Posted on 10/10/2008 7:16:58 AM PDT by tcrlaf
CLEVELAND - A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.
"Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they'll give me a dollar to sign up," said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
"The ACORN people are everywhere, looking to sign people up. I tell them I am already registered. The girl said, 'You are?' I say, 'Yup,' and then they say, 'Can you just sign up again?' " he said.
Johnson used the same information on all of his registration cards, and officials say they usually catch and toss out duplicate registrations. But the practice sparks fear that some multiple registrants could provide different information and vote more than once by absentee ballot.
ACORN is under investigation in Ohio and at least eight other states - including Missouri, where the FBI said it's planning to look into potential voter fraud - for over-the-top efforts to get as many names as possible on the voter rolls regardless of whether a person is registered or eligible
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I would like to add or spell out for the naive or those who haven’t thought about this before ...
Of course, the dims/ACORN don’t expect this guy to actually vote 72 times. They will have others or a machine to do that for him. They just don’t want to end up with 10,000 votes when only 5,700 people are even registered in that town or county or whatever.
Guess you've been missing all the news.
Virginia ACORN Offices...
Norfolk only.
I'd have to go to South Chicago....Thanks, but no thanks.
And I thought the DUmocrats couldn’t afford to buy the “homeless” off with CRACK FOR VOTES, BOOZE FOR VOTES or SMOKES FOR VOTES schemes like they’ve done the last few election cycles.
Bush and John Ashcroft should have done something about this in 2001. There was mass fraud in 2000 and nothing was done because Bush barely won. There was mass fraud in 2004 and nothing was done because Bush barely won. Now it’s too late to do anything about it. Obama will be allowed to steal the election.
Why isnt ACORN being dismantaled as we speak?!
Pull those who are registering (and presenting false documents into court!
Would that stop ACOEN?
There are some Patrick Henry's among us. And maybe many others are not.
At any rate, do what you can. Nice, kind, polite, phone harassment or tying up their phone lines on election day with stupid questions will work just as well, from the warm safety and comfort of your very own living room--to keep them from turning out masses of phony voters for Obama on election day. There are ways to undermine them, if we all take and execute a role. WE CAN CHANGE HISTORY. WE CAN TURN THE TIDE.
Pull those who are registering (and presenting false documents into court!
Would that stop ACORN?
I take it you’ve never been to or thru South Chicago. 95% of all Chicago murders take place in South Chicago. South Chicago is not safe for either blacks or whitey. (Tale-tail tagging on mailboxes and bus stop benches spelling out “Kill Whitey”.
I do have a plan B, you know.
Notice how the DEMS don’t readily speak of ACORN?
BTW...South Chicago is where a certain Community Organizer got his start in politics...also the home of Rev Wright’s “gospel.” Need I say more?
We’re getting perilously close to the time when these people simply won’t give up power - no matter what happens in an election.
Watching this election process is similar to viewing a train wreck. I wonder if this feeling I am getting is akin to the way the Germans felt when Hitler was coming into power? I used to naively believe they all agreed with his policies, now I wonder if they were not in agreement but just blinded.
God save our Country.
Yesterday, for the 2nd time in my 60+ years of life, I wrote to Congressmen and Senators. The 1st time was for Terri Shivo.
Can the Dhiminicrats point to an instance in which a deibold machine has allowed a vote to be duplicated 72 times?
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