**Kaine Administration/Obama Campaign Manipulating Virginia Election
Policy**

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Thousands of Students Found Registered In Two States at the Same
Time**

 An ongoing analysis of data matching voter registration lists in
other states with the list of newly registered voters in Virginia has
confirmed that there are thousands of students who attend college in
Virginia who are registered here as well as in their home state. Even
more alarming, some of these students have applied for absentee
ballots in their home state after having just registered to vote here.

 In just eight localities in Pennsylvania, over 350 individuals were
registered to vote both in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and 40 of these
individuals have applied for and/or received absentee ballots. The
analysis is continuing.

 "Every Virginian should be concerned about the potential for fraud
on a scale we have not witnessed before in Virginia, said Mike Wade,
Third District GOP Chairman. "I am pleased that Secretary Rodrigues
and the State Board of Elections is taking this seriously and has
turned the names of those applying for ballots in other states over to
the State Police."

 Wade continued, "It is vital this year that every Virginian be
vigilant and aware and report suspected fraud to the proper
authorities."

 This situation is a direct result of the intervention by Governor
Kaine's office in the policymaking process, supported by pressure
from the Obama campaign directed toward both the State Board of
Elections and local Registrars. In early September, election policy
was changed to shift responsibility from the local Registrar to the
student him/herself for determining whether or not they are a resident
of Virginia. Registrars were further instructed to not inform an
applicant for voter registration about such things as the requirement
under state law for an individual to contact the DMV and obtain a
Virginia Driver's License within 60 days of becoming a resident of
Virginia.

 "The unprecedented involvement of the Governor's Chief of Staff,
in directing policy and personally editing communications to
Registrars for the sole purpose of benefitting one candidate in one
race, has cast doubts on the entire policymaking process," Wade
added. "The result is the alarming situation we now find ourselves
in."

Links to media on this subject:

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/state-gop-leader-faults-kaine-aides-involvement-push

http://www.thecontemporaryconservative.blogspot.com/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

0ctober 29, 2008

Contact: Mike Wade

Chairman, Third District Republican Committee

(757) 880-9195