October 13, 2004

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  Bradbury plans to investigate election complaint

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  10/13/2004, 12:33 a.m. PT By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI The Associated Press

  
  

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Attorney General Hardy Myers plan to investigate allegations that a paid canvasser might have destroyed voter registration forms.

  
  

  "There have been allegations made that someone threw out some voter registration forms that had been submitted to them," Bradbury told The Associated Press.

  
  

  KGW-TV interviewed Mike Johnson, 20, a canvasser who said he was instructed to only accept Republican registration forms. He told the TV reporter that he "might" destroy forms turned in by Democrats.

  
  

  Bradbury said the law requires that groups registering voters submit forms no later than five days after they were filled out. He added that canvassers can't turn away a voter because of his or her party affiliation.

  
  

   

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