The OC Register offers this report, which begins: “Felony charges were filed this week against 12 signature gatherers accused of registering Orange County voters as Republicans without their consent — part of a criminal probe into voter flipping. An Orange County Register investigation in April found that more than 100 people who thought they were signing petitions to cure breast cancer and punish child molesters were duped into registering as Republicans. The signature gatherers were part of an Orange County Republican registration drive that paid up to $10 for each ‘convert,’ especially in the heatedstate 34th Senate District.”