Cross-posted from
Election Journal.
Palestra.net
finds that Barack Obama campaign staffer (described on an
Obama site as a field organizer and at a Zoroastrian site as
Obama staff) Minwalla Farah is registered to vote in 3 states.
Meet Farah Minwalla, an Obama field organizer in North Carolina.
She registered to vote in Mecklenburg County, NC on October
4. According to county auditor reports, the
address Minwalla used belongs to a Wanda Nabors. But oddly
– Minwalla is also registered to vote in New York AND Nevada. All
three registrations are listed as active. So, is she a resident of
North Carolina, Nevada or New York? Technically, it appears she
could vote in all three.Minwalla’s online bio for NextGenNow says she is currently
pursuing a degree in English and Journalism in New York City. As
recently as July, Minwalla wrote a review for a band in Brooklyn,
but now she’s registered to vote in swing state North Carolina. The
latest RealClearPolitics poll shows Obama ahead by 0.3 percent, in
New York Obama leads by 29.7 percent. As I’ve heard so often from
campaigners, every vote counts.
I checked the voter file and found that Minwalla registered on
the day of the Nevada Caucus with a mailing address in New
York. The Nevada caucus allowed registration and
participation on the same day. Yet, two weeks later, someone with
the same name, New York City address, and birthday voted in the New
York Presidential primary. She registered at the New York
City address in 2007.
I have not been able to confirm the North Carolina registration,
but the evidence looks solid.