GOP Alleges Nonprofit Voter Fraud

CBS Evening News Investigates ACORN, The Group Accused Of Registering Dead People To Vote

(CBS)  This week Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, went after one of the nation's leading voter registration groups which focuses its efforts on minorities and low-income families and is now being investigated for voter fraud.

Known as ACORN, it runs one of the largest community voter registration drives in the nation, signing up more than 1.3 million mostly minority and low-income people this year alone.

But now top Republicans are calling for a "full-scale" investigation of their operation, and McCain is calling the organization out, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports.

"There are serious allegations of voter fraud," McCain said this week.

Joseph Borges, the registrar of voters in Bridgeport, Conn., says his office has been overwhelmed by bogus forms filled out with thousands of fake and duplicate names - two boxes alone packed with non-existent addresses - all submitted by ACORN.

"There's something wrong with the process, to have this happen for a registration drive," said Borges.

Since June, election officials in at least a dozen states have raised red flags over more than 10,000 voter registration forms filed by ACORN. For example, in one Ohio county ACORN registered the same person 17 times.

And earlier this week law enforcement agents raided ACORN's office in Las Vegas, carting away files and computers.

"It was purely politically motivated," said Bertha Lewis, a chief organizer for ACORN. "The right wing and specifically the Republicans."

Lewis is the chief organizer for ACORN. She claims only a tiny fraction of their new registrations have problems. Problems, critics charge, related to the pressure ACORN reportedly puts on its workers to up their numbers - at any cost.

"Do you have quotas that people have to fill every day?" Keteyian asked Lewis.

"No," she said. "We pay people by the hour. And also, we train folks on a daily basis."

But CBS News has talked to nearly two dozen ACORN workers who all said they were pressured to increase their number of registration cards - to the point of copying names out of phone books, signing up inmates, and registering the dead.

"They just have to maintain 25 cards a day," Borges said. "That's a quota, as far as I'm concerned."

Whether simple error or outright fraud, the charges surrounding ACORN are already raising doubts about the integrity of the upcoming election in key parts of the country.

[hawksprings]

Oooohhh, So THIS is what a Community Organizer does... Voter Fraud.

[barbaraf4]

McCain must suspect that ACORN is recruiting Democratic voters. If he believed they were going after Republicans he wouldn''t care.

The McCain/Palin campaigne has become a perfect example of throwing stuff at the wall to see if anything sticks. Whether or not those two are qualified to be President and VP has become a moot point. They have stirred up so much hatred and innuendo that it is really hard to tell.

[satyr9w]

Any fraud is unacceptable. However we seem to forget the voter fraud of the Republican right in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Does anyone recall the masssive republican effort to turn voters away in Ohio in 2004 election? It seems to me that the republicans are master''s of deception and the first to cry foul. Lets watch as they will do everything possible to turn the Acorn problem into a dark and evil plot lead by Senator Obama.

[kevboom]

"GOP Alleges Nonprofit Voter Fraud"

No doubt they should know what voter fraud looks like.

[satyr9w]

Barbara, I think your comment is right on target. The republicans will sink to any level. From using race or names that sounds different to elicit fear. All one needs to do it to look at the crowds that McCain/Palin attract. I can count one one hand the number of black and hispanic people. They are white, largely overweight, and dare I say it--not too bright.

[sparks224]

Nov 4th 2008
High Noon for Democracy

Millions of Americans will attempt to vote for Obama,
thousands of Republican lawyers will attempt to stop them.

[that1sthe1]

I find it interesting that the ''frauds'' are occurring in the swing states. If the McCain campaign plants people in their mobs to shout hateful comments, is it any stretch that they planted people in the voter registration organization to discredit it?

[that1sthe1]

I find it interesting that the ''frauds'' are occurring in the swing states. If the McCain campaign plants people in their mobs to shout hateful comments, is it any stretch that they planted people in the voter registration organization to discredit it?

[that1sthe1]

I find it interesting that the ''frauds'' are occurring in the swing states. If the McCain campaign plants people in their mobs to shout hateful comments, is it any stretch that they planted people in the voter registration organization to discredit it?

[mtaylor99-2009]

Voter Fraud has already been proven. Obama taught Acorn how to subvert our way of life. The truth hurts, but what can I say for a bunch of lefties.

[rudy654-2009]

Obama taught Acorn how to subvert our way of life. The truth hurts, but what can I say for a bunch of lefties.


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Posted by mtaylor99 at 07:57 PM

Yeah, yeah, blame Obama for everything. It gets boring after a while, but keep trying.

[rudy654-2009]

It does sound poltically motivated. If a worker registers daffy duck because he wants to make his quota, then hopefully somebody say, hey there is no daffy duck voting. Since they caught the errors, why are they making an issue? Pure nonsense and another way at trying to stop people from voting.

[gonetosoon-2009]

I could care less about the affiliation of the people being registered. What I do care about is if there is voter fraud. I don''t want my vote diluted by fraudulent votes. I also do not want to see a protracted legal battle over who won. We have too many problems in this country to be drug down that road again. We need an administration elected outright and ready to roll on day one. Diversions such as lengthy court battles will drive this country further apart and delay the new administration%u2019s time to transition from a candidate to a president.

[cdfoxtrot4]

Why can''t dead people vote? We''ve just had someone who is brain-dead has been president for eight years. Why the double-standard?

[w5cdt-2009]

Shame on ACORN for this stupid act. It doesn''t help Obama''s chances but rather it hurts them. Whoever filled out these bogus forms was as dumb as a box of rocks...very sad. They have also further soiled the ACORN organization as a whole. Let''s bring the perpetrators to justice and get on with the business of *fairly* electing Obama and Biden.

[AryeDirect]

GOP is well known for planting evidence so as to call out the other side. We know how Rove and company doesn''t trust democracy. These rascals will stop at nothing.

Not to worry, they''ll all be washed away (mixed meta) in a landslide.

- Arye Michael Bender -

[hawksprings]

This headline is another subtle example of Media Left-wing bias.
If ACORN was a quasi-GOP org, the headline would say "GOP''s ACORN Non-profit involved in Voter Fraud."

Instead, the headline implies it''s just a GOP accusation, when ACORN has admitted fraud.

[mtaylor99-2009]

Fairness is above all the reason we vote. Dilution by Acorn methods is appalling and will bring our country to rack and ruin.

[w5cdt-2009]

"I find it interesting that the ''''frauds'''' are occurring in the swing states. If the McCain campaign plants people in their mobs to shout hateful comments, is it any stretch that they planted people in the voter registration organization to discredit it? "

-- Good point...this could have been done by a McCain suppporter. It''s so blatant it looks like they wanted the fraud to be easily detected.

[credibility2]

Acorn is notorious for this type of fraudulent behavior and it''s not coincidental that Obama has had a very long and active relationship with them. The Dems had major hissy fits over voter fraud, yet the media and Obama supporters are dismissive over this because the fraudulent voter registration benefits Obama. Another part of this insidious fraud is that in many areas, especially those deemed sanctuary cities, criminal illegal aliens are allowed to register and vote since they''re not challenged on their citizen status, legal social security cards, etc. Obama has surrounded himself with close relationships and associations for multiple years with extremist, racist, bigoted, separatist individuals like Ayers, Wright, Moss, Pfleger, Farrahkan, Acorn and many others. And yet, those supporting Obama could care less. They don''t care because they''re incapable of appreciating that in an Obama his ties are the thing that makes him tick. He is also an extremist and separatist and lives the mantra of Malcolm X, which was "by any means necessary". Voter fraud is part of this mantra.

[blitzder]

Most voters who voted him in for two terms should be made to pay for the billions lost, due to the greed and incompetence of this administration.

That would get them to think (unlikely if you are a republican) about the consequences of their votes.

[dan1967win]

How can it be voter fraud when the votes have not even been counted yet? The voter applications that should be discarded will be. 10,000 voter applications is not very many. These were not actual votes, they were voter applications.

McCain and Palin and the crowds they get at their rally''s will go to great lengths to use fear mongering and hate to win an election.

Using fear and hate mongering to supress peoples'' voting rights should be investigated.

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AND LETS GET A DEMOCRAT WIN IN NOVEMBER!




W

[dan1967win]

McCain and Palin don''t want to talk about real issues, because they have NO plan for the economy and NO plan to end this war in Iraq.

I have a question for Sarah Palin, were you the director of a 527 political group organized by the now indicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska? How about answering the question, Mrs. Palin?

Let''s not forget that the Republicans won the election in 2000 by a 5 to 4 vote in Daddy Bushes'' Supreme Court.

Lets not forget that this election is about real issues like the economy, education, and health care, and not slime and repugnant political games that McCain and Palin are playing.

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AND LETS GET A DEMOCRAT WIN IN NOVEMBER!

[cfin5]

ACORN should be investigated for this. It is an offense against other voters. We''ve heard of this kind of thing before to be proven later as the truth. This is just like POACHING in a political sense against the worth of my rights. I won''t have this being done to an American citizen!

[jjorcutt]

This is a non-issue. ACORN pays it''s people to get these registrations so of course to keep getting paid they fill out bogus forms. These are all caught when the state puts them into the system. So these bogus forms do not result in any extra votes. I would like to see this practice of paying people to get registrations to stop because it gives this impression but it does not result in fraudulent votes.

[homespunlady]

For REAL information on REAL VOTE FRAUD I usually check with Blackboxvoting.ORG

They have an EXCELLENT film called "Hacking Democracy", several RESOURCES on what an HONEST ELECTION should look like and articles on the latest tricks, scams and manipulations that are happening.

The SURPRISING THING is that what THEY are MOST concerned about IS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT in the MSM!

They also have a grassroots movement to help KEEP THE ELECTIONS HONEST that could REALLY use some volunteers and help with EDUCATION and watching to INSURE HONESTY.

Some of the HIDDEN GAMES with the ACTUAL VOTE COUNTS that are being played are MUCH MORE DAMAGING than some FOOL filling out a "registration for Daffy Duck" that WILL NEVER BE USED TO VOTE.

THE HIDDEN GAMES to DENY, SUPPRESS and CHANGE VOTES DURING THE COUNT actually DO ALTER ELECTION RESULTS!!

[jjorcutt]

No Voter fraud has been committed. These are registrations that are rejected if not valid. Yes, it takes up time for the state but no fraudulent vote will be made.

[ofbyfor3]

Hmmm--after Limbaugh''s ''Operation Chaos'' during the primaries, it seems plausible that at least part of this could be caused by McCain supporters volunteering with ACORN who want to disrupt the election in favor of their candidate. After all, we know his campaign pays people to post (Astroturf) on boards like this one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080603589_pf.html

Anyone who wants to accuse me of being ''paranoid'' should remember the old saying-- ;) --''Just because you''re paranoid doesn''t mean they''re not after you.''

And it seems a heckuva lot less paranoid than the idea that Obama is a muslim Manchurian cadidate.

[rudy654-2009]

No Voter fraud has been committed. These are registrations that are rejected if not valid. Yes, it takes up time for the state but no fraudulent vote will be made.


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Posted by jjorcutt at 08:20 PM

Exactly. When they have nothing else, this is what they have time on their hands for.

[matoosaferre]

If Yobama wins, it doesn''t really count...he stole the elections with his ACORN group and the liberal media.
Rebellion! That''s what''s called for here. It''s time for conservatives and Republicans to unite in open rebellion. Dog the dims until they are out of power, even if it takes a hundred years!!!

[homespunlady]

The REPUBLICANS are WORKING HARD to DENY homeless VETERANS the RIGHT TO VOTE!!

They BELIEVE you HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY or YOU DON''T COUNT.

They are going through the VOTING ROLLS and if your address is UNDER SOME BRIDGE because you''re a HOMELESS VETERAN with probably some sort of DISABILITY they WILL REMOVE YOUR NAME because you DON''T have a "real" PROPERTY ADDRESS!

You can FIGHT for your country and LOSE LIMBS and other body parts but DON''T think that YOU DESERVE TO VOTE if you''re HOMELESS according to the "righteous GOP!!

The GOP only RESPECT the WEALTHY and believes ONLY the WEALTHY deserve to VOTE.

You as a HOMELESS VETERAN DON''T COUNT to the FOLLOWERS of McCain/Palin after they''ve USED YOU UP!!!

[harrydoghiny]

Again, CBS News is doing the legwork for the Republicans. Why? Where is your "investigation" of McCains ties to the Indian casinos?

[dude1961-2009]

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED

Photo ID before voting!

Fair IS Fair

[dude1961-2009]

"Allegations" don''''t count, and besides, registering people to vote does not automatically register them with one particular party the registrant chooses which.


DON''T COUNT! WHAT? HAVE ANY OF YOU "NO SHAME"

THIS IS NOT ABOUT "COUNTING VOTES"

REGISTER AND VOTE ON SAME DAY IN OHIO!

HOMELESS, ON CAMERA, BEING BUSED TO THE POLLS!

PUUUULLLLEEEEAAAASSSSE!!!!!

THIS IS SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY!

IF YOU WANT ANARCHY, JUST REMEMBER WHO HAS ALL THE GUNS IN THIS COUNTRY!

Hey, dudeIwasalreadypayingtaxesin1961:
Convicting people by media is wrong!
Meting out punishment without a trial is wrong!
Asserting an opinion as a fact is wrong!
What the public has seen WITH THEIR OWN EYES has been fed to them by someone else with no CHAIN OF EVIDENCE to verify this is not just another "tricky ***" gambit by the Republicans. Photoshop makes television just one more avenue of manipulation and subterfuge. It was television that brought us "I am not a crook!" Joe McCarthy had a list in his hand of all the communists and fellow travelers in the Eisenhower administration. And in the latest case, "we all saw the same evidence" George Bush saw for WMDs in Iraq! The age of unconditional belief IS OVER! Prove it or shove it! I approve this message.

[dude1961-2009]

"LIAR''''s. These are the animals that brought us GW McBush and the republiCON war in Iraq. Only a fool would believe anything they have to say. And if you believe that voter fraud is a problem you are a fool."

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

The public has SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYES

[dburfears]

10,000 out of 3,000,000 ACORN Registrations.

Only 0.3%

This was NOT an effort to CREATE VOTES IN THE ELECTION. NONE of these false REGISTRATIONS were going to result in actual VOTES.

These false registrations were done by EMPLOYEES TRYING TO UP THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBERS. These "phantoms" were NEVER going to SHOW UP at the polls! So NO VOTER FRAUD would have occurred.

So this "Registration Fraud" is really just a smokescreen by McCain and the GOP.

[dude1961-2009]

CUT THE ***!

Would you come up with these adolescent comments is the police pulled you over?

Would you say this *** in front of a judge?

When your Democratic Hacker in the email case gets 5 years in prison. Do you think he''ll use these arguments?

Denial will not help you in a court of LAW!

[dude1961-2009]

STATES WITH SAME DAY REGISTRATION AND VOTING

Ohio
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[homespunlady]

Posted by dude1961 at 08:42 PM : Oct 10, 2008

No problem unless it''s your grandmother that lost her driver''s license because she can''t see so well anymore but YOU probably believe SHE doesn''t DESERVE TO VOTE either - NO "photo" ID -NO VOTE.

That DISENFRANCHISES th AMISH and several other religious groups that DON''T allow photos because it is "vain" or against their beliefs.

Of course that "homeless VETERAN" is REALLY messed over not only has his/her ID probably been STOLEN but they DON''T have a "real" property address SO they can GIVE OVER THEIR LIVES but YOU are SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEM that YOU can DENY THEM THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE!

And OH BTW - HOW FAR DOWN has King George DRIVEN the ECONOMY DOWN TODAY?

Two WORDS - WEALTH GAP

UNTIL THAT IS NARROWED and the DERIVATIVE SEWAGE BACKUP that the NEOCONS CREATED is REMOVED this Nation WILL CONTINUE to pull it''s and THE WORLD ECONOMY DOWN!

CHANGE or FACE AN IRATE REST OF THE WORLD - and with OUR NATIONAL DEBT we''re TOAST!

[dburfears]

The TINY NUMBER of "questioned" registrations will have NO EFFECT ON THE ELECTION

10,000 QUESTIONED registrations out of 1,300,000 ACORN Registrations are "suspect"

That is only 0.7% of all the registrations filed by Acorn


10,000 QUESTIONED registrations out of 212,000,000 registered voters in the USA

So the QUESTIONED registrations are only 0.004% of ALL VOTERS in the USA.


ALL OF THESE QUESTIONED REGISTRATIONS will be REJECTED by the county registrars. So NO VOTER FRAID will occur.

This was NOT an effort to CREATE VOTES IN THE ELECTION. NONE of these false REGISTRATIONS were going to result in actual VOTES.

These false registrations were done by EMPLOYEES TRYING TO UP THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBERS. These "phantoms" were NEVER going to SHOW UP at the polls! So NO VOTER FRAUD would have occurred.

So this "Registration Fraud" is really just a smokescreen by McCain and the GOP and an attempt to throw doubt on the campaign.

[dude1961-2009]

Everyone gets a Social Security Number!

Most everyone has a Drivers License!

Most people (except you lemmings) are honest and would never argue with such reasonable requirements.

[homespunlady]

For REAL information on REAL VOTE FRAUD I usually check with Blackboxvoting.ORG

They have an EXCELLENT film called "Hacking Democracy", several RESOURCES on what an HONEST ELECTION should look like and articles on the latest tricks, scams and manipulations that are happening.

The SURPRISING THING is that what THEY are MOST concerned about IS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT in the MSM!

They also have a grassroots movement to help KEEP THE ELECTIONS HONEST that could REALLY use some volunteers and help with EDUCATION and watching to INSURE HONESTY.

Some of the HIDDEN GAMES with the ACTUAL VOTE COUNTS that are being played are MUCH MORE DAMAGING than some FOOL filling out a "registration for Daffy Duck" that WILL NEVER BE USED TO VOTE because they actually DO ALTER ELECTION RESULTS!!

[johnnye6]

Must see voter fraud clip:

http://www.freeforall.tv


States%u2019 Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?ref=politics

the truth about Barack, ACORN, and these smears:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/smears-contradicted-obama_n_132098.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/obama-camp-debunks-voter_n_131686.html

http://www.FightTheSmears.com


Isn''t Mrs. Annenberg a contributor to McCain. So I suppose McCain is connected to Ayers too.


The big question is why CBS News is buying into Fox News(sic) propaganda. ACORN registers voters. It''s obligated to flag any spurious registrations. When they do notify the election board they''re accused by the Republicans of submitting false registrations. When is CBS going to investigate voter caging? Thousands of people are illegally and unknowingly being removed from voter rolls. Can you imagine the chaos that will result if people try to exercise their right to vote and they''re turned away.

[homespunlady]

Posted by dude1961 at 09:05 PM : Oct 10, 2008
so you''re saying your grandma that lost her driver''s license because she''s going BLIND can''t vote?

Or are YOU willing to mandate ALL states ALLOW felons that have Social Security numbers the chance to vote?

Some DO allow them to vote Some don''t and some SAY they DO but "find ways" to make that chance to vote impossible.

Heck Alabama even had ELIGIBLE VOTERS serving on MISDEMEANORS DENIED the RIGHT TO REGISTER - DESPITE STATE LAW that ALLOWS them to vote.

[dude1961-2009]

STATES WITH SAME DAY REGISTRATION AND VOTING

Ohio
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Wyoming


Close 2004 Federal Election Results

Wisconsin (10) - 1.06%
New Mexico (5) - 0.52%
New Hampshire (4) - 0.28%
Iowa (7) - 0.41%


2000 Federal Election

Florida Decided by " 537 " votes!

OH...IT DOESN''T MATTER UH?

[ioweign]

Lets get this straight - an organization hands out a voter registration form to an individual.

The individual fills it out and uses the name of a Disney cartoon character.

The organization collects the form and places it with other filled out voter registration forms.

The organization would be committing fraud IF THEY tampered with the voter registration form containing the name of the Disney cartoon character.

In this case it is a NO WIN situation for the organization performing voter registration...

[boogieman716]

they need to toss em all in jail
& golden child AKA obama .
in with them

puma power

[homespunlady]

I''m worried MORE about the PARTISAN ship of the OWNERS of the VOTING MACHINE COMPANIES, the ODD "payments" that are being made to them and the FACT that the STATE VOTE counts in at least one state were ROUTED THROUGH A PARTISAN (Republican) COMPANY that had ACCESS TO THE DATABASE BEFORE it went out!

[meecham--2008]

I feel sorry for the Republicans. They are so filled with hatred, racism, and desperation. They clearly will lie/cheat/inflame/distract to whatever extent necessary to win the election. How can such behavior leave them feeling good about themselves?

Poor things.