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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Twelve people have been charged with tricking voters in Orange County into registering as Republicans, prosecutors said Monday.
The defendants, ranging in age from 19 to 52, were accused of fraudulently registering 37 voters as Republicans between August 2005 and February 2006. Democrats, Green Party members and a noncitizen were registered as Republicans, prosecutors said.
The suspects were hired to register new Republicans by private firms paid by the Orange County Republican Party, prosecutors said. The recruiters worked for the firm Bader & Associates, as well as a subcontractor, John Burkett. Both have said they no longer work on voter registration drives.
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