KC Voter Registration Fraud
Nov 2, 2006 11:02:32 GMT -5
Post by Krydor on Nov 2, 2006 11:02:32 GMT -5
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This is kind of a carryover from the other board, yet a tangent that I think needs a separate thread.
Anywho
Here's ACORN's homepage
Now, it's good that ACORN has disavowed these tools and fired them. The problem I have is that there were some folks faking voter registrations and found ACORN to be a decent facilitator of the fraud. Every application these four took in should be considered questionable, which means there are probably some voters who will be illegitimately disenfranchised.
This is kind of a carryover from the other board, yet a tangent that I think needs a separate thread.
Anywho
Investigators said questionable registration forms for new voters were collected by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a group that works to improve minority and low-income communities
Here's ACORN's homepage
Now, it's good that ACORN has disavowed these tools and fired them. The problem I have is that there were some folks faking voter registrations and found ACORN to be a decent facilitator of the fraud. Every application these four took in should be considered questionable, which means there are probably some voters who will be illegitimately disenfranchised.
