 2004, waqinisekisa ukuthi entwasahlobo ka-2006, wayisa "izikhalazo zakhe ngqo eMnyangweni Justice lapho ahlangana khona no-Attorney General [Alberto] Gonzales' isikhulu sabasebenzi, uKyle Sampson nabanye," kubika i-Albuquerque Journal ngo-Ephreli 15, 2007.
UWhite manje usekhankasela ukuthi isihlalo sikakhongolose sishiywe yilowo owayeyikhasimende likaRogers, uMmeli uHeather Wilson.
URogers noWhite, iBernalillo County Sheriff, bangabangane besikhathi eside. URogers wasebenza eduze noWhite ngo-2004 ukuze inselele ubuqiniso bokubhaliswa kwabavoti esifundeni.
Futhi banokunye abafana ngakho: Bobabili bayathinteka ekudutshulweni kuka-Iglesias. USenator waseNew Mexico, uPete Domenici, wayencome uRogers ukuthi athathe isikhundla sika-Iglesias njengoMmeli waseMelika ngesikhathi u-Iglesias exoshwa. Umbiko we-DOJ uthe uDomenici ubambe iqhaza elikhulu ekuxoshweni kuka-Iglesias.
Ngokombiko womhloli-jikelele woMnyango Wezobulungiswa, "uPatrick Rogers, owayengumeluleki jikelele we-New Mexico state Republican Party kanye nesishoshovu seqembu, uqhubekile [ngaphambi kokhetho lwango-2006] ekhononda ngezindaba zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti eNew Mexico.
"Nge-imeyili kaMashi 2006 eyathunyelwa ku-[Craig] Donsanto eSigabeni [soMnyango Wezobulungiswa] Sobuqotho Bomphakathi, uRogers wakhononda ngokukhwabanisa kwabavoti eNew Mexico futhi wengeza, 'Ngishayele i-USA [Ummeli wase-U.S.] kanye nommeli wakhe. umsizi omkhulu, kodwa ababanga usizo olungako ngesikhathi sokubhaliswa kwe-ACORN ngomgunyathi okhethweni olwedlule.”
U-Donsanto wayengumbhali wencwajana ebuyekeziwe ka-May 2007 Federal Prosecution of Election Offences eyathambisa izexwayiso mayelana nokuphenya nokushushisa amacala okukhwabanisa kwabavoti ngaphambi kokhetho.
NgoJuni 2006, uRogers wathumela i-Executive Assistant ka-Iglesias Ummeli wase-U.S. u-Rumaldo Armijo i-imeyili:
“Izimpi zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti zisaqhubeka. Noma yikuphi ukuthweswa icala kowesifazane wase-Acorn kungabongwa. . . . Abaholi bentando yeningi be-ACLU/Wortheim [sic] bazophendukela kukhamera futhi baphakamise ukuthi ukukhwabanisa akuyona inkinga, ngoba i-USA ngabe isikwenzile okuthile manje. I-Carpe Diem!
UJohn Wertheim ngaleso sikhathi wayengusihlalo weNew Mexico Democratic Party.
U-Iglesias uthe manje ukholelwa ukuthi izimangalo ze-GOP zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti "bezihlukile kubaphathi bakaBush."
"Uma ukukhwabanisa kwabavoti kuyinkinga ezweni lonke, kungani kube nedlanzana lokushushiswa eminyakeni embalwa edlule?" uthe.
URogers utshele iThe Public Record ukuthi umbiko woMnyango Wezobulungiswa mayelana nokudutshulwa kommeli waseMelika "kuyiphutha ngezindlela eziningi okungeke kwenzeke ukubhekana nazo zonke."
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