Comments on: The ACORN Influence On a Potential Obama Administration

By: Nathan Brindle

Nathan Brindle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:08:39 +0000

Yo, Harl:

Ex-ACORN worker: ‘I paid the price’ for voter registration fraud

SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) — Clifton Mitchell helped register nearly 2,000 voters for the community group ACORN. But not one of them actually existed.

“I regret it. I paid the price for it,” he said.

Mitchell was convicted last year and spent nearly three months in prison. He’s one of the few ACORN workers convicted of voter registration fraud.

“One of the few” suggests “more than one, but not nearly enough” to me.

By: Joel Harris

Joel Harris — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:40:53 +0000

Yes, and what ACORN is doing is intentionally overloading the BOE offices with fraudulent voter forms that the collectors are writing out themselves. In other words, they are making it quite difficult for the BOE workers to do their job and in the process making it more likely that false entries will get through.

The idea of turning in all voter registration cards would be a valid argument if they weren’t filling them out themselves.

Harl: 1 GOP issue vs 14 state issues with ACORN/DNC. Remember those pictures of the Jimmy Johns registration? And the Mickey Mouse registration? Just because there is no conviction…YET…doesn’t mean that it is not going on. No, investigations do not mean that there is guilt. But there is clearly guilt somewhere here. Whether or not the authorities will be able to pin down the individuals responsible is yet to be seen.

By: Marsha V. Hammond, PhD

Marsha V. Hammond, PhD — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:51:56 +0000

Have you ever DONE any voter registration, complete w/ taking the forms to the local BOE? The BOE checks the information and overviews the address, etc. If there are duplicated voter registrations, the BOE kicks out the application.

By: Harl Delos

Harl Delos — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:17:29 +0000

That’s not all. So far this year at least 14 states have started investigations against ACORN. Talk about a culture of corruption.

They are investigating Sarah Palin. Does that make her guilty?

If you’re an usher in church, passing the collection plate, and someone drops a counterfeit bill in the plate, should the usher be arrested for counterfeiting? By law, you have to turn in ALL the voter registration cards you collect. You’re not allowed to decide that you’re going to turn in John’s card, and not Jim’s.

So far this year, they’ve arrested Mark Jacoby for registration fraud. He was hired by the California GOP and paid $7 to $12 for every Republican he registered, nothing for Democratic registrations.

How many ACORN officials have ever been arrested for fraud? As far as I can tell, none.