House Rep. stole voter data before defecting to GOP, Dems say

[still_one]

So is this legal?

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/rep-stole-voter-data/

A US House representative from Alabama took voter registration information from Democratic Party offices before defecting to the GOP, the Alabama branch of the Democratic Party says.

Rep. Parker Griffith announced his switch to the Republican Party on Tuesday, telling the press he can "no longer align self with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt."

The Alabama Democratic Party issued a statement Wednesday accusing Griffith's political consultancy, Main Street Strategies, of downloading "sensitive voter identification data that was the property of the Alabama Democratic Party."

[ClassWarrior]

1. This explains a lot.

The guy was a kamikaze. He faces likely defeat as a (R) in his district. This is why he was there.

NGU.

[baldguy]

2. Isn't voter registration data public?

[ClassWarrior]

3. Yeah, but campaigns enrich the databases with info they learn...

...through phone banks, canvassing, etc.

NGU.

[Turbineguy]

4. Being a thief,

he switched to the GOP.

Well, it fits.

Now we wait for the sex scandal.

[WinterParkDonkey]

5. The same thing happened in Florida...

a few years ago the Vice-Chairman of Mainstream Democrats switched to the GOP the week after attending a high level strategy meeting with party officials. Thank God she's out of here!!

[Joe Chi Minh]

6. A chol-chld would get the book thrown at them for doing something like that, wouldn' they?