tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/20/2008
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For all the outraged Republican claims of rampant voter fraud we've seen in the last few weeks, it's worth noting that authorities have had enough evidence to arrest only a tiny number of people in connection with the problem, almost all of whom were street-level canvassers suspected of duping ...
latimes.com - 10/19/2008
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latimes.com —
Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario
Police Department comes after dozens of voters said they...
were duped into registering as Republicans by his firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM. The voters said YPM tricked them by saying they ...
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GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest - Los ...
calitics.com - 10/20/2008
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calitics.com —
Mark Jacoby, head of the firm Young Political
Majors that has been implicated in the growing scandal...
over Republican fraud in voter registrations. The Secretary of State's Election Fraud Investigation Unit led the inquiry that resulted in the arrest ...
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: Arrest Made in Widening GOP Voter Registration Fraud ...
pr.thinkprogress.org - 10/15/2008
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ELECTION '08 The Truth About Voter Fraud As
the 2008 election process draws near -- and with...
early voting in many states having already begun -- conservatives are raising a great hue and cry about the threat of voter fraud. Attacks have centered on ...
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Election '08 -- The Truth About Voter Fraud
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GOP operative arrested for voter fraud in California.
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... .” 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 GOP-generated sturm und drang over ACORN in the last few weeks, it looks like it’s in fact a Republican firm against whom there’s actual evidence of systemic fraud.” Transcript: TAMRON HALL: Here’s what we’re watching right now. Dozens of newly minted Republican voters in California say they were duped into ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... when asked if Sarah Palin is ready to lead the nation. Oops. * Over the weekend, a Republican political consultant, who owns a firm that's been registering hundreds of thousands of voters and gathering petition signatures, was busted for ... wait for it ... voter registration fraud . * Contrary to what Dana Milbank reported last week, the Secret Service ...
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GOP operative arrested for voter fraud in California.
thinkprogress.org 10/21/2008 — 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 ...
THE VOTER FRAUD FRAUD.
prospect.org 10/15/2008 — It's probably worth saying that the ACORN gambit isn't exactly a new strategy. It's just the latest iteration of what Art Levine has termed the "voter fraud fraud":
Voter fraud is actually less likely to occur than lightning striking a person, ...
Democrats: McCain, GOP Must End 'Hypocrisy' on Voter Registration Fraud
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 10/22/2008 — The national and California state Democratic parties are calling on the Republican Party to end their "hypocrisy on voter registration fraud" and sever all ties with long-time GOP operative Mark Jacoby, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says in a statement.
More Fraud
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — So what about those made-up names on voter registration forms? Well, it’s an inevitable consequence of ACORN paying people based on the number of names they bring in — it creates an incentive for people to pad their lists. But how ...
Why we need to take voter registration fraud seriously
betsyspage.blogspot.com 11/4/2008 — When people raise a fuss about the shenanigans of ACORN in registering fake people, the rejoinder has been that ACORN just can't help themselves because of a few dishonest people they hired to register people. And even if the high number of fake forms ...
A Real Case of Voter Fraud:
volokh.com 10/22/2008 — Why am I so interested in voter fraud allegations? Perhaps because the first time I looked into voter fraud allegations, they turned out to be real -- ballots had been forged...
7.com News - ACORN blamed for Florida voter fraud
abc-7.com 10/14/2008 — COLLIER COUNTY: Voter registration fraud has been detected in one Florida county and now Republicans are pointing their finger at one organization designed to get minorities to vote. The accusations are against the "Association of Community ...
Supreme Court rules against Ohio GOP —
First Read 10/17/2008
From NBC's Pete Williams and Mark MurrayIn a victory for the state of Ohio, the US Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order, freeing the state from a requirement that it share information about voter databases with county election boards.
The ...
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