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Requests it. so the day after election, we purged him. he filled out the correct forms and we purged him. >> ok. so he voted without being a citizen and now he'll be a citizen. >> we don't know if he'll be a citizen or not but this allows him to have -- to continue that process. >> wow. little disturbing, wouldn't you think? >> it bothers me to no end. >> debbie, thank you for sharing your story. hopefully we'll move on this. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, senator harry reid launching a multimillion dollar ad campaign to save his job. are the attack ads effective? pollster frank luntz knows ...

>> he's not a citizen. and he admitted to stealing a social security number and using two fake forms of identification to vote in the 2004 presidential election. now, he wants to become an american citizen the legal way. and he's got the department of homeland security behind him. but one government worker in tennessee is shocked they're clearing a path of citizenship for this man and wonder if it happens elsewhere. that woman is putnam county administrator of elections debbie stitle. thanks for joining us. >> sure. happy to be here. >> debbie, what were your thoughts or what was the conversat...

Me, but it was two days, i believe, before the election. you don't purge right before an election. so we asked him if he would come back the day after the election. he had a piece of paper with him that was explaining why he wanted to be purged. and he showed it to me. and i asked if i might make a copy of it and he could keep the original. and then we'd have everything ready for him for the day after the election he could come in and sign. >> purge the voting record and purge the fact that he voted. >> purge -- get out of the voter registration group. yes. not be able to vote anymore. and tha...