Romney Voted In Mass. Election Using Son's Address

[babylonsister]

Is this even legal??

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/romney-voted-in-mass-primary-using-sons-address.php?ref=dcblt


Romney Voted In Mass. Election Using Son's Address
Christina Bellantoni | January 8, 2010, 3:39PM


Despite selling his only home in Massachusetts, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) voted last month in the state's Republican primary to choose a candidate for Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat using his son's address and has already mailed in a ballot for the Jan. 19 special election.

Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said despite selling his home in Belmont last year, Romney never gave up his Massachusetts residency. When he is in the state he stays with his son Tagg.

Romney, a former governor who ran for president in 2008 and is considering another bid in 2012, made an offer on a condo in Belmont and will close in March.

Romney has been campaigning for the Republican candidate Scott Brown.

TPM checked in with Fehrnstrom after speaking with the town clerk in Belmont, Mass., who confirmed that Romney voted in the Dec. 8 special election.

He used an address in Belmont that matches the address of a home where their son Tagg lives.

According to the Boston Herald, Romney sold his six-bedroom home in Belmont for $3.5 million.

A report in the Associated Press last April said Romney sold his home in Utah for $5 million but was keeping a $10 million summer home in New Hampshire and a $12 million home in La Jolla, CA.

Additional reporting by Zachary Roth.

[joeybee12]

1. Hey mittens, you don't give up state residency like you would a country...

...you are a resident of the state you reside in, not where you used to...take him to jail!

[Betty]

2. rules never apply to repigs

but for the rest of us, voting out of state and claiming residence just because we crash at someone's house would result in charges being filed, no doubt.

[NJmaverick]

3. The only way I could see Mitt not getting in serious trouble is that it's a primary

but still, it was a highly unethical act, even if the GOP doesn't want to pursue the issue.

[chelsea0011]

4. Eric Fehrnstrom is the ultimate toadie. Mitt never speaks for himself. Eric

does all the talking. That's what we need in a leader.

[Gman2]

5. The only voter fraud that exists, is Acorn, I heard that from Ann Coulter

The PunDitz that also committed voter fraud, and skated.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Eric Fehrnstrom is a bootlicker for Mittens. Romney farts and Eric's lips flap.

[SoCalDem]

7. Where does the IRS send his pre-printed forms?

you can only have ONE primary residence..all the "others" are just for visiting.

We have visited our son, up north......... could we register and vote there? nope.

[babylonsister]

8. Sounds illegal to me; you're right, we couldn't do this. nt

[Hekate]

9. Home ownership is not the test of residency, and is established in a number of ways...

I suspect he has not changed his driver's license to another state, and obviously he is still registered to vote in Massachusetts. He undoubtedly still pays state taxes for one thing and another, such as on that house he sold, but also in other ways.

If home ownership were the sole test, he could have voted in 4 different states. In Romney's case, i doubt there was intent to defraud, and by voting in Mass he keeps his record of involvement up.

Hekate

[EFerrari]

11. That's right. Now, if he'd voted in another venue during the same period

then he'd have a problem.

[Hekate]

10. Dupe. Self Delete.

I got an error message and didn't think it had gone through....

[FLyellowdog]

12. Waterboarding is warranted in this case, fer sure.nt