CO state worker sells voter data to GOP, Sec. of State investigating

[babylonsister]

http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/5/4/16524/59764

CO state worker sells voter data to GOP, Sec. of State investigating
by Todd Johnston
Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:52:04 PM EST


As reported last night, a technology manager in the Elections Division of Colorado's Secretary of State's office was selling Colorado voter data to GOP candidates.

Daniel J. Kopelman of Aurora, CO, whose duties include oversight and maintenance of the state's master voter registration database, was offering "GOP campaign help" in the form of voter and "fresh" fundraising lists at the web site of his privately-owned company Political Live Wires.

In response to ePluribus Media's inquiries, a spokesperson for Sec. of State Mike Coffman stated that his office had no knowledge of Kopelman's "side business" and saw his actions as a "conflict of interest." Furthermore, upon learning of Kopelman's activities, Deputy Sec. of State William A. Hobbs met with the state's voter database manager and directed him to take down his web site.

But Coffman's claims that he was unaware of Kopelman's private venture are now in doubt, as the newly elected Secretary's campaign expenditure reports from last fall -- filed with his own office -- show multiple expenditures to Political Live Wires and Kopelman for services including "consulting."

And in a new development, ePluribus Media has learned that the Colorado Secretary of State's office has begun a formal investigation into Kopelman's activities.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Son of a bitch...

there's not enough elephant dung in all the zoos of the world to "compensate" this ass for what his deeds...:mad:

[alstephenson]

2. Is there no end to the corruption???

What next??? Seven long years of corruption. IMPEACH!!!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Hooray for ePluribus Media!

Let's hope all criminal activity like this can be stopped nation wide!

[drm604]

4. K&R

:kick:

[Fresh_Start]

5. isn't it a crime to knowingly receive stolen property?

get the GOP candidates as well.

[JimDandy]

9. The 'fresh' lists part...

does seem to imply he was obtaining and advertising the newest voter registration uploads to the state's database.

Since the price is http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/info_center/fee_schedule.htm">$500 each time you purchase the Voter Registration Database (VRDB) from the State Elections Office of the Colorado SOS, it would have been cost prohibitive for Kopelman to, for example, purchase weekly updates of the VRDB. The annual cost to do that would be $26,000.

Maybe he had enough client's to cover that kind of expense, but he seemed to be more of a casual consultant, since not even Mike Coffman, the current SOS who had hired him to work for his campaign, knew he had a website (notice though, what Coffman didn't say -- whether he knew if Kopelman had a DBA that did business selling VRDB info.)

A records request to the SOS office would clear up any speculation. There should be a bunch of purchase orders from Kopelman in their records, if he was legitimately obtaining 'fresh' names from the VRDB.

[tanyev]

6. It's starting to look like the only reason Pubbies take government jobs

is for looting and pillaging.

[kster]

7. Oh My, KNR..nt

[eleny]

8. K&R

[magpie]

10. more

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