Sentences with phrase «ballot security operation»
Bloomberg gave a $ 1.1 million contribution to the state Independence Party's housekeeping account with the expectation that it would go toward a ballot security operation Haggerty was managing on the mayor's behalf.?
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Bloomberg made a $ 1.2 million contribution to the state Independence Party and the mayor said the funds were supposed to be used for a ballot security operation.
«In a sworn affidavit that is part of the paperwork, Assistant District Attorney Eric Seidel states that in an interview on March 12, Haggerty acknowledged that «he did not disclose to Mayor Bloomberg, his agents, and campaign employees that he was going to keep the money that was budgeted for election day ballot security operation for himself, because if he did, he would not have received the money.»»
Haggerty was accused of an elaborate phantom ballot security operation.
The $ 1.1 million was given by Bloomberg to the state Independence Party, which was to pay Haggerty for a ballot security operation that entailed hiring poll watchers on Election Day.
His expertise in ballot security operations came in handy when the Republican party handed lists of voters to poll workers at every poll site that were meant to be challenged.
Not exact matches
The counter-meeting will be led by Bart Haggerty, a longtime opponent of Ragusa and the brother of John Haggerty, who is currently on trial on allegations that he stole $ 1 million from Michael Bloomberg by falsely promising to use the money for ballot - security operations.
Bloomberg's 2009 opponent said he wouldn't have made a big deal about the mayor's ballot - security operation.
In 1993, Murray worked under former state G.O.P. chair Bill Powers for the New York State Republican Party's Victory Operation, handling phone banks, absentee ballots and, for the first time in the state, «ballot security.»
The fund transferred $ 1.2 million to the state Independence Party, which acted as an intermediary to funnel funds to Haggerty for what was supposed to be an election - day ballot - security operation in the 2009 mayoral race.