Bedford County dead dog receives voter registration forms from Dem Front Group

This Dem front group focuses on getting youth, minority, single women and dogs registered to vote.

Bedford County dead dog receives voter registration forms: Tim Morris said the registration form came in the mail last week despite his dog dying two years ago.


 AARON MARTIN | WSLS 
Published: June 18, 2012

10 On Your Side looked deeper and found that the voter registration forms were sent by the non-profit Voter Participation Center, not the State Board of Elections.

So we contacted the Voter Participation Center and found that they purchase mailing lists from vendors and while they do try and check every name the organization admits that some do fall through the cracks.

The voter registration efforts are focused on groups like young people, minorities, and unmarried women.

This could help explain why the Morris' dog Mozart didn't receive a registration form until now, since he would have been 18.

The Board of Elections said they've received similar complaints but since the Voter Participation Center is a private organization they can't stop them from sending voter registration forms.

As for Morris he's hopeful the problem can be controlled so animals like Mozart won't be deciding elections anytime soon.

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