Wesley R. Elsberry
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Joined: May 2002
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Article about ACORN:
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“Rumors of Acorn’s voter fraud have been greatly exaggerated and to a large extent manufactured,” Bertha Lewis, the organization’s interim chief organizer, or chief executive, said Monday in a conference call to announce that the organization had registered 1.3 million people to vote.
Ms. Lewis said it was Acorn itself that informed state officials about some questionable registrations collected by its employees that are now under investigation. Acorn said it had terminated the workers involved.
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Hmmm, an organization that turns in miscreant employees... no wonder it seems completely antithetical to the Republican Party.
Marc Ambinder:
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Now -- "rampant" might not be the best adjective. Voter registration cards aren't the property of ACORN or any other group, and ACORN is required by law to turn in every completed form -- even if they're obviously fraudulent. ACORN insists it has procedures in place to flag these forms, but you can't blame supervisors of elections from throwing up their hands when they come in.
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That post quotes an ACORN press release that makes good reading. It also notes that some of the election supervisors making a fuss are using examples of incorrect registration forms that were flagged by ACORN as suspect when they were turned in.
Of course, signing loads of underrepresented people up to vote is the very opposite of Republican Party strategy for over two decades. The RP effort to deprive people who undergo foreclosure is both repulsive and ironic, as McCain seemed to be pimping himself to the group of citizens who are victims of predatory mortgage practices.
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"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker
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