PLEASE NOTE: The following is only an excerpt of the entire article. To read the full article and to view the two VIDEO's that are linked to this story, please visit the story web site shown below: _http://rawstory.http://rahttp://rawsthttp://rawstorhttp://rawhttp://rawshttp_ (http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Arrest_in_California_GOP_voter_fraud_1020.html) Analyst: GOP voter fraud scandal 'really serious' David Edwards and Muriel Kane Published: Monday October 20, 2008 The Los Angeles Times _reported_ (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud18-2008oct18,0,1216330.story?track=ntothtml) on Saturday that dozens of voters have complained they were duped by a firm working for the GOP into switching their party registration to Republican while being told they were signing a petition for tougher penalties on child molesters.
The switches could impede Democratic get-out-the-The switches could impede Democratic get-out-the-<WBR>vote efforts and could prevent those affected from voting in next year's Democratic primaries. Some of the voters were even switched to absentee status, meaning they could lose their vote entirely if they show up at the poll The story began last summer, when California Democrats _noticed_ (http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/74877) sudden, unexplained turnarounds in Republican registration in certain counties and obtained a list of the new registrations from the San Bernardino County registrar's office. They found that more than 75% of the phone numbers given were invalid, and of those voters who could be reached, over 80% said their registrations had been switched to Republican without their knowledge. (MORE) **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
