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DA Investigating O'Farrell Campaign for Voter Fraud
http://asbarez.com/109995/da-investigating-ofarrell-campaign-for-voter-fraud/
Friday, May 10th, 2013
John Choi (right) and Mitch O'Farrell during a debate at Karapetian
Hall on Thursday. Val Zavalla (far left) moderates the debate
LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that the District
Attorney is investigating charges that the Mitch O'Farrell campaign
for the LA CIty Council District 13 is engaging in systemic and
widespread voter fraud.
O'Farrell's opponent John Choi's campaign has turned over to the
District Attorney and the City Clerk the names of nearly 200 voters
who say their ballots were either mishandled by O'Farrell campaign
workers or outright voted on their behalf by these workers.
Excerpts from the Los Angeles Times report:
`Interviews with several voters listed in the Choi complaint suggest
improper activity occurred, although it was unclear who was
responsible.
Eighty-two-year-old Raffik Hambardzumyan told The Times that an
Armenian-speaking woman came to his house and helped him and his wife
fill out their vote-by-mail ballots about a week ago. Hambardzumyan,
who doesn't speak English, said the woman told them they were voting
for Kbushyan.
He was surprised when a reporter told him Kbushyan wasn't on the
ballot. `Why, what happened that he can't get elected?' he said. He
said he didn't know which campaign the worker represented.
Hambardzumyan and other voters said they have been getting multiple
calls daily about the election. `Daily, 4-5 times they call, different
people saying different things,' he said.
Galust Khachatryan, 65, said he was recently visited by the same young
man and woman who stopped by his home on behalf of Kbushyan in the
primary campaign. Khachatryan said they didn't help him vote but did
take his ballot.'
`This is the most blatent and widespread case of voter fraud I've seen
in twenty years of political campaigns,' said Mike Shimpock, Choi's
campaign consultant. `They are literally stealing this election. This
needs to be stopped.'
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/109995/da-investigating-ofarrell-campaign-for-voter-fraud/
Friday, May 10th, 2013
John Choi (right) and Mitch O'Farrell during a debate at Karapetian
Hall on Thursday. Val Zavalla (far left) moderates the debate
LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that the District
Attorney is investigating charges that the Mitch O'Farrell campaign
for the LA CIty Council District 13 is engaging in systemic and
widespread voter fraud.
O'Farrell's opponent John Choi's campaign has turned over to the
District Attorney and the City Clerk the names of nearly 200 voters
who say their ballots were either mishandled by O'Farrell campaign
workers or outright voted on their behalf by these workers.
Excerpts from the Los Angeles Times report:
`Interviews with several voters listed in the Choi complaint suggest
improper activity occurred, although it was unclear who was
responsible.
Eighty-two-year-old Raffik Hambardzumyan told The Times that an
Armenian-speaking woman came to his house and helped him and his wife
fill out their vote-by-mail ballots about a week ago. Hambardzumyan,
who doesn't speak English, said the woman told them they were voting
for Kbushyan.
He was surprised when a reporter told him Kbushyan wasn't on the
ballot. `Why, what happened that he can't get elected?' he said. He
said he didn't know which campaign the worker represented.
Hambardzumyan and other voters said they have been getting multiple
calls daily about the election. `Daily, 4-5 times they call, different
people saying different things,' he said.
Galust Khachatryan, 65, said he was recently visited by the same young
man and woman who stopped by his home on behalf of Kbushyan in the
primary campaign. Khachatryan said they didn't help him vote but did
take his ballot.'
`This is the most blatent and widespread case of voter fraud I've seen
in twenty years of political campaigns,' said Mike Shimpock, Choi's
campaign consultant. `They are literally stealing this election. This
needs to be stopped.'
From: A. Papazian