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To: Srexley who wrote (567916)	4/22/2004 8:22:55 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

Mr. Rexley, a story on the average worker for the democrat party. Convicted Murderer Arrested While Registering Democratic Voters in South Dakota By Jeff Gannon Talon News April 21, 2004 (Talon News) -- A man arrested by Rapid City, South Dakota police two weeks ago following an incident at a homeless shelter turned out to be a convicted murderer and a voter registration worker for Democrats. Joseph Prentice was taken into custody when he refused to leave the Cornerstone Rescue Mission after a resident complained of being harassed. John Elving, a supervisor at the mission told Talon News that the man had been there the previous day but left when asked. Police were first alerted to Prentice through complaints about individuals aggressively soliciting voter registration in parking lots and public areas. In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the men were being paid a bounty of $3 for each Democrat they registered and $0 for any Republicans. Prentice and several others were recruited from Denver, Colorado for a voter registration drive. Prentice showed police a California driver's license, but listed his address as homeless. While in Rapid City, he and the others stayed at the Corral Motel. Prentice pleaded guilty to trespassing and was sentenced 30 days, with 30 days suspended sentence. He also pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia. Further investigation into his background revealed a long history of trouble with the law. In 1992, he pleaded guilty in Seattle, WA to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 38 months in prison. Additional charges previously lodged against Prentice in other jurisdictions include disturbing the peace, providing false information, solicitation of prostitution, DUI, owner operated uninsured, leaving scene of an accident, and driving without a valid license. The incident recalled similar events that marred the 2002 senate race in South Dakota. In July 2003, Lyle Nichols entered into an agreement to plead guilty to felony possession of a forged instrument for the 252 voter registration cards he admitted were completed by his friends using names found in a telephone directory. The United Sioux Tribes hired him while he was on work release from Pennington County Jail and paid $3 per voter registration card. Rebecca Red Earth-Villeda faced eight counts of forgery for fraudulent voter registration applications she submitted to county officials. The Native American woman, also known as Maka Duta, was hired in 2002 by the state Democrat Party to register voters. Those charges were dropped in 2004 after the state's handwriting expert was unable to definitively establish that the documents in question had been forged. Democrats were criticized for using the bounty system to register voters that even neutral observers say was an invitation to fraud. talonnews.com