Since posting this image, Twitter has been a buzz over Jared Lee Loughner being a registered Republican, and linking to this post on our blog.
Over at Democratic Underground, a user by the name Barack_America points out that using the Arizona SoS website requires either a Drivers Licence, Date of Birth, or Voter ID number to obtain party affiliation.
According to the Arizona Daily Star: Loughner registered to vote for the first time in 2006, said Chris Roads, Pima County’s registrar of voters. He registered as an independent and last voted in the 2008 general election.
Spelling Errors
This was original image found by Solid Principles on a Tumblr page where Tucson is spelled Tuscon
2nd image is now being circulated with the correct spelling of Tucson attributed to 4chan
This is looking more and more like a hoax folks.
Craig Edwards
UPDATE 1-12-2011 – Other sites have also debunked this Including Free Republic
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The image came from 4chan, you really don’t think they could find that info out? They shut down American Expresses website after the Wiki Leaks fiasco. Here is the original image 4chan sent out… http://bit.ly/dNjkO1
Thanks Harold – according to DU they also spell Tucson as Tuscon.
The image in the link I posted above has it spelled correctly.
I still do not understand where the original image was sourced from. Could someone write it in plain language please.
Interesting Harold – so where did the spelling corrections / mistakes versions come from?
If you are registered to vote in Arizona you can get your own info using the form and then edit the info using web development plugins like Firebug (I believe with Google chrome which is what the browser appears to be you don’t even need to have a plugin), which let you edit a page and view the changes in realtime, and then take a screencap. This is a VERY easy hack. The fact that there are 2 versions with different spellings for Tuscon is damning.
i hope that street address is not real. a variety of loonies might harass the neighborhood.
“Tucson as Tuscon”
if a city had mix of records archived on paper (microfiche, etc), i can imagine finding different spellings, but Tucson isn’t a little village, and internet access implies all digital records. So, two spellings sounds suspect.