TPM: Report CA Voters Tricked Into Registering as Republicans with Pot Petition

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Report: CA Voters Tricked Into Registering As Republicans With Pot Petition
Justin Elliott

April 28, 2010



Orange County authorities are launching an investigation into possible voter registration fraud after a local newspaper reported over a hundred cases of voters being tricked into registering as Republicans by petitioners who asked them to sign petitions for, among other causes, legalizing pot.

The Orange County Register reported last week that the Orange County District Attorney's office announced it would team up with the Secretary of State on the case, following a Register report that 99 written complaints were filed since March by voters who said they were registered as Republicans without their consent.

Another 74 voters reached by the Register said they, too, were unwillingly made members of the GOP.

In a lengthy investigation published earlier this month, the paper pointed to an $8 "bounty" offered by the California Republican Party for each new registration as a cause for the problems. It identified multiple petitioners who work for vendors "with ties to the California Republican Party." Back in 2006, a similar scandal led to the convictions of several petitioners.

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[Mz Pip]

1. And the Republicans complain

about ACORN. :eyes:

Does the Republican Party really think that having someone registered as a Republican will make them vote Republican? That is really stupid.