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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Voter Fraud
Speaking of Froomkin, he's got coverage of the NYT's in depth article on the DOJ. Bu$hCo and voter fraud. So does TPM. Very nauseating story. Your tax dollars at work....aintcha proud?
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How great would it be if ACORN got as much positive publicity now that it has been vindicated of voter fraud as it did before the elections when Karl Rove was ginning up false charges?
This week's Newsweek story, “Rove: A Moving Target,” as well as other recent news reports, have quoted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson’s testimony that “during the run-up to the midterm elections,” A.G. told him Rove “complained” that David Iglesias, the U.S. attorney in New Mexico, and two other federal prosecutors, were not doing enough to prosecute voter fraud—a top GOP priority.
Iglesias told Newsweek he had been pressured to prosecute ACORN workers who were registering voters in minority neighborhoods, but Iglesias had found no cases worth pursuing.
In 2006, ACORN volunteers and staff helped more than 540,000 low-income, young and minority citizens to apply to become registered voters. ACORN has helped more than 1.6 million people register to vote since 2003.
So-called “voter fraud” is a myth used to suppress the minority vote. A report, "The Politics of Voter Fraud," released in March by Project Vote found that fraudulent voting is extremely rare.
An analysis of federal government records concluded that only 24 people were convicted or pleaded guilty of illegal voting between 2002 and 2005, an average of eight people a year.
ACORN President Maude Hurd said: “While ACORN members are disturbed to learn that helping African Americans and Latinos register to vote invites harassment from the White House, ACORN will continue to fight for the right to vote for every American citizen and spare no effort to encourage voter participation in our communities."
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How great would it be if ACORN got as much positive publicity now that it has been vindicated of voter fraud as it did before the elections when Karl Rove was ginning up false charges?
This week's Newsweek story, “Rove: A Moving Target,” as well as other recent news reports, have quoted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson’s testimony that “during the run-up to the midterm elections,” A.G. told him Rove “complained” that David Iglesias, the U.S. attorney in New Mexico, and two other federal prosecutors, were not doing enough to prosecute voter fraud—a top GOP priority.
Iglesias told Newsweek he had been pressured to prosecute ACORN workers who were registering voters in minority neighborhoods, but Iglesias had found no cases worth pursuing.
In 2006, ACORN volunteers and staff helped more than 540,000 low-income, young and minority citizens to apply to become registered voters. ACORN has helped more than 1.6 million people register to vote since 2003.
So-called “voter fraud” is a myth used to suppress the minority vote. A report, "The Politics of Voter Fraud," released in March by Project Vote found that fraudulent voting is extremely rare.
An analysis of federal government records concluded that only 24 people were convicted or pleaded guilty of illegal voting between 2002 and 2005, an average of eight people a year.
ACORN President Maude Hurd said: “While ACORN members are disturbed to learn that helping African Americans and Latinos register to vote invites harassment from the White House, ACORN will continue to fight for the right to vote for every American citizen and spare no effort to encourage voter participation in our communities."
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