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The executive director of the Arizona GOP used a Republican voter database to stalk a female grad student, the woman has alleged in a criminal complaint.

The complaint, filed last month with the local sheriff's office and reported by the Huffington Post, alleges that Brett Mecum "is using Voter Vault to stalk." That's the sophisticated voter-targeting program that the GOP uses to turn its supporters out to the polls.

The woman charges that on August 29, she was having a party at home to celebrate her acceptance into an East Coast graduate school, when Mecum showed up uninvited. According to the affidavit, which HuffPo has posted:

I did not invite Brett Mecum. He is rather creepy and intimidating around women. I did not want to expose my guests to that kind of individual. I was shocked to see him show up at my party. He had never been to my house, and I had never told him where I lived. I asked him how he found my address, and he responded "I looked it up on Voter Vault, I called a staffer to look it up for me there."

The woman, whose name was redacted from the complaint, said she felt threatened, and appeared to charge that other women have similarly been stalked.

I am concerned for my safety and the safety of other women who have either been or might be stalked by him using Voter Vault. Like me, they were likely threatened by him if they report his harassment and are afraid to come forward.

On that score, HuffPo's Dawn Teo reports:

I have been speaking with local Republican women who approached me with disturbing stories of unwanted sexual advances, persistent harassment, and intimidation by Mecum and some of Mecum's friends.

Mecum told an Arizona political site: "This is completely bogus. At the end of the day, I will be exonerated in all of this. This happens a lot in politics, unfortunately. When you have a high-profile job like mine, you sometimes make some enemies."

And RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen, who is also the chair of the state party, seemed to dismiss the issue in a statement:

He used Voter Vault. The Republican National Committee owns Voter Vault....It's a private list. We own the list. We can do what we want with the list, quite frankly.

But it's a felony to use a voter registration database for anything other than official purposes, according to HuffPo. And of course, there are laws against stalking and harassment.

Mecum is no stranger to run-ins with the law. He was arrested this year after being photographed driving 109 miles per hour on a local freeway, but the case was thrown out by a judge who believes freeway cameras are unconstitutional.

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December 16, 2009 12:30 PM   

So let me get this straight... this guy is constitutionally opposed to high-tech snooping devices when he's going 109 down a freeway and then wants to beat the ticket, but he's totally in favor of high-tech snooping devices when he wants to stalk women.
Keepin' it classy, Arizona GOP.

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December 16, 2009 2:04 PM    in reply to BluGrass

How many times does it have to be said?

IOKIYAR.

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December 16, 2009 12:43 PM   

Yuck.

Must be aiming for a Golden Duke nomination before the deadline.

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December 16, 2009 12:50 PM   

uganda be kidding me! a member of the gop who is sexually deviant! hang him!!

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December 16, 2009 1:35 PM   

"We own the list. We can do what we want with the list, quite frankly."


If I say it enough times, It will be true...

If I say it enough times, It will be true...

If I say it enough times, It will be true...

If I say it enough times, It will be true...

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December 16, 2009 2:10 PM   

Maybe the woman will now realize that she shouldn't send money or associate with Republicans, anyone with a brain should know Republicans are perverted sociopaths.

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December 16, 2009 2:15 PM   

For pure creepiness, Mecum can't hold a candle to Ted Klaudt. However, NobleCon is 100% correct: Republicans ARE perverted sociopaths.

Lest anyone doubt: http://www.armchairsubversive.org/

The list of GOP sex criminals is truly staggering.

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December 16, 2009 2:24 PM   

Pullen's response is quite telling. What he's saying in so many words is, "To all you people concerned about misuse of the voting list by Republican officials, I have two words: Suck it."

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December 17, 2009 5:47 AM   

The huffington post is a source you can trust.

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December 17, 2009 8:04 AM   

Karl Rove is a fucking loser though. A car drove by my house, stopped, and no one came up to the house.

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