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By Carten Cordell | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA — The Voter Participation Center, a voter advocacy group, claimed victory Monday, after the Virginia Board of Elections declined to investigate allegations that the group’s registration drive violated state law.
The presidential campaign for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney asked the state board to look into whether the Washington, D.C.-based group committed voter fraud by using magazine subscription lists to mail registration forms to children, dead people and household pets, as first reported in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
After the state board declined to investigate, the Voter Participation Center posted a news release on its website, saying: “This is a win for the citizens of Virginia who want to participate in the democratic process and an affirmation that the VPC program is legal, helpful and essential.”
VPC also said it has “instituted improvements to our lists processes that will be in operation for our September mailing.”
