Posted on 09/16/2008 10:29:40 AM PDT by markomalley
And guess which state just happens to be a key swing state in the upcoming election?
Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families
The majority of the problem applications are coming from the group ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which has a large voter registration program among its many social service programs. ACORNs Michigan branch, based in Detroit, has enrolled 200,000 voters statewide in recent months, mostly with the use of paid, part-time employees
There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications, said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of States Office. And it appears to be widespread.
Stanley Kurtz detailed Obamas intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) (as well as Acorns radicalism) in National Review:
...along with the reservoir of political support that came to Obama through his close ties with Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, and other Chicago black churches, Chicago Acorn appears to have played a major role in Obamas political advance. Sure enough, a bit of digging into Obamas years in the Illinois State Senate indicates strong concern with Acorns signature issues, as well as meetings with Acorn and the introduction by Obama of Acorn-friendly legislation on the living wage and banking practices. You begin to wonder whether, in his Springfield days, Obama might have best been characterized as the Senator from Acorn.
Will anyone in the media be willing to ask Obama about his connections to Acorn and their consistently deceptive and fraudulent voter registration efforts, or are they all too busy covering Sarah Palins tanning bed?
There seems to be evidence that ACORN brings in “community organizers” from out of state to help with these campaigns. Some of those charged in Michigan were from Wisconsin, etc.
>> go down to the local BOE and register in person
“BOE”? Benevolent Order of Elks lodge? Board Of Election? What?
BOE=Board of Elections usually located in every county seat in America.
Those caught should be convicted, fined, and if its a felony, lose their voting privilige. No jail time. They are not worth tax dollars supporting in prison.
Well, with the additional 200,000 "new" voters, plus the 90% voting turnout in Detroit (with GOP poll watchers not present in most precincts) that should about do the trick for this year.
We may as well put Michigan's electoral votes in Obama's column now and save suspense on Election Night. And forget the Zogby and Rasmussen polls. They only count people who actually exist or are still alive.
You read my mind.
Who would risk their lives by being a poll watcher in DETROIT???
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