Multmomah County

Dirty Tricks & Registration Fraud

013036	10/20/04, 12:51 PM PST	Registration-related problem	Portland, Portland, Multnoma County, Oregon	Her brother appears to have been victim of the fraudlently voter registration scheme which resulted in democratic voter registration forms being destroyed.
014849	10/25/04, 12:31 PM PST	Voter Intimidation	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	harassment by people going door-to-door to ask who they are voting for and telling residents that they will not be harassed anymore if they give an answer.
018161	10/30/04, 4:29 PM PST	Other ballot-related problem	Portland, Multmomah County, Oregon	One person came to their door and asked if she could take their ballot. They have a Kerry sign in window -- asked is still voting for Kerry and if she could take her ballot.
018193	10/30/04, 5:33 PM PST	Other	Portland, Multnomah County County, Oregon	Individual outside of a local grocery store is collecting ballots in a shoulder bag. He has no labels marking affiliation with any organization or party.
020975	11/01/04, 8:59 AM PST	Registration-related problem	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	Registered in downtown Portland with temporary registration table. Checked with county board, and they said I was not registered. Heard news story that Republicans hired people to solicit registrations and then threw away non-Republican reg forms. Believes she may have been a victim of this.
022638	11/01/04, 11:44 AM PST	Registration-related problem	n/a, Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon	registered on the street in July; never received confimation from county, nor, polling card
024595	11/01/04, 2:55 PM PST	Registration-related problem	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	Caller reported contact with a person in Multnomah County, Oregon, who apparently submitted an application for registration through a person who asked for their party affiliation. The person who was submitting the registration form told the asking person their party affiliation, Republican. The person who submitted the registration forms, and friends who live in that area who reportedly have the same party affiliation, Republican, have still not received their ballots by mail. Oregon has a vote-by-mail system. Caller was unable to call back to the person reporting the problem. Caller said the person not receiving the ballot was very upset. Caller wanted to report the problem to someone
027667	11/01/04, 7:12 PM PST	Registration-related problem; Other ballot-related problem	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	Wife has been registered to vote and has voted in last several elections; they have not moved, but she did not receive her ballot by mail. When they called to inquire, they were told she was not in the system.
047807	11/02/04, 5:02 PM PST	Other	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	Wanted to report registration fraud by someone reportedly working for the Republican party
050507	11/02/04, 7:09 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Polling place inquiry	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon	Voter did not receive ballot by mail. Wants to vote. Tried to register via 2 different registration drives over past 2 months (most recently 2 weeks ago, after never getting confirmation of 1st attempt).

Washington County

Registration Fraud

017385	10/29/04, 2:23 PM PST	Registration-related problem		Washington County, Oregon		Registered to vote at Portland Community College. Filled out card and turned it in at the college. Never received registration confirmation and was told that he and other were not registered. Called the Washington County Election Office. Was told that the election office was recieving multiple complaints re: registrations at Portland Community College and that Portland Community College is not an "official" registration location
019287	10/31/04, 7:00 PM PST		Registration-related problem		Alona, Washington County, Oregon		Registered, never got anything from BOE
020487	11/01/04, 8:27 AM PST		Identification-related problem		Aloha, Washington County, Oregon		Republican party left a voice mail Wednesday night encouraging "Amy & Craig Miller", registered Republicans, to vote. The voice mail indicated that Craig and Amy were registered at Kathleen's address and phone number, but there are no inviduals named Craig and Amy at Kathleen's address (and never have been). Ms. Miller is a registered Democrat and is concerned that "Craig and Amy" are fictional individuals that have been illegally registered at her address.
048002	11/02/04, 4:52 PM PST		Registration-related problem		Washington County, Oregon		Husband registered when moved counties within Oregon at DMV in August or early September. Never received ballot. Called county election office. They said there had been a problem with DMV registrations and that he should get a provisional ballot from the election office. Husband went the election office several times, but the line was so long he was not able to wait and he was never able to vote. Caller has heard of many other people in Oregon having the same problem with DMV registration. Caller wanted to report problem.

Registration Fraud

013706	10/21/04, 4:02 PM PST		Registration-related problem		Portland, Clackamas County, Oregon		Caller is with Oregon Action and has been registering voters. She states that only about 55% of those she registered are on the voter rolls. EP has called her back on 10/17 and on 10/21 in the afternoon at the first phone number (office), but could only leave message.
014713	10/25/04, 10:37 AM PST		Registration-related problem		Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon		She has not voted for at eight years. She and her daughter registered at the Kerry campaign offices in Oregon City. She has not yet received her ballot (all ballots in Oregon are mail in ballots - there are no polling stations). She called concerned that she was not on the rolls.
010445	10/18/04, 9:28 AM PST	Registration-related problem		Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon		Contact emphasized this is second hand information. He received second hand information that at a temporary tent for voter registration, at a corner near Oregon State University, Democratic registrations were being thrown away. Contact indicates that he will call the Secretary of State.
027447	11/01/04, 6:38 PM PST	Registration-related problem		Corvallis, Clatsop/Benton County, Oregon		Caller registered to vote for the first time at the DMV in Clatsop County. She never received a ballot (Oregon is a vote-by-mail state), and so she called the Clatsop County clerk's to inquire about what happened. She was told that her name was not on the roster and that they had had many similar calls from people who said they registered at the DMV but are not on the roster. (She also moved counties - from Cowlitz to Benton)