Public Intelligence Blog Mitt Romney faces up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine if he did not live in his son’s unfinished basement in 2010
In January 2010 the former Massachusetts governor proudly cast a ballot for Republican Scott Brown in the special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. He didn’t own property in the state at the time, and had registered to vote listing his son’s unfinished basement as his residence. Massachusetts law defines a residence for voter registration purposes as “where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life.” Anyone found guilty of committing voter fraud faces up to five years behind bars and a fine of $10,000. See Romney Voter Fraud Liability?
Is this exactly like that ‘voter fraud‘ thing that the Republicans are always trying to pretend the Democrats participate in? Except that the Democrats don’t?
Mitt Romney’s motto: vote early and vote often!
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If that’s true, Romney showed a true commitment to voting for Republican Senator Scott Brown in last year’s special election, since he owns a $12.5 million home in La Jolla, Calif. and a $10 million home in New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee – but no home in the state he was once governor.
Not that he was exactly roughing it. Romney’s son Tagg and his wife greatly improved the property in recent years adding an in-ground pool and a jacuzzi to the rebuilt property that spans three old lots, bumping its assessed value up to $3.8 million.
Still, as Belmont, Mass. property assessment records I dug up show, the basement is unfinished – hardly the standard the former investment banker would be used to. Here’s a portion of the property record (Belmont Property View). I have edited the image to highlight the basement description. Here is the full record: Belmont Property View Full. As a public record you can find the full report also through the town of Belmont here. The property was last inspected by the town on June 21, 2010, well after the state’s January special election that filled Ted Kennedy’s old seat.
Of course, as Karger argues to the Massachusetts Secretary of State, Romney likely didn’t live in the basement, so it appears like voter fraud, a crime punishable by up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Forbes on Potential Romney Voter Fraud
Phi Beta Iota: Combined with the wife’s statement that they lived in California, and a careful examination of Romney’s actual travels during the year, it is easily determined if he committed voter fraud. If he did, he should be ineligible to be the Republican nominee for president. We certainly hope someone with integrity in Massachusetts runs this down fast — perhaps the Ron Paul contingent could help? Investigating, indicting, and convicting Romney for voter fraud in the next six months would be a study in the resurrection of democracy.
God this is good, Come on Ron Paul
If he was a democrat there would be no chance. But being he is a republican, it is Bush’s fault.
Looks like it’s time to take away his “assumptive nominee” status gained through election fraud throughout these 2012 primaries and caucuses, and insist that he be prosecuted for his crimes (plural) like any other offending American or presidential candidate would be. This protection of an elitist candidate that he’s been getting has got to be stopped!