How Can You Libs Defend Obamas Connection To Acorn “vote Early And Vote Often”?
He has worked for/with ACORN for many years,he wants to give them 4.1 BILLION in the new “stimulus” package…IF we were just talking about a few people who made up a few names to make a few more dollars…That would be no big deal,but LOOK AT THE FACTS…State Year Details
AR 1998 A contractor with ACORN-affiliated Project Vote was arrested for falsifying about 400 voter registration cards.
CO 2004 An ACORN employee admitted to forging signatures and registering three of her friends to vote 40 times.
2005 Two ex-ACORN employees were convicted in Denver of perjury for submitting false voter registrations.
FL 2004 A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman said ACORN was “singled out” among suspected voter registration groups for a 2004 wage initiative because it was “the common thread” in the agency’s fraud investigations.
MI 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported that “overzealous or unscrupulous campaign workers in several Michigan counties are under investigation for voter-registration fraud, suspected of attempting to register nonexistent people or forging applications for already-registered voters.” ACORN-affiliate Project Vote was one of two groups suspected of turning in the documents.
MO 2007 Four ACORN employees were indicted in Kansas City for charges including identity theft and filing false registrations during the 2006 election.
2006 Eight ACORN employees in St. Louis were indicted on federal election fraud charges. Each of the eight faces up to five years in prison for forging signatures and submitting false information.
2003 Of 5,379 voter registration cards ACORN submitted in St. Louis, only 2,013 of those appeared to be valid. At least 1,000 are believed to be attempts to register voters illegally.
NC 2004 North Carolina officials investigated ACORN for submitting fake voter registration cards.
NM 2005 Four ACORN employees submitted as many as 3,000 potentially fraudulent signatures on the group’s Albuquerque ballot initiative. A local sheriff added: “It’s safe to say the forgery was widespread.”
2004 An ACORN employee registered a 13-year-old boy to vote. Citing this and other examples, New Mexico State Representative Joe Thompson stated that ACORN was “manufacturing voters” throughout New Mexico.
OH 2007 A man in Reynoldsburg was indicted on two felony counts of illegal voting and false registration, after being registered by ACORN to vote in two separate counties.
2004 A grand jury indicted a Columbus ACORN worker for submitting a false signature and false voter registration form. In Franklin County, two ACORN workers submitted what the director of the board of election supervisors called “blatantly false” forms. In Cuyahoga County, ACORN and its affiliate Project Vote submitted registration cards that had the highest rate of errors for any voter registration group.
MN 2004 During a traffic stop, police found more than 300 voter registration cards in the trunk of a former ACORN employee, who had violated a legal requirements that registration cards be submitted to the Secretary of State within 10 days of being filled out and signed.
PA 2008 An ACORN employee in West Reading, PA, was sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for identity theft and tampering with records. A second ACORN worker pleaded not guilty to the same charges and is free on $10,000 bail.
2004 Reading’s Director of Elections received calls from numerous individuals complaining that ACORN employees deliberately put inaccurate information on their voter registration forms. The Berks County director of elections said voter fraud was “absolutely out of hand,” and added: “Not only do we have unintentional duplication of voter registration but we have blatant duplicate voter registrations.” The Berks County deputy director of elections added that ACORN was under investigation by the Department of Justice.
TX 2004 ACORN turned in the voter registration form of David Young, who told reporters “The signature is not my signature. It’s not even close.” His social security number and date of birth were also incorrect.
VA 2005 In 2005, the Virginia State Board of Elections admonished Project Vote and ACORN for turning in a significant number of faulty voter registrations. An audit revealed that 83% of sampled registrations that were rejected for carrying false or questionable information were submitted by Project Vote. Many of these registrations carried social security numbers that exist for other people, listed non-existent or commercial addresses, or were for convicted felons in violation of state and federal election law.
In a letter to ACORN, the State Board of Elections reported that 56% of the voter registration applications ACORN turned in were ineligible. Further, a full 35% were not submitted in a timely manner, as required by law. The State Board of Elections also commented on what appeared to be evidence of intentional voter fraud. “Additionally,” t
The facts just don’t back up the exaggerated rhetoric.
How about a little sanity from factcheck.org?
ACORN Accusations
October 18, 2008
McCain makes exaggerated claims of “voter fraud.” Obama soft-pedals his connections.
Summary
The McCain-Palin campaign accuses ACORN, a community activist group that operates nationwide, of perpetrating “massive voter fraud.” It says Obama has “long and deep” ties to the group. We find both claims to be exaggerated. But we also find Obama has understated the extent of his work with the group.
Neither ACORN nor its employees have been found guilty of, or even charged with, casting fraudulent votes. What a McCain-Palin Web ad calls “voter fraud” is actually voter registration fraud. Several ACORN canvassers have been found guilty of faking registration forms and others are being investigated. But the evidence that has surfaced so far shows they faked forms to get paid for work they didn’t do, not to stuff ballot boxes.
Obama’s path has intersected with ACORN on several occasions – more often than he allowed in the final debate.
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For the entire analysis go to: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/...
WOW!!! All that happened in the last couple years? Sounds like Bush and the Republicans were completely negligent in policing that organization!
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Earth to Oldschooldude, that Acorn thing is very yesterday.
By winning, thats how…
ACORN is a joke
you seriously want me to read 25 paragraphs about acorn?
the election was in november. obama won. he’s president already. that’s like asking us to do more research on the 2000 election results. let’s move forward!
When the United States Congress starts giving billions of taxpayer dollars to a criminal enterprise, it is time to break out the pitchforks.
Obama was one of several lawyers for one ACORN case. He is not affiliated with them beyond that.
There have never been any voting irregularities affiliated with ACORN; they have all been voter *registration* irregularities, which have been discovered and never made it to the voting booth.
The stimulus package does not go to ACORN. It goes to neighborhood revitalization projects. Yes, this is true, no matter how many thumbs down I get.
Wow! You really want to nail President Obama don’t you . Putting all that time into trying to prove a point against Obama.
You are not the only one. Those who were anti-Obama before the election, are still trying hard to discredit him any way they can.
Sorry – he is still President, and will be for the next four years, at least. He will prove that he is the best President ever, even with all the hate mongering that goes on.
I suppose you have heard of the saying – Hate be begets hate – It is true you know!
Obama didn’t work for Acorn; he was one of several lawyers that were used in a case against Acorn many years ago. Obama had no affiliation with Acorn following that court case. Further, there is NO money in the package for Acorn. Interesting that you use “FACTS” but provide no sources.
It seems as though they merely hired too many of the wrong people- a bunch of lazy asses to do the canvasing. Get over it. This pales in comparison to the Regulators that the Republicans employed in the greatest financial debacle of all time.
So what
I vote early and vote often too. Who GAFF.