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Sat, 10-18-2008 - 6:26pm

Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans


Fraud


Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times

"I am not a Republican," insisted Karen Ashcraft, 47, a pet clinic manager from Ventura who said she was duped by a signature gatherer into joining the GOP. "I certainly . . . won't sign anything in front of a grocery store ever again."

YPM, a group hired by the GOP, allegedly deceived Californians who thought they were signing a petition. YPM denies any wrongdoing. Similar accusations have been leveled against the company elsewhere.

By Evan Halper and Michael Rothfeld, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 18, 2008


SACRAMENTO -- Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP contractor with a trail of fraud complaints stretching across the country.

Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions for tougher penalties against child molesters. Some said they were told that they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Others had no idea their registration was being changed.


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Registered: 09-26-2008
Sat, 10-18-2008 - 9:32pm
what the heck - I'll bump it up....
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Registered: 07-03-2008
Sat, 10-18-2008 - 9:39pm
Doesn't supprise me a bit. All the shananigans going on is pathetic!
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sat, 10-18-2008 - 9:46pm

(((((Election officials and lawmakers have launched investigations into the activities of YPM workers in Florida and Massachusetts.))))


I KNEW that something was fishy with McCain's sudden need to link Obama to ACORN. McCain has shown a derelict pattern of PROJECTION since he won the GOP primaries. Whatever McCain is doing or has done to him, he projects that on to Obama:



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Registered: 09-08-2008
Mon, 10-20-2008 - 1:00am

The latest news on the GOP voter fraud. This sounds more like the GOP doesn't respect democracy. Pitiful.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud20-2008oct20,0,3842357.story

((((((Ontario police arrest man in voter fraud case

Mark Jacoby, who owns a firm hired by the California Republican Party, violated state laws with his own registration, authorities say.

By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 20, 2008

SACRAMENTO -- The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud.

State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.


Voters say they were duped into...Contact the reporters with your experiences
Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department late Saturday came after dozens of voters said they were duped into registering as Republicans by people employed by YPM. The voters said YPM workers tricked them by saying they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters.

The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP.

Dan Goldfine, an attorney for Jacoby, on Sunday denied any wrongdoing by his client and called the charges "baseless."

He said the arrest outside an Ontario hotel, which involved seven squad cars and nine police officers, was part of a "long pattern of harassment against Mr. Jacoby for an entirely valid voter registration effort."

Goldfine said the case that prosecutors are bringing against his client involves charges that are rarely pressed.

Jacoby was released on bail Sunday evening from the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, Goldfine said.

After complaints by voters and Democratic Party officials, several agencies launched investigations into Jacoby's activities. They included the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, which issued the warrant for his arrest earlier this month on felony charges of voter registration fraud and perjury.

"We contacted people at the addresses where he registered, and they have no idea who he is," said Dave Demerjian, head deputy of the public integrity unit at the L.A. County district attorney's office.

Goldfine said his client does business in many states, traveling frequently, and his permanent address has been his parents' Los Angeles County home, where he received mail and registered to vote.

Demerjian said his office is continuing to investigate allegations that YPM workers improperly re-registered voters with the GOP.

Several dozen voters recently told The Times that YPM workers said they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Other voters said they had no idea their registration was being changed.

YPM has been accused of using bait-and-switch tactics across the country. Election officials and lawmakers have launched investigations into the activities of YPM workers in Florida and Massachusetts. In Arizona, the firm was recently a defendant in a civil rights lawsuit.

In a written statement Sunday, the state Republican Party called the charges against Jacoby "politically motivated." The party said the charges do not support accusations from voters and Democratic officials that YPM has been duping voters into joining the GOP.

The statement accused Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who announced the arrest, of "using her office to play politics."

Bowen is a Democrat.)))))))

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Registered: 09-26-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 7:22pm
bump
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Registered: 10-20-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 7:28pm
LOL!
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Registered: 09-26-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 7:39pm
bump
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 7:45pm

Bueller? Bueller? Anybody? Anybody?

Nope, no one wants to argue against this one.

For a great summary of the Republican voter fraud shenanigans this time around, here is a MUST SEE:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27313459

Anybody disagree?

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 11:27pm
LOL!
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Wed, 10-22-2008 - 11:42pm

Just an LOL?

 

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