Man Charged with Voter Registration Fraud

A 25-year-old California owner of a voter registration company has been charged with voter fraud and perjury following an investigation by the Secretary of State’s Office, the District Attorney’s office.

Mark Jacoby, (dob 4-29-83), is a professional “circulator,” an individual who collects voters’ signatures for petition drives, and runs his own company known as “Young Political Majors.” On May 27, 2006 and Nov. 21, 2007, Jacoby allegedly registered to vote listing Los Angeles addresses that were not his residence, said Deputy District Atty. Edward Miller with the Public Integrity Division, who is prosecuting the case. In order to circulate petitions in California, one must be a registered voter or qualified to register.

On Oct. 3, he was charged with two felony counts each of perjury and voter registration fraud in a complaint for arrest warrant – case BA347269. If convicted, he’s facing up to five years in state prison.

Jacoby was arrested by Ontario Police and investigators with the Secretary of State’s Office. He was released after posting $50,000 bail.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 25.

Palin Supporters Take to Phone Lines Oct. 25

This Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST, Team Sarah (www.teamsarah.org) will be calling one million women voters in battleground states and invite them to participate in a live, free tele-townhall over the phone. They will be able to ask questions and get answers from a panel of distinguished women leaders. This has never been done before! Imagine one million women voters on one phone call!

You don't want to miss this. To listen to the call in real time, go to www.townhall.com/blog beginning at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, Oct. 25th. Townhall will be streaming the Million Woman Call LIVE.

But if you cannot listen to the call live, check back Saturday afternoon. Team Sarah will post a recording of the first ever Million Woman Call.

If you have any questions, e-mail Emily@teamsarah08@gmail.com.

Obama Sports 24-Point Lead over McCain

While November may be months away, Democratic candidate Barack Obama holds a comfortable lead over Republican rival John McCain, according to the latest Field Poll.

As of this month, Obama holds a large 24-point lead over the Arizona senator, doubling his lead from a year ago.

Despite fears he would not reel them in, Obama has acquired many of Hillary Clinton's supporters, therefore boosting his support. Obama also has a 2-to-1 lead among California's likely female voters.

The latest Field Poll, run July 8-14, surveyed 672 probable California voters for the November presidential election.

Some of the poll highlights show:

-- Democrats back Obama 78 to 9 percent, compared with the softer support for McCain in his own party - 65 to 16 percent.

-- Three times as many Obama supporters as McCain voters describe themselves as "very enthusiastic" for their candidate - 51 to 17 percent; a full 27 percent of McCain's supporters describe themselves as "not enthusiastic," compared with just 5 percent of Obama's supporters.

-- Obama has a nearly 4-to-1 lead - 64 to 18 percent - among independent and decline-to-state voters in California, and he also leads by more than 2-to-1 among those Californians who describe themselves as holding "middle of the road" political philosophies.

-- In geographic areas, the Illinois senator has a 6-to-1 lead over McCain in the Bay Area and leads 61 to 27 percent in Los Angeles - two areas that make up 44 percent of the state's population. McCain leads Obama in one geographic area of the state, the Central Valley - but only by 40 to 39 percent. Finally, McCain leads Obama 44 to 35 percent in inland counties, but Obama leads McCain 62 to 24 percent in coastal counties.

-- Among Latino voters, Obama enjoys a huge edge - 64 to 21 percent - and he is widely preferred over McCain by Asians (59 to 23 percent) and by African Americans (89 to 5 percent).

The Field Poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points overall.