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She Works For Clerk's Office, But Only Registering Romney Voters
Romney Campaign Volunteer Says She Works For Clerk's Office, But Only Registering Romney Voters (VIDEO)
A video uploaded to YouTube on Friday depicting a young woman registering voters in El Paso County, Colorado claiming she works for the clerk's office, but is only registering voters who support Mitt Romney has gone viral over the weekend.
The person recording the video exits a Safeway grocery store and a young woman who is registering voters outside the store asks her, "Are you voting for Romney or Obama?"
The woman recording responds, "Well, wait, I thought you were registering voters a minute ago."
To which the young woman replies, "I am." The person recording then asks, "Well, who are you registering? All voters?"
"Well, I'm actually trying to register people for a particular party. Because we're out here in support of Romney, actually," the young woman registering voters says.
"And who is paying you for this?" The video recorder asks.
"We're working for the County Clerk's Office," the young woman replies with some hesitation and confusion.
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams disavowed the young woman's statements that she was registering voters on behalf of Williams' office. "The statement made in this video is both unfortunate and inaccurate," Williams said in a statement. "My office does not and will not engage in partisan voter registration. It is the duty of the Clerk’s office to ensure that elections are conducted in a fair and honest manner, this includes allowing any one to register to vote regardless of their political party affiliation."
According to 9News, the young woman registering voters outside of the Safeway store was a volunteer for the Romney campaign who has since been spoken to by the campaign about her actions.
Republicans in El Paso County claim that the video was recorded more than a month ago by a Democratic "campaign operative" and has been released now to damage the Romney campaign. But, Christy Lelait, Chairman for the El Paso County Democrats denies that charge to KOAA. "It's an interesting charge. I don't know of any campaign operatives here in El Paso County and I know for certain that the woman who shot this video is not a campaign operative, she's a volunteer with several different organizations including the El Paso Democratic Party and she's also a precinct chair."
Later in the video the woman recording says to the volunteer, "Okay, you cannot come out here and register one party, lady." The young woman now becoming clearly embarrassed puts her hands up in front of the camera to block her face. "You're working for the County Clerk's Office?"
"I believe so, yes," the young woman says.
"And you're only registering Republicans?" The video recorder says with outrage. To which the young woman replies, "No."
"You said you're only registering Romney people," says the video recorder.
And the young woman replies, "Well, we're trying to, to be honest."
It's unclear if the young woman in the video was only registering Romney voters, but if that were the case, it would be illegal if she were doing so on behalf of the County Clerk's office. It would also be illegal to deny a person registration based on their survey answers, which isn't entirely clear if that would have occurred in the video above either.
The El Paso County Clerk's Office has requested that the video be removed from YouTube because it contains inaccurate information, but the person who uploaded the video has refused to do so.
Watch the entire video above.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/el-paso-co-voter-registra_n_1909234.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
A video uploaded to YouTube on Friday depicting a young woman registering voters in El Paso County, Colorado claiming she works for the clerk's office, but is only registering voters who support Mitt Romney has gone viral over the weekend.
The person recording the video exits a Safeway grocery store and a young woman who is registering voters outside the store asks her, "Are you voting for Romney or Obama?"
The woman recording responds, "Well, wait, I thought you were registering voters a minute ago."
To which the young woman replies, "I am." The person recording then asks, "Well, who are you registering? All voters?"
"Well, I'm actually trying to register people for a particular party. Because we're out here in support of Romney, actually," the young woman registering voters says.
"And who is paying you for this?" The video recorder asks.
"We're working for the County Clerk's Office," the young woman replies with some hesitation and confusion.
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams disavowed the young woman's statements that she was registering voters on behalf of Williams' office. "The statement made in this video is both unfortunate and inaccurate," Williams said in a statement. "My office does not and will not engage in partisan voter registration. It is the duty of the Clerk’s office to ensure that elections are conducted in a fair and honest manner, this includes allowing any one to register to vote regardless of their political party affiliation."
According to 9News, the young woman registering voters outside of the Safeway store was a volunteer for the Romney campaign who has since been spoken to by the campaign about her actions.
Republicans in El Paso County claim that the video was recorded more than a month ago by a Democratic "campaign operative" and has been released now to damage the Romney campaign. But, Christy Lelait, Chairman for the El Paso County Democrats denies that charge to KOAA. "It's an interesting charge. I don't know of any campaign operatives here in El Paso County and I know for certain that the woman who shot this video is not a campaign operative, she's a volunteer with several different organizations including the El Paso Democratic Party and she's also a precinct chair."
Later in the video the woman recording says to the volunteer, "Okay, you cannot come out here and register one party, lady." The young woman now becoming clearly embarrassed puts her hands up in front of the camera to block her face. "You're working for the County Clerk's Office?"
"I believe so, yes," the young woman says.
"And you're only registering Republicans?" The video recorder says with outrage. To which the young woman replies, "No."
"You said you're only registering Romney people," says the video recorder.
And the young woman replies, "Well, we're trying to, to be honest."
It's unclear if the young woman in the video was only registering Romney voters, but if that were the case, it would be illegal if she were doing so on behalf of the County Clerk's office. It would also be illegal to deny a person registration based on their survey answers, which isn't entirely clear if that would have occurred in the video above either.
The El Paso County Clerk's Office has requested that the video be removed from YouTube because it contains inaccurate information, but the person who uploaded the video has refused to do so.
Watch the entire video above.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/el-paso-co-voter-registra_n_1909234.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Im beginning to get that too.
He just likes to fight.
Do you read the news vance? You have not heard of Allied?
No crime against only registering Republicans to vote. ACORN did that for years.
I heard more about this story and this person on CNN a while ago. This girl did not work for the country, but did work for this Allied Strategic organization that the GOP recently fired as a result of voter registration fraud. So, she WAS told to only get Republican registrations like she said. hmmm....
I thought it kind of looked set up as well. The little gal is just so cute tho and seems um, confused? It appears someone told her to stand their and register voters and maybe since she was a volunteer of the republicans assumed, she could only register them? LOL Only in America.
I smell a rat... Something about this is off. The woman was filming before she even walked out of the store. Whatever, just looks set up to me.
If not, the kid was... well, a kid and not very smart to boot. The woman filming was a bit rude, but that's okay. Its common place these days.
If not, the kid was... well, a kid and not very smart to boot. The woman filming was a bit rude, but that's okay. Its common place these days.
Reading this, here is what I got. The young girl was in front of Safeway in her capacity as a volunteer for the Romney campaign. When asked who she worked for, she did get confused and said she worked for the County Clerks Office. I don't think anything intentionally malicious was going on either...just a confused kid. And I also think the women was very very rude.
Lol, my hometown is El Paso County (Colorado Springs/Falcon)...I wonder which Safeway this was?
Anyway, I think the poor girl was just confused, completely confused. She looks like she's barely a day over 18 years old and is just trying to be out there, involved with doing something political but doesn't have half a clue how to present herself yet. Poor kid, lol.
That said, I think that young girl handled herself in a much more respectable and polite manner than the woman recording the video. I understand that woman would be frustrated and even outraged, but she didn't need to be rude, which she was. She acted arrogant, snobby and extremely rude...and that's all I really took away from that.
Anyway, I think the poor girl was just confused, completely confused. She looks like she's barely a day over 18 years old and is just trying to be out there, involved with doing something political but doesn't have half a clue how to present herself yet. Poor kid, lol.
That said, I think that young girl handled herself in a much more respectable and polite manner than the woman recording the video. I understand that woman would be frustrated and even outraged, but she didn't need to be rude, which she was. She acted arrogant, snobby and extremely rude...and that's all I really took away from that.
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