Voter-registration probe has ties to Arizona firm

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Julia Silverman
Associated Press
Oct. 14, 2004 12:00 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon officials have opened an investigation into reputed improper voter-registration practices by an Arizona-based company, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury said Wednesday. <snip>

In Roseburg, Douglas County Clerk Barbara Nielsen said she had received a complaint from voters who said canvassers working for a Chandler-based consulting firm, Sproul & Associates, tried to push them into registering as Republicans, saying otherwise the canvassers wouldn't get paid.

Additionally, Nielsen said she had gotten calls from voters who said canvassers from the same group had implied that their cards wouldn't be turned in if they registered as Democrats. <snip>

Sproul & Associates is run by Nathan Sproul, a former head of the Republican Party in Arizona who has subcontracted with the Republican National Committee to do voter outreach. <snip>

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