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UCF students duped into switching parties

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Posted by Dar 2004-10-19 3:57:10 PM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Read before signing, genius.

Is taking advantage of the intellegence challenged a crime?

Posted by mojo 2004-10-19 4:00:05 PM|| 2004-10-19 4:00:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Where the hell are those 'Durable Power of Attorney' forms? I'm heading for Florida!

Like fish in a barrel folks.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-10-19 4:32:57 PM|| 2004-10-19 4:32:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, changing party affiliation means absolutely nothing after party primaries have been held. They could have been switched to Communist, Green, or Gumby Party and it wouldn't have mattered. So what's the big deal?

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-19 4:36:27 PM|| 2004-10-19 4:36:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I figure they wouldn't know the difference between a political party and a frat party.

Posted by anymouse 2004-10-19 4:37:44 PM|| 2004-10-19 4:37:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I call bullshit. This has all the earmarks of an urban legend, given that it isn't a simple one-line form to change one's party affiliation. Note that this story seems remarkably similar.

Posted by fallous 2004-10-19 4:54:55 PM|| [http://www.fallous.com] 2004-10-19 4:54:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 fallous, it only makes sense if they were getting paid for each new regsitrant that they signed up. They probably asked, "are you registered" and if they said, "yes" then they pretended they were signing them up for the molestation thing to get their name and address. That way, it was recorded as a "change" and thus a legitimate registration. By the time any of the duped got their notice from the registrar, the couple had their money and was long gone.

All the republicans were probably smart enough to read what it was they were signing.

Otherwise, it's like you say, probably just an urban legend. There would be no reason for anyone to take the trouble to change someones party affiliation at this point in the game. But maybe the dem's spreading this rumor are too stupid to know that.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-19 5:08:55 PM|| 2004-10-19 5:08:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I thought you had to pass an SAT which required basic reading skills to enter college. My misunderstanding.

Anonymoose - Gumby Party?

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-19 5:18:05 PM|| 2004-10-19 5:18:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm surprised the gut reaction of several people is that these students were too stupid to read what they were signing. If you're getting paid (in cash or crack cocaine, whatever your preference) to register new Dem voters, all you need is some personal information to fill out a card and fraudently change someone's affiliation. Name, address, possibly SSN, and a signature you can fake--assuming the people processing the cards will really take the time to verify signatures--and drop it off. Voila!

I can easily believe these kids signed a petition and their info was copied to individual registration cards. That doesn't verify the story, but I can believe they were duped by signing something that read completely different. A petition listing info for several dozen people would be hard to confuse with a registration form for an individual.

Posted by Dar 2004-10-19 5:27:04 PM|| 2004-10-19 5:27:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 They probably asked, "are you registered" and if they said, "yes" then they pretended they were signing them up for the molestation thing to get their name and address

Dar..I suppose I was being a bit rude when I said that Dems were too stupid to read it...but it was supposed to be a joke. Apparently not as snarky as I'd thought.

If the people that they encountered said they weren't registered, then they may have tried to register them. But if they said yes, they were registered, then my point was that the couple most likely maximized their profits by getting their names and addresses off the petition. Maybe they guessed that students were most likely to be democrats and thus modified them all to Republicans in order to qualify for their cash/crack/whatever.

Ah well...it's all speculation anyway. Doesn't really matter.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-19 6:09:38 PM|| 2004-10-19 6:09:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Voting is Hard!

Posted by Orange County Barbie 2004-10-19 6:42:49 PM|| 2004-10-19 6:42:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Perhaps this is part of the "pre-emptive strategy" as detailed in the Democrat playbook for election day?

Posted by eLarson 2004-10-19 6:46:34 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-10-19 6:46:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 elarson...sigh...setting the stage?

Posted by 2b 2004-10-19 7:00:57 PM|| 2004-10-19 7:00:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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