Aide to Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), arrested on voter fraud charges.

[IChing]

CBS News reported today that Michael Aaron Lay, an aide to (the unmarried) Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), was arrested on voter fraud charges.
There is more to the story than you're reading in the CBS news item. LOTS MORE.

First here's the item from CBS on Lay:
The indictment charges that Michael Aaron Lay, 26, illegally cast his ballot in two 2004 Congressional primary run-offs in which McHenry was a candidate. The charges indicate that Lay voted in a district where it was not legal for him to vote.

At the time Lay was listed as a resident in a home owned by 32-year-old McHenry but campaign records indicate Lay's paychecks were sent to an address in Tennessee. McHenry won the primary by only 86 votes. According to Gaston County, North Carolina District Attorney Locke Bell, Lay was indicted on Monday, May 7 by a local grand jury. Both are single MEN.
Before I get into the other angles...Here's a copy of the voter registration information on Michael Aaron Lay:



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http://www.blogactive.com/2007/05/not-just-one-voter-in-question-at-rep.html

About this guy:


After one term in the North Carolina General Assembly, McHenry successfully ran for Congress in the 10th Congressional District, which had come open when nine-term incumbent Cass Ballenger retired. McHenry faced a heavily contested primary in the 10th and bested his closest opponent, Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman in a runoff primary by only 85 votes. In the general election, McHenry earned 64% of the popular vote, defeating Democrat Anne Fischer. However, it was generally thought McHenry's victory in the primary runoff was tantamount to election in November. His district is considered North Carolina's most Republican district, having sent Republicans to represent it since 1963.

At the age of 31, McHenry is the youngest member of the 110th United States Congress; he was also the youngest member of the North Carolina General Assembly during his term in the state House. His voting record is considered conservative; he was one of 20 members who voted against reinstating the House ethics rules in place after they were changed, allegedly in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In 2006, DeLay was quoted by the Washington Times as saying that McHenry could be "the next Tom DeLay." In 2006 he voted against renewal of the Voting Rights Act, arguing that the law was "bad public policy" because it mandated bilingual ballots, and because it used voting statistics from 1964 to determine whether or not election procedures ought to be subject to federal review

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_T._McHenry

[ck4829]

1. Republican Voter Fraud isn't a problem for the Bush Administration

It's only when dark skinned folks and the poor vote, that's the REAL voter fraud right there.

:sarcasm:

[IChing]

2. He may have voted 4 times in a highly contested race.

I wonder who caught his was it a "US Attorney"?

I somehow doubt this.

[Benhurst]

3. This would be a big story if

McHenry were a Democrat.

[IChing]

4. He had two seperate men living at his address at two seperate times.

Also look at these links on him.

Michael Aaron Lay not the only man at McHenry’s home
Posted on May 12th, 2007 by Matt
BlogActive.com has the scoop on even more men registered to vote and/or living with Representative Patrick McHenry (NC-10).
In the just previous post, I wrote about Michael Aaron Lay, an aide to McHenry who has been indicted by a North Carolina grand jury for voter fraud. Using his voter registration at McHenry’s home at 1100 Requa Way in Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina, Lay voted in two different primary districts for McHenry’s 2004 run for Congress.

As it seems there are at least two more men - Jason Jent Deans and Matthew Allen Hamilton - who were, at one time, registered to vote at McHenry’s home. In these other instances, the circumstances are the same as Lay’s: registered to vote at McHenry’s home, working for McHenry and paychecks being sent to other addresses.
Just what are all these men doing living with McHenry? Different men and different times. Simple voter fraud, unethical behavior and lies in typical Republican style… or… could it be something more intimate?

http://www.interstateq.com/

Peeved McHenry refers to congresswoman as a ‘man.’

During floor debate yesterday, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) repeatedly referred to Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) as a “man.” McHenry appeared to be upset when Tauscher, who was presiding as chairwoman, chose not to recognize him until other members in the chamber stopped chatting.


http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/11/peeved-mchenry-refers-to-congresswoman-as-a-man/

[Vadem]

5. Oh dear Lord, please, please, please, let us find out that there...

is a major scandal with this little curmudgeon jerk! I cannot stand him when I hear him on C-Span, as well as Marsha Blackburn and Virginia Fox! Lord, please help us oust these three .... whatevers! I can't really state what I really want to say in regards to these three Reps, two from NC and the other from TN!

[IChing]

6. THIS CASE WAS NEVER INVESTIGATED BY A US ATTORNEY.

It was a County attorney.............

Updated 2:15 a.m.: Former McHenry campaign worker indicted for voter fraud from 2004 election Kevin Ellis May 11, 2007 - 11:33PM A grassroots organizer in U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry’s 2004 bid for Congress faces a felony election fraud charge.

A Gaston County grand jury indicted Michael Aaron Lay, 26, of Pioneer, Tenn., on May 7.

Lay, who graduated with a law degree from the University of Tennessee on Friday, did not immediately return a phone message left with his father early Saturday.

McHenry dismissed the charge against Lay as a political attack in a statement released by his office Friday night.

McHenry, a Cherryville Republican elected easily to a second term in 2006, describes Lay as a “good Christian and law-abiding citizen” in the statement.

“It's unfortunate that political opponents chose to target this young man in order to attack me,” the statement reads. “In the end, the facts and the law are on the side of this decent, law-abiding student, and he will be found innocent of this baseless attack.”

The indictment charges that Lay illegally cast his ballot in two 2004 congressional primary runoffs in which McHenry was a candidate, according to CBS News.

McHenry, who at the time was the youngest member in Congress, beat out a crowded Republican field to win the 2004 nomination after calling for a primary runoff election.

In the runoff, McHenry beat Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman by 86 votes to win the GOP nomination for the heavily Republican 10th U.S. House District.

The warrant against Lay remains unserved in the Gaston County Clerk of Court’s Office, according to the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office. The charge alleges Lay voted in a district where it was not legal for him to vote.

Lay worked as a political director and grassroots organizer in the 2004 campaign. Gaston County Board of Elections lists Lay as an active voter in Gaston County, with a Cherryville address on Requa Road, according to the State Board of Election Web site.

McHenry owns the Requa Road property that Lay listed as his address, according to Gaston County tax records.

A spokesman for McHenry said the Cherryville property served at the time as a residence and campaign headquarters.

During the time Lay listed his address in Cherryville for voting purposes his paychecks were sent to an address in Tennessee, CBS News states, citing campaign reports.

According to the CBS News Web site, the North Carolina State Board of Elections investigated the allegation up to two years ago.

The results were forwarded to the previous Gaston County District Attorney Mike Lands, now a District Court judge, according to CBS News.

When Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell took office in January he pursued

http://www.shelbystar.com/news/mchenry_21725___article.html/lay_news.html

[IChing]

7. This case ties with Gonzales if you can see it.

Forget the log cabin republican side of it.

[L. Coyote]

8. TIMING??? US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???

TIMING??? US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=873340&mesg_id=873622

Wasn't this known long ago?? Convenient timing now to reinforce the "voter fraud" defense in the firings scandal.

READ: The Public Corruption track: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=831278&mesg_id=831278

READ: The Medicare Fraud track "involved 30 U.S. attorneys' offices": http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=853813&mesg_id=853813

   "eleven states were involved in litigation....The fraud investigation involved 30 U.S. attorneys' offices, 
   22 FBI field offices, inspectors general from the Health and Human Service Department and the Office of Personnel 
   Management, Defense Department investigators and state fraud units...." 

Do the MATH. Was Carol Lam investigating voter fraud? NO

So-called "voter fraud" was a real track of activity (just ask Palast), BUT is it the only one
to focus on when investigating the US attorney firings? NO!! emphatically NO.

However, if that could be accomplished, making everyone believe the USA firings is just a "voter fraud" issue, it would make some felonious Rs very happy!!