Complaint suggests Giuliani campaign of tie to Calif. vote-change
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7054760Dems Point Finger At Hedge Fund Manager In California Campaign CaperOctober 2, 2007
A prominent hedge fund manager is at the center of what some Democrats have called former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s attempt to rig the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Democrats are crying foul after it was revealed that Paul Singer, the founder of New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates, bankrolled an aborted effort to change the way that California awards its electoral votes. The move would purportedly favor Republicans.
Singer, a major Giuliani fundraiser and adviser, turned out to be the only donor to the effort, giving $175,000 to Missouri-based Take Initiative America, which in turn gave the money to Californians for Equal Representation. Democrats say they smell something fishy, and have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission asking it to probe the link between the effort and the Giuliani campaign.
“Why wasn’t Paul Singer’s involvement in this dirty trick aimed at stealing the White House previously disclosed?” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean demanded in a statement. “Given his role in the Giuliani campaign, voters deserve to know the truth about Rudy’s involvement in and knowledge about this shameful effort to disenfranchise voters.”
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