Registration bait and switch?

[depakid]

More sick Republican tricks....

Students may have inadvertently registered Republican while signing petition

Matt Petrie, PSU Vanguard, Oct 13

Students passing through the Park Blocks yesterday afternoon were shocked to discover that a group of petitioners may have misled them into changing their party affiliation to Republican on their voter registration. The petitioners, who refused to identify themselves and gave conflicting accounts of who they were working for, asked passers by to sign a petition "to lower auto insurance costs for young people." When students signed the petition, they were handed voter registration cards and told to fill out only the name and address section, in order to "verify" their signature on the petition.

According to one of the petitioners, the group's intent is to register everyone who filled out the voter registration card, with "Republican" selected under the party affiliation. Many students who had signed the petition where surprised or outraged to learn that they may have inadvertently registered to vote as a Republican.

"I almost want to go back there and get my information back," said student Sarah Workman, who signed the petition. "They said, 'you don't have to put any info there,'" indicating the party affiliation section, Workman said, referring to the petitioners. "He said, 'it's ok, it's just for verification.' I am going to call my elections office."

"It's sick," said student Jodi Kansager, who initially signed the petition, but then became suspicious when she was handed a voter registration card and asked to only fill out two lines. "I look at it and I'm like, 'dude, this is a voter registration card!'" Holly Smith, a Portland Community College student and registered Democrat, had a similar reaction. "That is not cool," she said. "I am going to get it back."

http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/13/416cd28596c0c

[murielm99]

1. This is a sick trick.

However, when they vote in November, there is nothing to stop them from voting for Democrats, regardless of party affiliation.

[sandnsea]

2. Exactly

I hope this backfires on them big time. All these tricks getting young people registered, only to have them all vote for the Dems when they unexpectedly get ballots. I posted before, that's what alot of young people in my town did. They went ahead and registered Republican to help their friends make money, but they're all voting Dem in the election.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Are these the VOA thugs from Nevada who were tearing up Dem registrations?

Supposedly they left NV and came to Oregon. Supposedly the people they hired were paid for the number of Repub registrations they turned in. So they might not even care if you voted for Kerry as long as they turn in a Repub registration to their masters.

It was called "Voter Outreach of America" but given the criminal and fly by night nature of the group it wouldn't surprise me if they've changed their name in OR.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/14/nevada.registration/