Posted on 04/02/2008 3:48:47 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
Eight workers for a get-out-the-vote effort in St. Louis city and county have pleaded guilty to federal election fraud for submitting false registration cards for the 2006 election, authorities said Wednesday.
The workers were employed by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), gathering voter registrations. U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said they submitted cards with false addresses and names, and forged signatures.
They are Brian Bland, 23, Bobbie Jean Cheeks, 50, Cortez Cowan, 21, Golden Gibson, 21, Radonna Marie Smith, 24, Anthony Reliford, 21, Kenneth Williams, 21, and Tyaira Williams, 23, all of St. Louis. Williams was sentenced in March to 15 months in prison. The others are scheduled for sentencing in June. Each faces up to five years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines.
New Orleans-based ACORN encourages low- and moderate-income residents to community activism.
The organization has said the former, temporary hourly workers were likely trying to increase their pay by turning in more, albeit, false applications.
ACORN has said it has improved its "quality control program."
St. Louis election officials have said they had problems with ACORN submissions in past years and worked with the organization to try and correct them, including asking them to put potentially fraudulent cards aside.
Hanaway said ACORN has agreed to a number of reforms to improve voter registration and quality control procedures, and report possible illegal activity.
ACORN is the outfit Obama organized for..and when he became a lawyer he represented ACORN.It has been nabbed in coutless vote fraud cases and works its magic best in places where there is same day registration and a no-voted I.D. rule.
$30,000 went to each of 2 ACORN chapters for specific work on 2 projects, a ballot initiative to raise minimum wage in AZ and efforts to regulate the payday loan industry.
I would say they felt those issues were worthy causes. While “peace and social justice” funding often leans to leftist causes, Catholic Charities overall do great work helping millions of people all over the country.
Catholic Charities encompasses everything from food banks, health centers, temporary housing, counseling, pregnancy and adoption services, home delivered meals, education and more. To slam Catholic Charities (which is a group of over 170 main agencies with hundreds of branches and affiliates) over some money given to ACORN is grossly unfair.
Sharp eyes there.
Stupid reporters. We really should try to sell them carbon credit beans.
Sharp eyes there.
Stupid reporters. We really should try to sell them carbon credit beans.
Is ACORN the umbrella group that Obama worked for???
No money from THIS Catholic!!
See my post on how to stop vote fraud: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991953/posts
See my post on how to stop vote fraud: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991953/posts
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