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SoCalNative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-08 06:37 PM
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Voters contend they were duped into registering as Republicans
SOURCE: LA TIMES

SACRAMENTO -- Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP-hired 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.


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud18-2008oct18,0,1216330.story
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-08 06:39 PM
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1. that's creepy, but they can vote however they want
in the general election. They just need to change back before the next primary
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-08 06:41 PM
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4. Yeah -- but a lot of it was done before the CA primary -- at least the one in June
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-08 06:40 PM
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2. Oh yeah -- happened to a friend of mine
I reported it here at the time and the thread dropped like a rock, because we were in the midst of a pitched battle between Hillary and Obama people.
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-08 06:40 PM
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3. delete dupe
Edited on Fri Oct-17-08 06:40 PM by nichomachus
dupe
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