Is Rice TV Endorser Registered To Vote?

Questions are being asked today about a new commercial by U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Rice in which a man who says he's a registered Republican endorses Rice.

The questions arise because the man identified in the commercial, Monty Collings, cannot be found as a registered voter in Cleveland County where he lives. A search of voter registration records shows two registered voters in the Collings household in Noble, Tracy and Steffanie. A statewide search finds no Monty Collings as a registered voter. It is possible Collings is registered under a different first name in another city but he could not be contacted for an explanation.

Monty Collings is identified in a new Rice commercial that began airing on Monday that highlights a state legislative battle over insurance coverage.

Rice backed a bill last session that would have required insurance companies to pay routine health care costs of patients who take part in clinical trials.

It was called Steffanie's Law, named for 18-year-old Steffanie Collings of Noble, a brain cancer patient who died this year.

The commercial features Steffanie Collings' father, Monty, saying that he is a Republican, and he supports Rice.

"We need him in Washington," Monty Collings says in the ad, which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-Q3EFvYVk&eurl=http://www.andrewforoklahoma.com/free_details.asp?id=103

SHOW ALL VOTERS LIVING AT 317 CREST DALE ST
2 voters statewide
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VoterID First Last Party Addr # Street Name City regdate County
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140016381 Tracy Collings REP 317 CREST DALE ST NOBLE Cleveland
140271254 Steffanie Collings REP 317 CREST DALE ST NOBLE 20070404 Cleveland
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