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GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Majors, or YPM. The voters said YPM tricked them by saying they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters. The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP. Several agencies had launched investigations into Jacoby's activities, including the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, which issued the warrant for his arrest earlier this month on felony charges of voter registration fraud and perjury. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud20-2008oct...
'Daily Voting News' For October 19, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... has risen sharply since 2000 race http://www.theleafchroni...0081019/NEWS03/810190353
CA: Breaking: Head Of CA GOP Voter Registration Outfit Arrested For Registration Fraud http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6534
CA: GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest
Mark Jacoby, who was arrested in Ontario and owns a firm hired by the California Republican Party, violated state registration laws, authorities say. http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct20,0,3842357.story
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Voter Registration Fraud Arrest:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
The LA Times reports : The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario late last night on suspicion of voter registration fraud. State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department comes after dozens of voters ...
Arrest made in California voter registration fraud
HorsesAss.Org —
... At long last, someone has been arrested for voter registration fraud. Too bad for the McCain campaign it’s a Republican being accused. From The Los Angeles Times: ...
Ah, so there IS Voter Registration Fraud
Angry Bear —
... . Who are re-registering people to be Republicans, without their knowledge, on the guise of opposing child molestation. (h/t ...
War and Piece — October 19, 2008 LAT : "The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario late last night on suspicion of voter registration fraud." Posted by Laura at October 19, 2008 10:47 PM
GOP Registration Fraud
Winds of Change.NET —
... A political entrepreneur who fraudulently registered a number of California residents as Republican voters - when they thought they were signing petitions - has been arrested, in part because he fraudulently claimed to be a California resident, as is required by law for those who register voters. ...
The Voter Fraud Story you won't hear about on Lou Dobbs
Rising Hegemon —
I'm sure Lou will join the wankfecta of Will, Buchanan and Limbaugh by claiming Powell just went with the black guy (because you know Lou would never just go with the White Guy, right?) and this will be the sole subject on his show Monday not related to secret Mexican cabals. But here's a story he won't mention, it's Republicans and Vote Fraud: The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud. ...
Republican Leaders Who Participate in Attacks on ACORN Could be Prosecuted as Part of a Criminal Conspiracy
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... tons of false registrants, as do petition drives in states like California. But very few individuals commit actual voter fraud, the casting of a ballot during an election. In fact, in the last five years the DOJ own’s statistics indicate that there have been way less than 20 people in the entire United States convicted of voter fraud, and none of them were connected with an ACORN registration drive. You read that right, less than 20, according to a Washington Post analysis. In fact, the LA Times announced the only actual arrest we have read of this year for voter registration ...
Republican Arrested: Voter Fraud
PoliGazette —
... The owner of a firm
hired
by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend, on allegations of trying to commit massive voter fraud. ...
Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Monday?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
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Irony Alert: GOP Political Consultant Arrested For Voter Registration Fraud
TPMMuckraker —
... with the problem, almost all of whom were street-level canvassers suspected of duping their supervisors with phony registration cards in order to boost their bonuses.
But over the weekend, a professional political consultant, who owns a firm that's been registering hundreds of thousands of voters and gathering petition signatures, was added to the list. The only problem: it's a Republican firm that had contracted with the California GOP.
The LA Times reports:
State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently ...
Republican Arrested for Voter Registration Fraud
Daily Kos —
... So, now that a Republican has been arrested and charged with voter registration fraud, I'm sure that the GOP will be claiming that Republicans are trying to "rig the election," right? ...
Calif. Voters Say They Were Duped Into Registering
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... An instance of “vote fraud” may have actually been uncovered. Over the weekend, California and Canadian officials arrested the owner of a firm hired by the California Republican Party to register Republicans. California investigators say Mark Jacoby, owner of Young Political Majors (YPM), fraudulently registered himself to vote in California and that his organization illegally registered Republicans. The Los Angeles Times reports that dozens of voters in California told officials that they were tricked by YPM to register. The voters, the newspaper ...
GOP operative arrested for voter fraud in California.
Think Progress —
... Over the weekend, police and state investigators arrested the “owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year…on suspicion of voter registration fraud .” Voters charge that Mark Jacoby duped them into joining the California Republican Party by making them believe they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molestors. Watch MSNBC’s report: TPMmuckraker’s Zachary Roth notes, “Ironic that, for all the ...
Voters Contend They Were Duped into Registering as Republicans
Shakesville —
... The company, Young Political Majors (or YPM) has a trail of bait-and-switch fraud complaints stretching across the country. Oh and the best part: YPM's owner is being personally charged with fraudulently registering to vote in California, so that he would appear to meet a legal requirement that all signature gatherers are registered California voters. ...
By Hook or By Crook
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... about those frauds because they do keep thousands of people from voting, and not to dismiss all of the GOP propaganda by phone, mail, and through e-mail. Corporations like the MSM love those Republican tax giveaways, too, so we don't get investigative reporting from too many of the big guy media. Remember, Republicans are always accusing the Democrats of doing what they themselves are doing behind the scenes, and it's not voter fraud that is going on, it's Bush GOP election fraud. Ontario police arrest man in GOP voter registration fraud case - Los Angeles Times ...
