A California county has seen a surge in Republican registration in 2012, but the new Republicans had no idea they changed party affiliation.
According to a report by The Press-Enterprise in California, Republican registration in Riverside county increased by nearly 35,000 voters, overtaking the advantage once held by Democrats. The newspaper contacted 350 random registered voters, with 30 of them telling their story of having their party changed without their consent or knowledge. The party affiliation change seems to have happened when workers gathered signatures by doing door knocking and standing outside stores asking people to sign petitions against animal cruelty, lower gas prices and other causes.
California Watch reports that Democrats have filed a complaint with the county registrar of voters, presenting affidavits from over 130 voters who had their party affiliation switched from Democrat to Republican. A spokesman for the Democratic Party, Steve Mavigilo, is blaming the Golden State Voter Participation Project, a Republican registration group. The top donor for the Golden State Voter Participation Project is Republican activist, Charles Munger Jr, who gave over $240,000 to the project over the first six months of the year.
This isn't the first time voter registration fraud has made the news during the election cycle. Earlier this month in Florida, the Republican registration company, Strategic Allied Consultants, were accused of submitting hundreds of fake registration forms. While the Republican party are the ones who are pushing strict voter ID laws in many states across the country, they might have to look in the mirror to find where the real problem is.
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