Man Payed in Crack to Register Voters

Augustus · Post by **Augustus** » 2004-10-18 02:35pm

MAN GIVEN CRACK COCAINE TO REGISTER VOTERS ARRESTED IN OHIO
Mon Oct 18 2004 13:26:03 ET

October 18, 2004

The Defiance County Sheriff's Office arrested Chad Staton, age 22, of Stratton Ave., Defiance, on a charge of False Registration, in Violation of Section 3599.11 of the Ohio Revised Code, a felony of the fifth degree.

The SheriffÕs Office alleges that Staton filled out over 100 voter registration forms that were fictitious. Staton was to be paid for each registration form that he could get citizens to fill out. However, Staton himself filled out the registrations and returned them to the woman who hired him from Toledo, Ohio. Deputies allege that Staton was paid crack cocaine for the falsified registrations.

Defiance Deputies along with Toledo Police Department detectives conducted a search warrant of a residence on Woodland in Toledo, believed to be the home of the woman who hired Staton to solicit voter registration. Officers confiscated drug paraphernalia along with voter registration forms from the home. The occupant of the home, Georgianne Pitts, age 41, advised law enforcement, along with Ohio B.C.I.&I., that she had been recruited by Thaddeus J. Jackson, II, of Cleveland, to obtain voter registrations. Pitts admitted to paying Staton crack cocaine for the registrations in lieu of money.

A business card provided by Pitts indicated that Jackson is the Assistant NVF Ohio Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund.

The initial complaint received by the Sheriff's Office came from the Defiance County Board of Elections. The Board had received the 100 plus registration forms from the Cuyahoga Board of Elections that had been submitted to the Cuyahoga Board by the NAACP National Voter Fund.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-10-18 02:38pm

Why does that strike me as hilarious?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-10-18 02:46pm

What happened to the good old days when people got paid in greenbacks?

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2004-10-18 08:12pm

Too bad the elections aren't in December. Perhaps he could have gotten that Christmas bonus.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-10-18 08:18pm

But more importantly was he a Democrat or a Republican?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-10-18 08:26pm

LOL NAACP LOL CRACK COCAINE

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-10-18 08:55pm

Stormbringer wrote:But more importantly was he a Democrat or a Republican?

Given that the Republican Party is supposed to be tough on drugs, I'd say he's a Democrat.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-10-18 09:05pm

Was this part of some bigger "Snort the Vote" campaign?

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2004-10-18 09:09pm

Probably a libertarian. (sp?) Or perhaps just your run of the mill non-partisan crack smoker. Isn't that what a lot of drug users boast? "Drugs tear down the walls and bring people together!"

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-10-18 09:11pm

MKSheppard wrote:LOL NAACP LOL CRACK COCAINE

I had a feeling the Shep would like this.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2004-10-18 09:19pm

What a waste of crack. I would have paid him with a ziplock baggie of rocksalt.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-10-18 10:01pm

jcow79 wrote:Probably a libertarian. (sp?) Or perhaps just your run of the mill non-partisan crack smoker. Isn't that what a lot of drug users boast? "Drugs tear down the walls and bring people together!"

Nonpartisan? Quickly we must sign up these undecided voters.

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2004-10-18 10:24pm

neoolong wrote:
jcow79 wrote:Probably a libertarian. (sp?) Or perhaps just your run of the mill non-partisan crack smoker. Isn't that what a lot of drug users boast? "Drugs tear down the walls and bring people together!"
Nonpartisan? Quickly we must sign up these undecided voters.

The crackhead was non partisan, not the voters. Could you imagine being mugged by this crackhead? "Here take all my money!" "Noooo maan, just sign here, here and initial here"

Terminator · Post by **Terminator** » 2004-10-18 10:32pm

what the hell do they expect, crack head ain't gonna walk around all day to get other people to sign a form when they can do it themselves and get that crack NOW
hell doesn't even matter iff you pay em crack or cash (though cracks easiers to fake, you don't want crack head revenge though) moneys just green crack far as they be concerned

Augustus · Post by **Augustus** » 2004-10-19 12:50pm

New DNC/NAACP Slogan:

CRACK THE VOTE!