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October 18, 2004
Democrats, NAACP Get Crack Squad Out For Voter-Registration
Efforts
In a story that will redefine the term "crack troops", a
volunteer for Democrats and the NAACP tried to pay
registration-gatherers in illegal drugs:

Defiance Deputies along with Toledo Police Department
detectives conducted a search warrant of a residence on
Woodland in Toledo, believed to be the home of the woman
who hired Staton to solicit voter registration. Officers
confiscated drug paraphernalia along with voter
registration forms from the home. The occupant of the home,
Georgianne Pitts, age 41, advised law enforcement, along
with Ohio B.C.I.&I., that she had been recruited by
Thaddeus J. Jackson, II, of Cleveland, to obtain voter
registrations. Pitts admitted to paying Staton crack
cocaine for the registrations in lieu of money. A business
card provided by Pitts indicated that Jackson is the
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