By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008
Federal authorities are investigating the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, otherwise known as ACORN, in at least ten states including Missouri.
Thousands of fraudulent voter registrations have surfaced after having been submitted by ACORN. In some parts of Ohio, over half of the registrations submitted by ACORN are at least questionable. ACORN even admits that it is unable to insure there is no fraud. In the Kansas City area, one name, Monica Ray, registered 20 times.
It is time to put a stop to ACORN and restore some integrity to the election process.
So now we know what a “community organizer” is. ACORN is a left wing organization that Barack Obama used to work with. They pay people to solicit voter registrations and quotas must be met. This is a formula for fraud. The only thing that matters is how many registrations are submitted, not how authentic they are.
In Indianapolis, it was announced today that they have a total of 677,401 voter registrations. The problem is that Indianapolis only has 644,197 voter population. That means they have a registration of 105%.
In Las Vegas, the Dallas Cowboys names showed up on voter registration cards.
How can we insure that these fraudulent registrations do not result in fraudulent votes? Answer: we cannot!
I know many of you are screaming that we should encourage as many people to vote as possible. That we should do everything possible to make sure as many people as possible actually do vote.
Yes, that sounds good on the surface, but the integrity of the election is at least as important as the turnout. Every fraudulent vote effectively cancels a valid vote. I don’t want ACORN or anyone else disenfranchising my vote.
Groups like ACORN are trying to steal the election. They are threatening to turn the whole process into a joke and action must be taken immediately.
ACORN and other groups like them must be shut down.
Photo ID should be required of all voters. Give them out for free. Come to the homes of those who cannot get out to get one. Make them an ID on the spot. Provide rides for anyone who needs one to get to the polls. But no ID, no vote.
Eliminate early voting. Eliminate mail in voting. Eliminate absentee voting except for the military and special cases. The constitution is specific about when and how the election should be held. Let’s get back to the basics and restore integrity to the election.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11acorn.html
Information from Wall Street Journal on Voter Fraud and ACORN
You both are quite welcome, but don't thank me, thank the Wall Street Joural. The liberal media is making my job easy.
In case there are any stragglers out there still worried about ACORN and voter fraud, I was googling around today and discovered that the Wall Street Journal had a liberal bias on this.
You might want to just google [voter fraud prosecutions] and see what pops up. But read what this liberal rag has to say:
Acorn workers play down the chances that the problems will result in ineligible voters casting ballots, and experts in the field largely concur. J. Adam Skaggs, counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, says: "A lot that gets lost in the hysteria of the issue is the fact that the people on those [fraudulent] forms are not showing up to vote."
Justine Fox-Young, a Republican state legislator from Albuquerque, says that even if illegal votes are relatively rare, "every fraudulent vote cast cancels out a legitimate one. This is New Mexico, where every election is close."
Pressure to investigate voter fraud in New Mexico contributed to a Bush administration scandal that cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job last year. An internal Justice Department investigation concluded that David Iglesias, the U.S. attorney in New Mexico, was fired in 2006 largely because he didn't satisfy high-ranking Republicans' calls to investigate alleged vote-fraud cases. President Bush had privately complained to Mr. Gonzales about vote fraud in Albuquerque, blaming it for his loss to Mr. Gore in 2000, the investigation found.
Mr. Iglesias said a task force set up after the 2004 election struggled to find a prosecutable case. In one typical example, a woman who faked registration forms "was doing it to get paid. She could not care less about the outcome of the election." She wasn't charged.
So, when you hear someone getting hysterical about ACORN and voter fraud, remember:
Five years, unprecedented resources, across the country, not one case was even prosecuted, let alone a conviction.
Not one case! What is Ross Balano doing here? Is echoing Republican talking points useful? Why this witch hunt on ACORN? Should we be worried that voter intimidation and voter suppression are bigger concerns?
Thank you
Let me make sure you saw this bit about FIVE YEARS, UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCES, NOT A SINGLE CASE ACROSS THE F-ING COUNTRY.
good reply to such nonsense.
Talk about grasping at straws.
Does anyone even remember any plan that McCain espouses for this country anymore, other than "we're doing great in Iraq and the economy's fine"?
Thank you, neverbetter
I appreciate the time and effort you took in countering the emotionally reactive comments of others.
Thor Hearn is NON-PARTISAN as long as you are REPUBLICAN
The American Center for Voting Rights was a sham. Read the Wikipedia article if you want the truth. This is SO boring, folks! Republicans drag out this scary monster every two years right around Halloween.
Click to see the American Center for Voting Rights Wiki Page
ACVR's officers included:
Mark F. "Thor" Hearne, founder and general counsel. Former vice president and director of election operations for the Republican National Lawyers Association. Served as national election counsel to George W. Bush's 2004 campaign and Missouri counsel to his 2000 campaign. Founded ACVR with encouragement from Karl Rove and the White House. Helped Missouri Senator Delbert Lee Scott draft Missouri's voter ID law, which was later ruled unconstitutional.
Robin DeJarnette, executive director. Founder and executive director of the Virginia Conservative Action PAC.
Jim Dyke, publicist. Communications Director of the Republican National Committee (RNC) during the 2004 campaign.
Brian Lunde, Chairman. A former Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee who ran Democrats for Bush in 2004.
Alex Vogel, a former Republican National Committee lawyer whose consulting firm was paid $75,000 for several months' service by Vogel as the center's Executive Director.
Pat Rogers, board member. An attorney from New Mexico who had handled Federal civil rights cases, he pushed Justice Department officials to fire U.S. Attorney David Iglesias for inattention to voter fraud. This dismissal fell under scrutiny as part of a larger, allegedly improper pattern of political influence.
Note anything about this? THEY ARE REPUBLICAN STOOGES. It is hardly "nonpartisan". The only Democratic member ran Democrats for BUSH! LMFAO!
HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. READ IT UNTIL IT SINKS IN.
NONE OF THIS MATTERS. REPUBLICANS WANT TO CRUCIFY ACORN BECAUSE THEY HELP POOR AND HOMELESS PEOPLE. THEY ARE LIBERAL. DUH.
Let me make sure you saw this bit about FIVE YEARS, UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCES, NOT A SINGLE CASE ACROSS THE F-ING COUNTRY.
Click to see the American Center for Voting Rights Wiki Page