ClydeR
10-04-2014, 08:55 PM
Mitt Romney accidentally resigned from the Republican party. He said it was totally the fault of a "star-struck" voter registration clerk.
It turns out Romney, who is moving to Utah as a full-time resident, strolled into a driver license office in late August to obtain his Utah license and filled out paperwork to register to vote at his under-construction home in Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City. But, apparently because of outdated information in the agency’s database, the pre-printed form listed Romney’s former Park City address on Rising Star Lane and with no party affiliation. Romney signed it.
The move flummoxed state elections officials and Romney aides, when The Salt Lake Tribune inquired why the two-time presidential candidate was registering as an unaffiliated voter with his listed residence at a home he sold five years ago. As they explained it, some star-struck clerks and Romney’s inattentiveness may have combined to cause the problem.
More... (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58481404-90/address-driver-lake-license.html.csp)
Putting false information on a voter registration form, including a false address, is a crime in Utah. But it wasn't Romney's fault because he didn't have time to read it.
It turns out Romney, who is moving to Utah as a full-time resident, strolled into a driver license office in late August to obtain his Utah license and filled out paperwork to register to vote at his under-construction home in Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City. But, apparently because of outdated information in the agency’s database, the pre-printed form listed Romney’s former Park City address on Rising Star Lane and with no party affiliation. Romney signed it.
The move flummoxed state elections officials and Romney aides, when The Salt Lake Tribune inquired why the two-time presidential candidate was registering as an unaffiliated voter with his listed residence at a home he sold five years ago. As they explained it, some star-struck clerks and Romney’s inattentiveness may have combined to cause the problem.
More... (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58481404-90/address-driver-lake-license.html.csp)
Putting false information on a voter registration form, including a false address, is a crime in Utah. But it wasn't Romney's fault because he didn't have time to read it.