Just what you would expect from the slimy GOP - they're crying that Democrats are committing voter fraud when in fact they themselves are actually committing true voter registration fraud:
Voters contacted by The [Los Angeles] Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions for tougher penalties against child molesters. Some said they were told that they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Others had no idea their registration was being changed...
The Times randomly interviewed 46 of the hundreds of voters whose election records show they were recently re-registered as Republicans by YPM, and 37 of them -- more than 80% -- said that they were misled into making the change or that it was done without their knowledge.
There are investigations in such states as Florida, Massachusetts, Arizona, and California against the Republican firm YPM, which has paid $7 to &12 for each new registrant they have signed up.
You might ask yourself why the GOP would feel the need to mislead people to register in a party they most likely will not vote for. Here's why:
The 70,000 voters YPM has registered for the Republican Party this year will help combat the public perception that it is struggling amid Democratic gains nationally, give a boost to fundraising efforts and bolster member support for party leaders, political strategists from both parties say.
Those who were formerly Democrats may stop receiving phone calls and literature from that party, perhaps affecting its get-out-the-vote efforts. They also will be given only a Republican ballot in the next primary election if they do not switch their registration back before then.
Some also report having their registration status changed to absentee without their permission; if they show up at the polls without a ballot they may be unable to vote.
I wanna say that it's ironic that the Republicans are charging ACORN with voter fraud when ACORN is following the law and has implemented safe guards against fraud while the GOP is perpetuating actual fraud, but I have learned anything since following politics it's the fact that the only thing the Republicans are competent at is projection and the art of bait-and-switch.