BAMN Exposes Methods of ACRI election fraud

Press Release
BAMN Exposes Methods of ACRI election fraud
August 18, 2008

Please read the LETTER and EXHIBITS sent by BAMN to the Arizona Secretary of State and Maricopa County Recorders offices detailing the ways that fraud permeated the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative’s (ACRI) signature gathering process. BAMN’s efforts on the streets of Arizona resulted in educating voters on the true character of the ACRI, so that they would not be duped into signing the ACRI petition. The number of valid signatures that the ACRI collected is well below what they would need for it to qualify for the ballot. "From our investigation and that of others, it is clear that the ACRI has failed to receive the requisite number of petitions needed to obtain ballot status," said Shanta Driver, Chairperson of the BAMN Committee to Stop ACRI. “BAMN’s aim now is to work to assure that the Arizona Secretary of State, Governor Napolitano, and Attorney General Goddard use all of the powers vested in them to stop this fraud from going forward. The best way to send a message to all well-funded fraudulent petition efforts that you cannot cynically buy your way onto the ballot in AZ and prey on the voters of this state is to keep ACRI from reaching the ballot.”
The preliminary evidence submitted by BAMN today to the Secretary of State and the Maricopa county Recorder’s office includes signed and notarized affidavits from circulators, a list of some circulators names that match the names of convicted felons in the state of Arizona, a series of alterations of the petitions that invalidates the signatures, documentation of the racially targeted voter fraud and a host of other election violations.
BAMN is conducting an ongoing investigation of the fraud utilized by the ACRI’s chief sponsor, Ward Connerly, to obtain ballot status. BAMN plans to launch an interactive website so that voters who were deceived into signing the ACRI can help document the racially-targeted voter fraud. BAMN is calling on the Governor and Attorney General to take action because the Maricopa County prosecutor, Andrew Thomas is the honorary chair of the ACRI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON BAMN’S CHALLENGE TO THE ARIZONA CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE CALL: BAMN 313-468-3398
• BAMN Letter to the Arizona Secretary of State and Maricopa County Recorders offices• Exhibits www.bamn.com