tinylittlegnat
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What a creep
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The executive director of the Arizona GOP used a Republican voter database to stalk a female grad student, the woman has alleged in a criminal complaint.
The complaint, filed last month with the local sheriff's office and reported by the Huffington Post, alleges that Brett Mecum "is using Voter Vault to stalk." That's the sophisticated voter-targeting program that the GOP uses to turn its supporters out to the polls.
I have been speaking with local Republican women who approached me with disturbing stories of unwanted sexual advances, persistent harassment, and intimidation by Mecum and some of Mecum's friends.
RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen, who is also the chair of the state party, seemed to dismiss the issue in a statement:
"He used Voter Vault. The Republican National Committee owns Voter Vault....It's a private list. We own the list. We can do what we want with the list, quite frankly."
But it's a felony to use a voter registration database for anything other than official purposes. And of course, there are laws against stalking and harassment.
Mecum is no stranger to run-ins with the law. He was arrested this year after being photographed driving 109 miles per hour on a local freeway, but the case was thrown out by a judge who believes freeway cameras are unconstitutional.