Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

Case #07-120588
May 24,2007 [cv]
Witness Statement
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Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Mmhm.
Cause 1 missed something here that 1 was supposed to attend. And urn .. .it might have
been the end of July before 1 was holding those meetings and then August when we
moved into the .. .I would estimate.
Okay, 1 mean it doesn't. .. precision isn't required ... we're trying to track the process.
Sure.
What about when you're hiring the first people to start the registrations ... (unintelligible)
that you gathered registrations?
Well that would've been the end of July.
Steve Hobbs: Okay. Urn ...
Witness:
And you could track those .. .if ... the Pierce County Auditor had any recollection
because ... and you could also ask at the Secretary of State's Office because um ... the
Pierce County Auditor was reluctant as is their policy, to give more than a one package of
voter registration cards and they directed me to the Secretary of State where they were
very agreeable and mailed me ... well shipped me ... urn ... a dozen boxes full of cards.
Steve Hobbs: And again were gonna fill ... come back and fill in some of these holes ...
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Sure.
... about how you trained people and ... and other things in moment. But...generally what
was the process throughout August? Urn ... then you moved into those ... the new location.
And urn ... with that came the ability to use part of the union meeting hall.
Mmhm.
Witness: And um .. .1 would go out and recruit and ... two or three ... usually three days a week 1
would do a intake with new potential candidates for employment. They would
urn ... be ... 1 would teach them how to fill out ... how to assist ... uh ... what's the word?
How to help people register ...
Steve Hobbs:
Witness:
Steve Hobbs:
Right.
... themselves to vote. And what the laws were ... what the rules are urn ... the nuances of
each line ... step by step on the cards and what the terms of their employment would be
and then send them out and the criteria for success was that they needed to register a
minimal number of people .. .1 think it was five.
On the first time out.
Witness: On the first time out. This was a ... this was definitely not paid. This was urn ...
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