Man Pleads Guilty To Voter Registration Scam

wcco.com ^ | Dec 7, 2004 | AP

[sarasotarepublican]

My only wish/hope is that Republicans are taking advantage of this voter fraud scam, by the democrats, and exposing all the dead voters once and for all. Sadly, there has been no mention of any Republican groups investigating. Is anyone clecking all these votes to see just how many are fake??

[AxelPaulsenJr]

I always thought that "ACORN" was the perfect name for that group of nuts.

[Mark17]

As part of the plea deal, prosecutors said they would recommend 60 days in the county workhouse

Oh yeah, 60 days will really make him think twice about doing it again. Not.

[Tempest]

ACORN is a left wing organization.

We should post this at DU and watch the nutbags blame Karl Rove for secretly running ACORN. LOL!!!!

[Tempest]

Acorn is a leftwing organization.

[SCALEMAN]

"No repurcusions to ACORN"

This is a constant problem with ACORN. There have been many threads on FR about ACORN abuses and no reprecussions with them.

[DoctorMichael]

.....60 days in the county workhouse, plus 15 days of community service......

I was hoping 20 to Life.

[concretebob]

The Department of Redundancy Department

Definition in Webster's for redundant--->See redundant

[kevkrom]

A 60 day sentence is grossly inadequate for the crime.

True, but the two felonies will haunt him forever.

[MattMa]

Joshua Reed pleaded guilty Monday in Hennepin County District Court to two felonies.

And can never vote again.

[Delphinium]

As part of the plea deal, prosecutors said they would recommend 60 days

Hopefully the plea deal was worth it.

[Splatter]

You are right sir! More of the ACORN ice berg here.

[HP8753]

True, but the two felonies will haunt him forever.

At least for 10 years..In Minnesota he can petition to regain his rights(voting,owning guns,etc) after 10 years of crime free behavior

[Libloather]

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS GENERAL - electionresults.sos.state.mn.us

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20041102/PrecRpt.asp?M=TPR

[Valin]

Begs the question, what if he was a republican, what would his sentence be?

[Valin]

You mean he's not! I want proof, hard proof!

[cyn]

Thanks for posting this -- good to know he's being prosecuted for FELONIES. Most important will be the outcome for him & for ACORN.

Interesting serendipity here: "Reed was stopped in September by police on an unrelated traffic offense. His car was towed because he didn't have a valid driver's license. Boxes of filled-out voter's registration cards were in the trunk, according to the criminal complaint."

Would he have been prosecuted on his prior false registrations alone, or was it considered adequate that ACORN fired him? -- "The forgeries were first noticed in June by a Hennepin County elections employee, who found 23 apparent duplicates. County elections officials notified authorities, who began investigating. At that point, ACORN fired Reed."