{Originally posted at my blog Senate Guru.}
Golden parachute recipient Carly Fiorina is considering running for Senate in 2010, but that campaign would be one of her first brushes with the democratic process as, it turns out, she barely ever votes:
(Much, much more below the fold.)
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Fiorina has voted in just 5 of 18 elections since she registered to vote in California.
Before moving to California, the Chronicle found, Fiorina was registered to vote in New Jersey. But after eight years of never casting a vote, she was dropped from the voter rolls.
It gets worse:
Before that, Fiorina lived in Montgomery County, Md., where the registrar's office said they reviewed state databases and found no listing of Fiorina's voter registration.
Fiorina strongly disputes the voting records as "just wrong," her spokeswoman, Beth Miller, said. Miller said Tuesday that Fiorina has no records to prove her past voting record and has acknowledged her failure to vote in some elections. But while "she didn't vote all the time … she did vote," the spokeswoman added.
Fiorina has no records to prove that she registered to vote just like she has no records to prove she was an effective CEO before being fired with that cushy golden parachute. Oh, and speaking of her experience in the business world, just like she never filed the paperwork to vote, it appears she never registered her business:
Fiorina is facing scrutiny over her current business (Carly Fiorina Enterprises), which is not registered as a corporation in California, according to the paper. Her spokesman told the Chronicle that she doesn’t need to register because the business is a sole proprietorship.
But California Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is running for governor, has initiated an inquiry into the situation – which could create quite a political firestorm if his office found anything problematic.
I wouldn't expect Fiorina to make such a rookie mistake when it comes to registering her company. That said, if the inquiry does find anything the slightest bit problematic, it will be a major embarrassment for Fiorina. Stay tuned.