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muriel_volestrangler

(106,482 posts)
23. But Bannon got a new registration, at an address he apparently doesn't live at
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:08 PM
Jan 2017

August 26 2016:

Stephen Bannon, the chief executive of Trump’s election campaign, has an active voter registration at the house in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which is vacant and due to be demolished to make way for a new development.

“I have emptied the property,” Luis Guevara, the owner of the house, which is in the Coconut Grove section of the city, said in an interview. “Nobody lives there … we are going to make a construction there.” Neighbors said the property had been abandoned for several months.

Bannon, 62, formerly rented the house for use by his ex-wife, Diane Clohesy, but did not live there himself. Clohesy, a Tea Party activist, moved out of the house earlier this year and has her own irregular voting registration arrangement. According to public records, Bannon and Clohesy divorced seven years ago.

Bannon previously rented another house for Clohesy in Miami from 2013 to 2015 and assigned his voter registration to the property during that period. But a source with direct knowledge of the rental agreement for this house said Bannon did not live there either, and that Bannon and Clohesy were not in a relationship.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/steve-bannon-florida-registered-vote-donald-trump

And then, following that:

Stephen Bannon registered to vote in New York shortly before the presidential election last year, after the Guardian disclosed that he was registered to vote at a vacant house in Florida where his ex-wife had once lived.

Bannon, whose registration lists a rented apartment in Manhattan as his address, cast his ballot for Trump in New York, according to a source familiar with his arrangements, who was not authorized to speak to the media.

Bannon, however, also remains registered to vote in Florida, according to state records. His registration lists as his address the home of Andy Badolato, a friend of Bannon’s who has worked on some of his political documentary films and written for Breitbart News, the far-right website that Bannon controlled before entering the White House as chief strategist and senior counselor to the president.

His registration in Florida was moved to Badolato’s home shortly after the publication of the Guardian report in August. Bannon has not cast a ballot in Florida, according to state records. Badolato, who was also registered to vote at the home with his adult sons, declined at the time to answer questions on whether Bannon actually lived at the property, which is required under the registration rules of the Florida division of elections.

This isn't a case of forgetting to get taken off a register. He's registered himself twice at Florida addresses he appears not to have lived at, and then at an actual residence in New York.

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LOCK HIM UP!!1! bullwinkle428 Jan 2017 #1
THIS should be reporting on every single leftynyc Jan 2017 #2
Florida keeps track of each individual that votes. dubyadiprecession Jan 2017 #26
Doesn't matter leftynyc Jan 2017 #27
Well, that's different. neeksgeek Jan 2017 #3
Oh, well, I'm sure they'll only be investigating states that went blue. tanyev Jan 2017 #4
Spicer just admitted they will be tarageting "big" states (i.e. blue states) lagomorph777 Jan 2017 #35
There's your voter fraud cheato! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #5
Hey, wasn't Ann Coulter registered in two states also? dhol82 Jan 2017 #6
Actually, she voted in the wrong precenct. louis-t Jan 2017 #32
When does Congress being the hearings? mcar Jan 2017 #7
Has anyone every moved and informed their county voter registrar? mobeau69 Jan 2017 #8
We'll move on from this BS when tRump quits claiming voter fraud groundloop Jan 2017 #10
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2017 #11
Meant "We" as a people (country), not "We" as in Democrats or progressives. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #15
I pretend holding politicians to the very standards they set is bullshit too. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #21
Yep it's up to the local voting districts to ensure those who move away are taken off the rolls yeoman6987 Jan 2017 #22
Not even a good try. Excusing Trump once more, yeoman6987. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #28
But Bannon got a new registration, at an address he apparently doesn't live at muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #23
Actually, yes. TygrBright Jan 2017 #29
Usually when you register to vote, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #30
I guess I am too, come to think of it. alarimer Jan 2017 #9
I think generally the way it's done is mobeau69 Jan 2017 #17
I told my old one (but I think they never kicked me off their rolls) frazzled Jan 2017 #19
wow. great find hollowdweller Jan 2017 #12
Throw his ass in jail - packman Jan 2017 #13
Why wasn't his name brought up in kobachs cross check? kimbutgar Jan 2017 #14
New York and Florida don't participate in that. subterranean Jan 2017 #24
Lol, only evidence is Bannon, Lol (n/t) harun Jan 2017 #16
It is interesting as USA.gov, says that when you register in your new state after a move, the karynnj Jan 2017 #18
Please someone ask Spice-Boy today if this counts as voter fraud. Get his statement on the record. randome Jan 2017 #20
Priceless. JudyM Jan 2017 #25
Deport him to Russia world wide wally Jan 2017 #31
Income taxes? Before the election Bannon was registered to vote in CA & FL. CaptainTruth Jan 2017 #33
Bannon's double registration should be tweeted to Trump. Ilsa Jan 2017 #34
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