Choose "Two" Vote?

Well, the investigation of the innocuous sounding group "Choose to Vote" just gets curiouser and curiouser. You may recall that a man named Howard Brewer pled guilty to voter fraud registration here in South Dakota a few weeks ago. Howard Brewer claimed to work for an organization called "Choose to Vote." I began investigating this group, and you can read more information about my findings HERE. One major discovery was that the only web presence of an organization called "Choose to Vote" was the website www.choose2vote.org, which is operated by a fellow named Derrick Lee of Gilbert, Arizona, near Phoenix, where Howard Brewer is from. Derrick Lee is a well-known figure in the petition industry, whose employees have frequently been investigated for fraudulent activity in gathering signatures for petitions.

Another major discovery of the investigation of the group "Choose to vote" was the fact that an April 30, 2004 story in the Argus Leader quoted the Fall River County Auditor to the following effect:

"We got one batch of about 300 that came in all at once, in an envelope that just said, 'Choose to Vote,' " Fall River County Auditor Sherrill Dryden said.

Now we have a new piece of information to add. Last week I called the Fall River County offices and asked about this envelope. They were kind enough to mail me a copy of the face of the envelope, and you can view a pdf copy of the face of the envelope by clicking HERE.

The return address on the envelope reads:

Choose Two Vote
8527 W Colfax
Lakewood CO. 80215

Isn't it curious that word "two" is used, rather than "to"? It's unbelievably similar to the "choose2vote.org" use of the phrase, except, of course, that the actual number "2" is used. Could "choose2vote" and "Choose Two Vote" be one and the same group? Then there's the matter of the return address being Colorado, rather than Arizona. As I say at the outset, it just gets curiouser and curiouser.

Why does all of this matter? Howard Brewer, who pled guilty to voter registration fraud here in South Dakota a few weeks ago claimed to work for the group "Choose to Vote." Howard Brewer is from the same location in Arizona as Derrick Lee, the man who operates choose2vote.org, and his employees are frequently investigated for fraudulent activity in gathering signatures for petitions around the country. There's a troubling trail of fraud related to this innocuous sounding group "Choose to/2/Two Vote" and it needs to be exposed in order to ensure a fair election in South Dakota this November.