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Outrage erupts when one school district allows a pro-Obama group to hold voter registration drives but denies the Romney campaign
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It's just a bad lesson political science tonight many parents of Florida are outraged why.
-- school district a lot a pro Obama group to hold voter registration drives and give speeches to classes but get this.
Those same district denied the Romney campaign the chance to do the same so what is really going on and were any -- broken.
Griff Jenkins hit the ground in Florida to find out.
-- day here in Pasco County Florida volunteers from president Obama's organizing for America.
Gained access on multiple occasions to high schools to register voters here at gulf high school that happened last month.
Brian Corley who as a supervisor of elections in Pasco County says laws may have been broken.
A big part of this story is whether or not.
The folks represented themselves as part of your staff from the elections office or whether they identify themselves as organizing for America and then we're still allowed.
On to -- school property.
Well they if they -- themselves -- being with organizing for America well on school property that's an issue and of itself.
However is a violation of Florida law to use fraudulent means or or -- deceptive practices to register individual to know that is a criminal violation so if that is the case.
We're individuals.
Indicated they were with the supervisor of elections office that would be a criminal charge so that'll come out as a result investigation is just too early to ascertain that -- Bill bunting is the Republican state -- here -- -- bill you received a message that put much of this -- -- -- tell us what happened.
Well I was a teacher from golf high school was nice enough to -- can you call and tell me that the Obama campaign was in -- school.
-- -- -- Under the -- so the organization for America.
And they came in on the Wall Street fences because when acumen to the school they said they represent at the supervised elections office Brian -- And therein lies the problem and she was nice enough to invite me speak.
And then subsequently.
The night before it was gonna speak I got a call from the principal high school miss Davis.
And said that it would not be allowed to speak shortly -- we give in to not chemistry.
I wasn't really given a very clear.
Definition from miss Davis.
As to what it was not.
-- -- Subsequently was re invited to speak.
And then I got a call from the superintendent of schools.
Heather Fiorentino.
And that was eleven hours before it was to speak and she said well we can't have you committed speak on the advice about -- Because one group came in and they should have been that was wrong what they did it was illegal appeared before the school board.
And the attorney Dennis Alphonso that will be separately it and he also said it looks like.
That may have been crimes it committed so we don't want you to speak we don't wanna bring a second party and and -- you know it's.
How many instances do you suppose this could have happened is it just a one a gulf.
Or is -- them elsewhere.
-- it's not it's not the one -- gulf we we know what happened that Friday high school -- heard from a parent.
Whose daughter who also was approached in the cafeteria -- -- senior.
We also know that it happened didn't -- in high school and it happened at some lake high schools.
-- divinity is the parent of a student -- one of the schools here -- Kenny.
Where organizing for America came in made -- c.'s -- tell us what happened.
Well from what I know that.
We thought they -- poll workers that would come into -- -- you know trying to get students to register to vote.
But it turns out it was from the Obama campaign they are organizing for America.
Workers.
These people would come in the lunch Roman with a clip boards and on the back on the clip boards and Obama.
Biting on stickers on the on that you clip boards you know looking for a voters to get registered.
Another response video -- -- Obama campaign in a statement and Obama for America spokesperson saying.
This incident represents a simple misunderstanding regarding a volunteer who is no longer with our organization.
All our volunteers go through a rigorous and extensive training process to ensure they comply with all laws when registering voters.
A month to go out immediately after the incident questioned the volunteer apologized to the school.
As a Pasco County school superintendent has indicated in the press the school has moved down from this and so --
