The brewing ACORN scandal

[bergall]

McCain has referred to the fraudulent voter registration by ACORN operatives as the worst case of
voter fraud in U.S. history. It is certainly disturbing to see how easily the electoral process can be
dismantled in favor of 1 candidate. I was wondering what, if anything, can come out of the many
incidents found to have occurred at the hands of ACORN voter registration workers ?

Keep in mind that many of the fraudulent registrations are in 'battleground' states which can tip the
balance of power in this country. Also keep in mind that while ACORN is being billed by Obama as
engaging in a 'voter registration drive', it is specifically a voter registration drive aimed at getting
registrants to vote DEMOCRAT...so it's not a benign effort as Obama would describe it, but rather
it appears to be on the surface, a purposeful and fraudulent attempt to throw the election in
obama's direction.

Thoughts ?

[Lanse couche couche]

Plenty of documented instances of very shaky practices by ACORN. However,its defenders will sometimes point out that ACORN cannot be totally at fault because of the practices of some of its employees. Kind of fuzzy logic, but that's par for the course. Also, you have instances of people who are clearly working on behalf of ACORN but are not officially affiliated with it. I think that was the case with Chad Staton who was arrested in Ohio a while back for using crack cocaine to get people to do fradulent voter registration.

[Steve863]

If there is a problem here the republicans or whomever need to get on this right away before the election and not waste a minute of time. If this stuff is challenged after the election and if the election was very close, you will have a monumental scandal which will make the election of 2000 look like kid stuff. I can just see blacks crying foul and racism if somehow McCain is declared the winner by the court or anyone else over such issues. I can assure anyone that it would get mighty ugly if the election results are challenged because of possible fraud.

[bergall]

ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche

Plenty of documented instances of very shaky practices by ACORN. However,its defenders will sometimes point out that ACORN cannot be totally at fault because of the practices of some of its employees. Kind of fuzzy logic, but that's par for the course. Also, you have instances of people who are clearly working on behalf of ACORN but are not officially affiliated with it. I think that was the case with Chad Staton who was arrested in Ohio a while back for using crack cocaine to get people to do fradulent voter registration.

Interesting. It's somewhat amusing how ACORN disavows knowledge of the illegal practices of it's own
employees/volunteers and denies any culpability. Had some 'rogue' registrar gone out and handed out
8-balls of cocaine to get people to vote for McCain, that would have been handled but as long as the illegality supported the political cesspool as espoused by ACORN, it's dismissed with a wink and a nod.

This was not the direction intended, however. My question is really geared to finding out what can be done :
a: in battleground states to correct the fraudulent registrations
b: prosecute the criminal elements of this incident
c: to ensure this cannot happen again....

Personally I'd:
a: shutter ACORN offices and arrest as many as can be connected to street-level activity
b: nullify all voter registrations submitted by ACORN
c: require state officials to allow local boards of election to fix the rolls of fraudulent entries under
penalty of disenfranchisement.

Elections must be conducted legally and above board. Otherwise, we might as well all move to Cuba or Venezuela. The falsifying of voter information to facilitate multiple votes must be prosecuted to the fullest so the practice is thwarted. Jail is a great motivator, IMO, and this situation calls for no less.

[burniegoeasily]

And from what ive read about the situation, it might be headed to the supreme court before Nov..

[Lanse couche couche]

The argument will always be that ACORN is a broad organization and that the fraud is being committed by a few bad apples without official approval. I think that they have just come under investigation for RICO, but who knows what will come of it.

[DougMD]

Isn't ACORN an organization with a chapterthat resided in Obama's neighborhood, like Ayers?

[younggun308]

Think the SCOTUS just decided to not make a big deal out of it.


But still, I think that Omaha could be potentially infected with fraudulent voters, since there's one electoral vote there.

[bergall]

It is now being reported that ACORN is NOT a non-partisan organization. They are actively soliciting for
Barak the Bum....why are these parasites sucking at the public teat ? They need to lose their taxpayer supported status, and if they're tax-exempt, they need to start "being patriotic".

[WillCz]

Is this what I should base my important vote on.

What impact does this BS have on me. I want to hear how McSame is going to be different than Bush,