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ACORN Downplays Fraud (Townhall)

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Author: Amanda Carpenter
Link: Townhall
Date Published: October 14th, 2008
Excerpt:

Members of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now downplayed their group’s participation in voter registration fraud and argued fraudulent voter applications rarely corrupt the electoral process Tuesday.

One African-American ACORN official even suggested fraudulent registrations were a small price to pay for voting privileges that were paid for “in blood.”

“Thorough studies of voter fraud in the United States have been done and the universal conclusion of the studies that have been done by us and other people is that the actual incidence of the voters voting under a false name and attempting to register multiple times and to defraud the system is minimal purging on nonexistent,” said former Connecticut Secretary of State Miles Rapaport on ACORN’s behalf at a press conference in Washington.

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ACORN endorsed Obama for president earlier this year and Obama was the first ever national candidate to contract ACORN workers for get-out-the-vote activities.

Obama has not responded to McCain’s calls to work together against voter fraud.

VOTE FRAUD: SEND IN THE FEDS (NY Post)

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Author: NY Post Editorial Board
Link: NY Post
Date Published: October 15th, 2008
Excerpt:

Meanwhile, Barack Obama's favorite band of "community organizers," ACORN, has caught the attention of prosecutors in both Ohio and Indiana.

The bipartisan board of elections in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, voted unanimously Monday to ask the local DA to investigate multiple allegations of fraud - including the case, first reported by The Post, of Freddie Johnson, who admits he was paid by ACORN to register 72 times.

And Indiana's top elections officer asked the state attorney general to investigate reports that ACORN submitted thousands of fraudulent registrations in the Indianapolis area.

Overall, at least a dozen states are looking into ACORN-submitted registrations.

In Bridgeport, Conn., some 20 percent of the group's submitted registrations have been deemed fraudulent; in Houston, it's 40 percent.

Anything that widespread and systemic can't be handled solely at the state level.

It's time for the US Justice Department and federal prosecutors to get involved.

At a press conference yesterday, an ACORN official said, "Yes, we know there's been fraud," but blamed "some bad apples in the bunch."

That's ridiculous, of course.

EMFK: We have a few readers that believe we're being too harsh on ACORN. In a comment yesterday, "ACORN isn't the problem--the federal government and the Republicans are the problem".

The problem of widespread cheating through at least a dozen states is ACORN. Factor in that ACORN is 'non-partisan' and 'non-profit' organization and you begin to realize why many Americans are angry. If Obama is such a strong candidate, there is no reason to "register" dead voters, felons, or others that are ineligible to vote. Or, in some cases names were just made up. All of which are against US Election laws.

For all of you who feel sorry for ACORN, you need to refocus on who is to blame in this voter scandal. Put the blame where it belongs---ACORN! No one told ACORN to put a voter registration drive together nor did anyone tell them to cheat. By casting the blame elsewhere, ACORN and their supporters are trying to cover up what could be one of the largest voter scandals in American history.

We join the NY Post Editorial Board in asking the Department of Justice to begin a widespread investigation.

Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations

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Author: Phillip Elliott
Link: AP
Date Published: October 14th, 2008 (Just breaking)
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By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer

Published on Tuesday Oct 14, 2008
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Ohio's top elections official to set up a system by the end of the week to verify new voters' eligibility and make it available to Ohio's 88 county election boards.

The full 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld a lower court's ruling that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must use other government records to check the thousands of new voters for registration fraud. A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit had disagreed last week, but the full court's ruling trumped the panel's decision.

ACORN Acknowledges Voter Fraud, Blames a Few 'Bad Apples'

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Author: Fox News
Link: Fox News
Date Published: October 14th, 2008
Excerpt:

ACORN leaders acknowledge that there has been voter registration fraud, but they say it is not as bad as voter suppression and intimidation that they say has occurred in previous elections.

ACORN leaders acknowledged Tuesday that there has been voter registration fraud this year, but they said it was not as widespread as the voter suppression and intimidation they say has occurred in previous elections.

"Yes, we know there's been fraud. With a staff of some 13,000 canvassers, there will be some bad apples in the bunch," an ACORN official said at a news conference.

The official explained that state law requires the community organizing group to turn in every application it collects.

"It's up to state elections officials to weed out those that aren't legit," the official said, adding that all applications are marked as good, incomplete or suspect.

EMFK: It is up to ACORN to register legitimate American voters that want to vote. Most Americans expect ACORN to do this legally and responsibly.

State reviewing ACORN voter forms (NORTH CAROLINA)

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Author: Lynn Bonner
Link: News Observer
Date Published: October 14th, 2008
Hat Tip: EMFK Readers (Thank you! Keep sending information!)
Excerpt:

The State Board of Elections is investigating suspicious voter registration forms submitted by an organization whose problems have drawn national attention.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, conducted a voter drive that registered nearly 28,000 people in North Carolina. But some of the forms it filed had information that may have been copied from phone books, local election officials said.

Durham County's elections office turned over about 120 suspect forms to the state for investigation about three weeks ago, and Wake County's elections office sent in about 30 suspicious forms last week.

ACORN's 15 State Strategy for Voter Fraud (ACORN Fraud Scorecard)

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The 13 instances noted below are all from this election cycle. All but the Washington case are from 2008.

Connecticut - falsifying/forging voter registration cards;

Florida - falsifying voter registration;

Indiana - falsifying/forging voter registration cards;

Michigan - dozens of fraudulent forms;

Missouri - falsifying voter registration applications;

Nevada - fraudulent registrations including two for Tony Romo and Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys;

New Mexico - hiring felons to work on registration drives;

North Carolina - fraudulent registrations submitted;

Ohio - one man ACORN registered to vote over 70 times;

Pennsylvania - $2k reward offered for ACORN temp charged with perjury, identity theft and vote fraud;

Texas - 40% of 27K registrations from Houston rejected;

Washington - worst case of registration fraud in state history;

Wisconsin - hiring felons as “special registration deputies” and falsifying registration forms.

Hat Tip: NextRight

Another Day, Another Acorn Drama (The Nuts are busy!)

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As a commenter to this blog made mention last week, we're picking on ACORN because they have a liberal slant. No! We're picking on ACORN because they're cheaters, thugs, and GHETTO. And did we mention---they're supposed to be non-partisan?

The Lowdown on ACORN (Video)



Alleging fraud, authorities raid voter group

ACORN's canvassers filled out forms with fake names, addresses, officials say

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State authorities on Tuesday raided an organization that registers low-income people to vote, alleging that its canvassers falsified forms with bogus names, fake addresses or famous personalities.

The secretary of state's office launched an investigation after noticing that names did not match addresses and that most members of the Dallas Cowboys appeared to be registering in Nevada to vote in November's general election.

"Some of these (forms) were facially fraudulent; we basically had the starting lineup for the Dallas Cowboys," Secretary of State Ross Miller said. "Tony Romo is not registered to vote in Nevada. Anyone trying to pose as Terrell Owens won't be able to cast a ballot."

Agents with the secretary of state and state attorney general offices served a search warrant on the headquarters of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, at 953 E. Sahara Ave. shortly after 9 a.m. They seized voter registration forms and computer databases to determine how many fake forms were submitted and identify employees who were responsible.

Read the rest of the article here.

Republican National Committee: ACORN & Voter Registration Fraud in MO

Read the entire aricle here.

Don't worry, readers!! More ACORN investigations are popping up across the country. We'll try to keep you informed of the latest investigations of this non-partisan organization.
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