Posted on 09/21/2008 2:29:17 PM PDT by markomalley
Republican National Committee officials on Friday blasted a group that's registering voters in Durham, calling it "a quasi-criminal, Democratic-affiliated organization" that represents a danger to the electoral process.
The move by RNC Chief Counsel Sean Cairncross and Communications Director Danny Diaz followed a Herald-Sun report that Durham County Board of Elections Director Mike Ashe wants state officials to check about 80 voter registration forms for possible fraud.
The forms came from a group called the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The group is more commonly known by its acronym, ACORN.
Cairncross said RNC officials "commend the vigilance" Ashe showed, and will continue to monitor the situation. He added that ACORN is "a malignant organization" with a long track record of vote-fraud transgressions.
He added that if voters aren't sure of their registration status, they should check it with the Board of Elections.
The board operates a searchable, online registration database at http://www.durhamcountync.gov/departments/elec/votersearch/index.cfm.
Ashe's move this week came after elections officials discovered that ACORN workers had registered a 14-year-old, claiming the youth was born in 1989. The minimum voting age is 18.
They also knew of "less than half a dozen" people who, after receiving a formal notice from the board telling them they'd registered, got in touch with officials to say they'd never filled out a registration form, Ashe said.
In addition, election workers also noticed that ACORN-submitted registration forms so far have included up to 125 duplicate names. It appeared that ACORN registrars -- who are paid and subject to a per-shift quota -- were using the same names repeatedly, Ashe said.
"I got like 15 Brenda Greens," Ashe said. "We're starting to get enough now that the names are looking familiar."
Similar problems tied to ACORN have been reported this summer by media outlets in New Mexico and Ohio, which like North Carolina are battlegrounds and potential swing states in this year's presidential election.
Ashe said the group has ignored his advice against hoarding registration forms and using highlighters to mark them. It's given election workers up to 1,200 forms in one stack and by using highlighters has caused the elections staff "a lot of extra work."
The elections staff is able to weed out duplicate registrations, he said.
Cairncross said ACORN has figured in vote-fraud allegations in past elections in Washington, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Registrars from the group have faced criminal charges in all of those states.
The group's misconduct is "widescale [and] nationwide," he added.
Cairncross alleged that ACORN has endangered the public by employing felons as registrars. But he and Diaz couldn't cite any North Carolina examples of that. Diaz did supply information about such a case in New Mexico.
The GOP operatives alleged that Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama has longstanding and continuing ties to ACORN. Obama North Carolina campaign spokesman Paul Cox could not be reached Friday afternoon for comment.
((crickets chirping))
Didn't think so
RICO
They need to circulate a list of these redundant names. Isn't this a felony, btw?
FUNNY HOW DEMOCRATS DO WHAT THEY THEMSELVES ACCUSE OTHERS OF DOING..
ACORN is going to steal this election with the help of braindead Kollege Kiddies and the liberal “national media.”
Of course not. MSM will never tell the truth about this criminal group. In fact, it would not surprise me to learn that following ACORN’s activity excites the press because that is how they know in advance where the legal action will take place after the election. They KNOW where the states are that should be Republican wins that are close and the Dims will start their usual whining.
If ACORN was a conservative group we would hear about it every day.
Only if registered as a Republican.
Of course not...but the Republicans will be all over this and they’ll not care about the screams of voter suppression....or the lawyers...we’ve got our lawyers who’ll be prepared to stomp ACORN...
What, the Messiah cheats?! Say it isn’t so.
Of course it isn't so, you racist! ;-)
It is only cheating if the 'pubbies do it.
Nail these yahoo criminals! :-D
“a quasi-criminal, Democratic-affiliated organization” t
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Someone grew a pair at the RNC, keep it up until it gets reported widely.
Just last month, OBAMA caught funneling money to ACORN:
Voter Fraud will become increasingly less due to technology. They will fight that tooth and nail because of their criminal base. Remember when Georgia said it would come to your home to get registered and it was rejected? {Probably to many warrants that would clog the system.)
“Any national news about this??”
Not from the media wing of the Democrat Party. It’s interesting that instead of highlighting the suspected fraud, the headline is “RNC rips group ...”
Yes, it's good to set our expectations low, but just remember, Bush is in charge of Federal Election enforcement. He damned well didn't let vote fraud happen in Ohio during his 2004 election, and he damned well won't let it happen while he's still in charge this November.
The Feds, Team McCain and the RNC are prepared for the shenanigans in the Battleground states this year.
ACORN/Dems: “It’s not fraud if you can get away with it.”
Why do they keep getting away with this???? Eventually the Democrats are going to win when they finally have enough fake voters registered. This is so bad.
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