[mn-bush-man]

Tip of the ice berg, I tell you. Just the tip.

[NRA1995]

For which party?

[Truth29]

A 60 day sentence is grossly inadequate for the crime. Could we hope the judge will ignore the recommendation and impose something more appropriate? (Probably not.)

[Stultis]

Reed admitted he failed to promptly turn over the voter registration cards to the Secretary of State or a county auditor

Probably woulda been more prompt if ACORN woulda paid him in cocaine.

[KJacob]

Shouldn't they mention that ACORN is a democratic group?

[randog]

Same thing happened when I worked on the 1980 US Census as a teenager. Canvassers were hired to scour neighborhoods, helping residents fill out census forms. The canvassers were paid, IIRC, $0.50 and $1.50 for each short and long form filled out respectively.

After the canvassing was done and the canvassers paid and long gone, thousands of duplicate forms were found. They all had to be weeded out by hand, adding to the expense.

[Robert A Cook PE]

ACORN = Liberal DEMOCRAT (racist) extremists!

[Clive]

Paying people to collect voter registrations encourages just this kind of fraud. The practice should be banned.

[BluSky]

How convenient.

No repurcusions to ACORN.

Scam organizations like ACORN factor in percentages. Factor the risk for small % of their 'hired' people will get busted. This leaves a large % WON'T. It's an inexpensive way to forward the cause by fraudulently registering 'democrats' and ultimately 'votes' for their side.

Light sentencing for the perp and, no skin off their (ACORN) nose.

[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.

[DoctorMichael]

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

I was hoping 20 to Life.

[MattMa]

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

And can never vote again.

[Splatter]

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

[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?

[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."