• The Young Political Majors LLC is a small private consulting firm which has registered about 70,000 Republican party voters in 2008. Also known as YPM, the firm has been hired in several states as part of the GOP get-out-the-vote effort; YPM is paid between $7-12 per registration.Los Angeles Times: Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans (October 18, 2008)

  Reports in several states have surfaced alleging that YPM duped voters into changing their registrations. In investigating these claims, the Los Angeles Times randomly interviewed 46 of the hundreds of voters who records show were recently re-registered as Republicans. Over 80% of them said they had been misled into making the change.Los Angeles Times: Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans (October 18, 2008)

• 1. The owner of Young Political Majors, Mark Jacoby, was arrested in California on October 20, 2008, for voter fraudLos Angeles Times: Ontario police arrest man in voter fraud case (October 20, 2008)
  2. In Florida and Massachusetts, election officials have launched investigations against Young Political MajorsLos Angeles Times: Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans (October 18, 2008)
  3. In 2004, the YPM misled at least 200 students into registering as RepublicansLos Angeles Times: Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans (October 18, 2008)
  4. In Arizona, the firm was involved in a civil rights lawsuitLos Angeles Times: Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans (October 18, 2008)
  5. Prosecutors in San Bernadino county, California have also been investigating the companyCalifornia Chronicle: San Bernardino County turns "BLUE" (October 18, 2008)
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