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McCain ACORN Fears Overblown: Experts (More Expert Libs)
ABC News ^ | October 16, 2008 | JUSTIN ROOD

Posted on 10/16/2008 11:43:16 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle

Charges of Voter Fraud Are Out of Proportion to Reality, They Say

Charges of potential vote fraud volleyed by Republicans, including Sen. John McCain himself, are out of proportion to reality, according to election experts.

During Wednesday's final presidential debate before the November election, Sen. John McCain said Sen. Barack Obama is tied to ACORN, a nonprofit group that McCain said "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy." But election experts say McCain's charges of potential vote fraud are overblown. Collapse

The concerns – raised by the Republican National Committee in daily conference calls with reporters, as well as by McCain himself in Wednesday's debate – focus on the nonprofit group ACORN, whose nationwide voter registration efforts have garnered apparently fraudulent registration cards, some for fictional characters like "Mickey Mouse."

ACORN, whose registration efforts generally target poor neighborhoods, "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy," McCain claimed last night, citing Sen. Barack Obama's ties to the group.

Obama reportedly worked with ACORN when he ran a Chicago-area voter registration drive shortly after graduating from law school, and conducted leadership training with the group. During the primaries, Obama's campaign paid an ACORN-affiliated group $800,000 for get-out-the-vote efforts, which reportedly did not include voter registration. The group's political arm has endorsed Obama's candidacy.

But McCain's voter fraud worries – about ACORN or anyone else – are unsupported by the facts, said experts on election fraud, who recall similar concerns being raised in several previous concerns being raised in several previous elections, despite a near-total absence of cases.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acorn; ballotstuffing; bias; elections; howtostealanelection; nothingtoseehere; stuffingtheballotbox; votefraud
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To: rightinthemiddle
If Obama wins, his legitimacy will be called in to question by many people.

Voter Fraud is worse than it has ever been.

The hijacking of our Democratic process cannot be allowed to stand.

We have to fight back. HARD.
21 posted on 10/16/2008 12:14:39 PM PDT by lmr (NOBAMA '08!)
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To: rightinthemiddle
FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud (Breaking on Drudge)
22 posted on 10/16/2008 12:25:32 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Lord please bless our nation with John McCain as president and Sarah Palin as Vice President! Amen.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

What the heck is a lot of election fraud among marxists and fascists?


23 posted on 10/16/2008 12:26:59 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (MSM Lied, Journalism Died. RIP 2008)
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To: lmr

We are watching an attempt at a coup. But the MSM will tell us otherwise.


24 posted on 10/16/2008 12:34:06 PM PDT by Cracker Jack (If it weren't for the democrats, republicans would be the worst thing in Washington.)
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To: Tarpon

In light if this lack of concern about election fraud, how many tens of thousands of DNC lawyers are being prepared to go to Ohio and Florida and other key states to challenge military absentee ballots, and votes in GOP-heavy districts?


25 posted on 10/16/2008 2:47:26 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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