(The following posting has been revised based on information learned from Rich Miller at the SCA board meeting on Thursday, October 23.)

Rich Miller, President of SCA’s Democratic Party Special Interest Group (SIG), announced at the October 22 SIG meeting in the Anthem Center that he was sponsoring a party for a group of California seniors coming from the Los Angles area to perform door-knocking programs in support of Democratic Party Candidates at the federal, state and local levels.

At the Thursday board meeting, Rich Miller denied that individuals would be soliciting in the SCA community, and claimed this program was sponsored by the NV Democratic Party–not by the SCA SIG. However, individuals from LA soliciting support for the Democratic Party have been reported to be calling on SCA residents in the Shadow Canyon Village area.  Rich did not report on how long the California seniors would be working in NV area, where they would be staying, if they were volunteers, or if they were being compensated or reimbursed by the Democratic Party in any way.

However, we remain concerned about the program that imports out-of-state political activists into NV communities to solicit party support on a door-to-door basis.  Perhaps they are having trouble getting enough NV Democrats to volunteer to do the job?  Without saying anything to the contrary, paid workers could be pretending to be fellow residents and attempting to influence your votes–while behaving as if they were your neighbors.  We object to that idea–no matter who might be doing it.

It also makes one wonder about the possible security or safety problems that out-of-state “political” workers might cause as they go door-to-door in SCA?  How does one validate individuals involved in such activity, and would those who hired them be liable for any criminal problems that might be later traced to individuals involved?

THE VOICE