DOJ Indictment Watch - Democratic Political Operative Convicted Edit Add - Related to this Q post https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/political-operative-convicted-federal-campaign-finance-crimes-two-congressional-campaigns-and A jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania convicted longtime political operative Kenneth Smukler, 58, of Villanova, Pennsylvania, today on charges of making and concealing illegal campaign contributions in two Congressional primary elections, and of obstructing justice in an investigation by the Federal Election Commission. Ties to Chelsea Clinton's Mother in law former Rep. Marjorie Margolies. Source Margolies' testimony came in the fifth day of Smukler's trial. A fixture in Philadelphia Democratic circles and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's longtime political guru, Smukler is charged with violating federal campaign law while working on Margolies' campaign and in a reelection bid for Brady in 2012. But as Margolies delivered her own account of her 2014 campaign, the circumstances under which she was testifying were almost as remarkable as what she said. Margolies – whose daughter-in-law is Chelsea Clinton and who has also been a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor — spoke under a grant of immunity from prosecution. Ties to Mob, Casinos, Hillary Clinton's Senate bid, Voterlink Data Source Smukler is also the president of Voterlink Data Systems and InfoVoter Technologies. He has worked as a consultant and political operative for US Congressman and Philadelphia Democratic Party leader Bob Brady and for the campaigns of Marjorie Margolies (Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law!) in Montgomery County. Voterlink handled phone and bank data for Hillary Clinton’s successful 2000 US Senate campaign. He played a key role in voter activation during the 2008 presidential primary as the director of an NAACP hotline. Source  Making Your Vote Count: NBC News and MSNBC will also be tracking any potential problems that voters may have around the country through an exclusive agreement with InfoVoter Technologies, whose nationwide toll free voter alert line will allow voters to quickly report voting problems to election officials anywhere in the country. Voters across the nation will be able to call the MYVOTE1 Voter Alert Line (1-866-MYVOTE1) to report irregularities or problems at their individual polling places. The alert line will automatically patch callers to their local election offices as well as give voters an opportunity to record a brief description for NBC News/MSNBC of the problems they are facing. NBC News' Chip Reid will report on voting irregularities and the new voting machine technologies that have recently been installed in many counties throughout the United States. InfoVoter Technologies - a bipartisan joint venture representing VoterLink Data Systems and Chesapeake enterprises - will manage the voter contact technology along with a team of bipartisan analysts at MSNBC's Washington D.C. headquarters. Source InfoVoter, a nationally recognized leader in the development of election technologies, has entered into partnership with Contact Solutions, a provider of cloud-based contact automation solutions, to deliver VoterLink, a phone-based service that helps make voting easier. Officials with Contact Solutions said that the VoterLink IVR removes barriers to participation by helping voters quickly obtain vital information and provide valuable feedback throughout the election process. Company officials said that political groups, news media, foundations, and non-profit organizations can brand and customize VoterLink to support the needs of their target demographics or special interests and make them more likely to vote. Organizations can select a vanity phone number and promote easy access to VoterLink services at each stage of the election process. “In our society, these types of services are vital to help ensure a fair and equal voting experience, and we are proud to be able to support the process in this way,” said Paul Logan, CEO of Contact Solutions, in a statement. Logan said that the Contact Solutions suite of applications that power VoterLink can scale up or down to support national, state, or local elections reliably and economically. Ken Smukler, president of InfoVoter said that since 2004, VoterLink has supported the largest voter hotline in the nation. “It allows our clients like The Tom Joyner Morning Show, to provide critical voter support services to civil rights groups including the NAACP and the National Urban League,” said Smukler. He said that CNN has used VoterLink to track election problems across the country as they arise in real time delivering content that no other network can match on Election Day. Smukler said that after the election, VoterLink provides an archive of the voting experience that has been used by congressional committees and non-profit groups to improve election administration systems. Voterlink Data systems handled Democrat Hillary Clinton's phone bank and data. Americans for Equality paid Voterlink Data Systems, a political data entry firm, $310,450 between July and Election Day for assembling a registry of 3 million African Americans the group planned to contact by door-to-door efforts, phone calls and direct mail, according to IRS records. Voterlink Data systems also handled Democrat Hillary Clinton's phone bank and data crunching for her successful Senate bid. The Clinton - Mezvinksy - Soros Connection