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Posted on 09/30/2009 6:39:22 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
A judge has ruled that political advocacy group ACORN and a former employee will stand trial in District Court on felony charges they paid canvassers to collect voter registration cards last year.
Arraignment was set for 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 14.
Former ACORN Las Vegas field director Christopher Edwards testified Tuesday that he created a bonus incentive program called “Blackjack” or “21+” that awarded an extra $5 to any canvasser who collected at least 21 registration cards.
His immediate supervisor, Amy Busefink, welcomed the idea and he bragged about its success on conference calls with his peers around the country, Edwards said.
But paying canvassers for the number of registration cards they collect violates state laws because it encourages canvassers to turn in phony forms, says the state Attorney General’s Office.
Edwards, Busefink and ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, were each charged with 13 felony counts in connection with the Blackjack program and because the organization allegedly required an illegal quota of cards or else canvassers could lose their jobs.
Edwards was the prosecution's key witness in the case. He has accepted a deal to plead guilty to two gross misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit the crime of compensation for registration of voters.
How big is that jail to fit all of ACORN in it? :-)
They need to drag in all the top people with criminal charges. Find out all the politicians involved like Obama. This will just be small frys.
There needs to be a RICO or a class action by American citizens for their vote rigging activities.
Just one big corrupt dimoKKKRAT operation. The light has been shined on the organization and the rats in Congress and elsewhere are abandoning the ACORN ship.
Ping.
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Hahahahaha
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