What happened is that ACT and the NAACP voting arms got nailed by the FBI and the US Attorney, and they were put on ice "just in case".
I guess the NAACP voting arm involving crack for votes goes to the friend of the NAACP Cleveland Chapter's President.
In other words, Kerry got caught and it would have been very public.
I wondered what had become of that exposure. Good reason for Kerry to lay low in Ohio.