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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: 07-25-2006
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 9:51am

You obviously want a comment on this non-story,


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Registered: 09-26-2008
Tue, 10-28-2008 - 12:21am
bump - included in this thread is the tried and trued Republican tradition of using "databases" to disenfranchise voters - heck - maybe I'll post that on a separate thread and keep bumping that one too!!!!

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