October 13, 2004

Sproul & Associates runs Voters Outreach of America

Found the following links which all seem to point to the same company that is suspected of tearing up Democratic voter registration forms in Las Vegas. It has set up registration drives in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida and Nevada and is accused of the same things in most if not all of these states. Sproul & Associates is a Republican consulting firm run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Republican party and Arizona Christian Coalition.

Voters Outreach of America AKA America Votes tears up Democratic voter registration forms in Nevada.

Company claiming affiliation with non-partisan ‘America Votes’ to register voters in Oregon is actually GOP consulting firm Sproul & Associates, Inc.

Sproul & Associates AKA America Votes workers in WV and PA refuse to register Kerry voters.

Democrats in Oregon have complained that canvassers for Arizona based Sproul & Associates have been pressuring residents to register as Republicans so that they can get paid.

Arizona Nader campaign was assisted in its petition drive by an unlikely figure: the ultra-conservative former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, Nathan Sproul.

Good background story on Sproul and his political track record, cached on Google.

Here is the direct link between Sproul and Voters Outreach of America:


According to several sources, two of the contractors Sproul hired to oversee petition gathering for No Taxpayer Money For Politicians -- Aaron "A.J." James, who directs Voters' Outreach of America, and Diane Burns -- were also paid by Sproul to get as many signatures as possible for Nader.

Now the real question. Who is paying Sproul and funding his national voter fraud efforts?

According to KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, "The company has been largely, if not entirely funded, by the Republican National Committee."

This help wanted ad for Voters Outreach of America says "Paid for by the Republican National Committee" too.

They've also received almost a half a million dollars from the RNC:


SPROUL & ASSOCIATES,INC $160,001 8/25/2004 POLITICAL CONSULTING
SPROUL & ASSOCIATES,INC $27,916 8/13/2004 POLITICAL CONSULTING
SPROUL & ASSOCIATES,INC $99,135 8/11/2004 POLITICAL CONSULTING
SPROUL & ASSOCIATES,INC $181,905 8/4/2004 POLITICAL CONSULTING
SPROUL & ASSOCIATES,INC $20,000 7/14/2004 POLITICAL CONSULTING

The RNC has also paid them another $125,000 specifically for voter registration.


Sproul & Associates $25,000 6/8/2004 VOTER REG
Sproul & Associates $25,000 7/7/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $25,000 6/4/2004 VOTER REG
Sproul & Associates $10,000 8/12/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $10,000 2/19/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $10,000 7/9/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $10,000 6/18/2004 VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $5,000 3/18/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $5,000 3/4/2004 FEA VOTER REGISTRATION
Sproul & Associates $58 6/24/2004 COPIES

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