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Posted By FSU92grad 1 year, 1 month ago in Political NewsJohnson and another prolific registrant were subpoenaed to
testify at a meeting Monday as the Elections Board continued
its look at possible fraud by ACORN, a national organization
that tries to get low- and moderate-income people to
register. ACORN's methods have drawn interest in a
number of states this presidential election year.
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40 year old married male with a 2 yr. old little girl. I live in Florida and love this country. I am neither Republican nor ...
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
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So? Those cards are useless. Poll workers aren't going to let a teenager vote once, let alone 73 times. But an employee of ACORN got a bigger pay check for his trouble. No big deal. No election stolen. Lighten up and look at the whole picture.
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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Ooooh, go get 'em.
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I hope they keep up the registering. We may have a landslide. Just finished watching the debates. All the negative attacks, were answered by Obama. He even answered this false claim about acorn.
I'm not worried about ACORN. I hope they keep up "gettin out the vote." We need more democratic voters to throw out EVERY BUSH republican up for re-election -
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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Johnson and another prolific registrant were subpoenaed to testify at a meeting Monday as the Elections Board continued its look at possible fraud by ACORN, a national organization that tries to get low- and moderate-income people to register. ACORN's methods have drawn interest in a number of states this presidential election year.
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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Johnson, 19, said he mostly was trying to help ACORN workers who begged him to sign up because they needed to keep their jobs.
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"They'd come up with a sob story why they needed the signature," said Johnson, of Garfield Heights.
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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A second person to testify, Christopher Barkley, 33, said ACORN workers pestered him while they tried to gather signatures.
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Barkley, of Cleveland, said he was homeless and reading a book on Public Square when he signed some of the 13 cards that contain his name. He filled out cards - with his mother's house or workplace as the address - to help workers stay employed. -
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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That and other dirty deeds is how Obama is going to win!
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Just wait and see what Obama has up his sleeves after he becomes president. You ain't seen nothin' yet! America is headed down the drain folks. Yes, we all know, Bush has made a mess of things. But it's nothing in comparison to what Obama is going to do to us!
Do you like being a gun owner, well, vote for Obama, he will take them away from you.
Do you want higher taxes, well, Obama will do that for you.
Do you want no retaliation if we are attacked again by terrorists, well, Obama will do nothing if we are attacked again.
Do you want Iran to build a nuke bomb and give it to terrorist, so terrorists can blow us up. Well vote for Obama and you wish may just come true.
Do you want our government to control everything in your life, vote for Obama, that's Obama's hidden agenda....
the list of fun Obama stuff is ENDLESS. Please Vote Obama! -
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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again, not too bright.
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it says right in the story that the problem lies in registration quotas for acorn workers. they were willing to do anything and everything to get people to sign up and didn't care if it was valid or not. they just wanted numbers.
which has absolutely nothing to do with Obama and more to do with a bunch of low-wage workers just trying to get paid.
plus, to automatically point fingers at Obama is ridiculous since its McCain who has more reason to try and cheat at this stage. he's the one playing catch up. not Obama. Obama doesn't need to cheat to win, so why would he?
and since it ain't voter fraud until someone actually tries to vote under the faulty registration...
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mark-stevens1 year, 1 month ago
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FSU92grad You are a collage grad or at least make that claim. Let me explain.ACORN for some reason runs on a quota system. Either the government or sponsors pay for a registration count.
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Being a registered voter does not automatically give you the right to vote. Proper ID must be presented at the time of voting. Do you honestly think that Tony Romo, R,r,r,r,r, Smith, or Mickey Mouse will be allowed to vote for Obama in Nevada.
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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lmao, good one, FSU. So ACORN has a quota for it's workers and that's the reason the people they "pay" have to commit fraud. If ACORN is paying these people anything they've been ripped off. The problem is why does ACORN turn the bad registrations into the election boards? ACORN officials say they check them before they turn them in but what do they check them for? It's hogwash!
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Tangent0011 year, 1 month ago
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"The problem is why does ACORN turn the bad registrations into the election boards? "
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ACORN is required by law to return every single form. The number of registration forms issued to ACORN is audited to ensure there is no possibility of discarding, say Republican registrants. ACORN staff pours through the forms and separates out anything suspicious for further review by the Election Commissions. These forms are bundled together and identified as suspicious when they are submitted. -
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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"ACORN officials say they check them before they turn them in but what do they check them for"
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Acorn checks them to be sure all their PAID fake voters, voted at least 30 times each! Then and only then will Acorn pay the fake voters!
I just love where our country is headed...straight into a DEAD END is where we are headed if these kinds of Democrat dirty tricks are not stopped. Democrats hidden agenda is to have a one party Government. If they are allowed to continue to win elections by cheating, then they will get their one party government and will hold onto their one party Government! I'm afraid folks, I'm very afraid America is SCREWED! -
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slate1 year, 1 month ago
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I wonder of they let anyone register if they said they were republicans? Even if this can't be connected to Obama, it is very telling of what the Dems as a party are like after they take the hokier than thou stance that reps cheat?
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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LMAO...Cons are finally concerned about alleged bought elections--when they think they're on the losing end. Typical lying cons will claim they are concerned about cleaning up corrruption now but when asked about Diebold, they shrug and look at the ground like guilty weasels. Cons are unbelievable in every conceivable way. ;-(
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ghstfalcon1 year, 1 month ago
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My concern is that this fraud is far more extensive than we even realize. I have a family member that works in the post office and is shocked that she is delivering stacks and stacks of voter registration cards to each house in some low income neighborhoods in North Carolina. I'm sorry, but 20 people registered to vote in a single 2 bedroom home is a red flag to me. I can't say I know what the answer is, but I think a lot more investigating needs to be done before election day.
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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This is NOT voter fraud, it is NOT voter fraud unless the fraud is committed by a REPUBLICAN. If a Republican did this, then that would be pure voter fraud. But since this was done by a demcrite supporter, then it clearly is NOT VOTER FRAUD! Did you here me, Democrites can do NOTHING WRONG!!!!!
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Tangent0011 year, 1 month ago
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Actually, it is NOT voter fraud. NO BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST. ACORN does its best to catch suspicious registrations, but even if Mickey Mouse's voter registration somehow made it onto the books, Mickey Mouse would still have to show up in order to cast his vote!
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The Ohio League of Women Voters did a study of the approximately 9 million votes cast in the last election. Out of the 9 million, 4 were found to be fraudulent. FOUR out of 9 million!
Now if you want to talk about ELECTION fraud, then yes, Republicans DO have a history of 'caging' voters. -
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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Uh...no it's not voter fraud unless someone attempts to vote fraudulently, cons. I can fill out my income tax forms a zillion times with false information. If I don't submit the forms, I haven't committed any crime. Cons, you've got diddly squat. MoveOn. There's nothing to your little spin and prance sidewalk theater. Get educated about Palin instead of wasting time on this phony scandal. ;-)
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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It's very apparent now that the bitter divide between the Republicans and Democrats is not going to go away. The bitterness is not getting better, it's on a continual decline into hatred for the other party. So, I'd like to propose that America has a new civil war. We need to end this insanity so one party can come out as the winner. That way, we can pick up the pieces and start a new kind of country.... A new kind of country where Osama Obama rules America for the next 50 years, and no one else has any say so about anything! Vote Osama Obama 2008-2058!!!!!!!!
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hamy1 year, 1 month ago
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And you can blame Karl Rove for that split. He is the one who orchestrated it. He is the one who pushed the culture wars on us. Blame the right people. The Right split us and now doesn't like it.
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We are on the same team.
Adn I love that you talk about hatred and then use Osama Bin Laden to stir hatred against Obama.
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DarkWizard1 year, 1 month ago
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4thchance,
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Dude...I like your energy, but you're weird! Although, I agree, a wedge has been driven between the extreme left and right. Hopefully, those extremists only account for a small percentage of our populace and the majority of people are more reasonable in thinking things through. I don't think a civil war is necessary. But, on the other hand, a revolution may not be out of line if both our civil and individual rights become moot.
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icono11 year, 1 month ago
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Now 'paying people to pay people to register to vote' is quiet a capitalistic thing for a group of socialists to do....
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Oh I see... they are using other peoples money to buy votes to push their, ACORN'S, agenda. Nice use of the 'income redistribution' principle. -
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Lurch1 year, 1 month ago
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Wouldn`t it be neat if the cons cared as much about ensuring legal voters the right to vote as they are about denying Dem voters their right to vote?
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Why activists like Thomas, Scalia, Katherine Harris and half the Republican operatives still out of jail?-
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4thchance1 year, 1 month ago
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No, we only allow a real LIVE CITIZEN to vote one time. That's how our system is suppose to work. Dead People Voting numerous times is NOT ALLOWED. You might want to make note of that before you go to vote. It's illegal to vote more then one time. Oh, and you must still be breathing with a heart beat too... pretty simple rules there pal. GOT IT!?
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HateKoolAid1 year, 1 month ago
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California is a state that lives by the 'initiative' . Every state wide election they have at least a half dozen propositions on the ballot. The way these propositions get on the ballot is by petitions that are circulated at shopping malls etc. Only qualified voters can sign these. Various political groups hire people to man these card tables to get signatures for about 10 cents apiece. These signed petitions are then collected and submitted to the proper agency for verification of the signatures. The reject rate for invalid signatures is always around 20-30 percent. Oddly no one every screams FRAUD. If ACORN is actually instructing their canvassers to get people to sign multiple cards, then yes, ACORN is abetting registration fraud. However if these people are doing it on their OWN in order to get more money, they are the ones committing fraud not ACORN. ACORN is not legally certified to verify signatures, the appropriate county registrar is.
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JoeModerate1 year, 1 month ago
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OK, here's the answer:
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It was ACORN supervisors who flagged suspicious cards. ACORN is required by law to return every single form. The number of registration forms issued to ACORN is audited to ensure there is no possibility of discarding, say Republican registrants. ACORN staff pours through the forms and separates out anything suspicious for further review by the Election Commissions. These forms are bundled together and identified as suspicious when they are submitted.
No need to break out the torches and pitchforks just yet. Of the great majority of those new voters that were legitimately registered, some were probably Republicans. -
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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I just finished watching the debate. Good news on every channel. Most saying Obama won by double digits. Everyone positive on Obama, well except Fox News. Everyone knows that Fox is full of the crap.
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Anyway, McCain tried to play the "agitator," but ended up looking like the little kid. -
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DarkWizard1 year, 1 month ago
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Ah...another article that gives the neocon faithful a place to hangout and sharpen their wit. Seeing so many neocons foaming at the mouth when a scrap drops from the table is so heartwarming. I'll miss the good old days when the neocons become extinct. I mean, the neocons are about as Republican as the Woolly Mammoth is an elephant. Maybe historians will write about the Woolly...er...I mean neocons and how they became extinct because they couldn't survive in a world that decided to move forward. Maybe they'll be remembered like the witch hunters of Salem that were so righteous, pious, and wrong! Oh yes...I'll miss the good old days...
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clsassano1 year, 1 month ago
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Also, Did you know that Mohamed Atta, the 9/11 ring leader, had a valid Florida driver’s license?
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Did you know 13 of the 19 hijackers had obtained valid driver’s licenses? Armed with these licenses, eight of the hijackers even registered to vote! How did that happen?
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