Calif. GOP halts fee-based voter registrations amid fraud probe

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006
Calif. GOP halts fee-based voter registrations amid fraud probe
Associated Press

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - California Republican Party officials say they've suspended their fee-based voter registration program while prosecutors in San Bernardino county investigate whether people were improperly signed up.

"Having just one instance of voter fraud is too many," California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim said in a statement released Tuesday. "Any sign of voter fraud must be investigated and those responsible for the fraud should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

Under the program, workers were paid $3 for each person they registered as a Republican.

However, election officials discovered thousands of registration forms that appeared to be filled out by the signature gatherers rather than the person supposedly registering to vote. Additionally, some people who claimed to be Democrats were allegedly registered as Republicans, and some non-citizens were apparently registered to vote.
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