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Mickey Mouse tried to register to vote in Florida this summer. Orange County elections officials rejected his application, which was stamped with the logo of the nonprofit group ACORN. Tow truck driver Newton Bell did register to vote in Orange County this summer. In the hands of ACORN, his paperwork went through without a hitch. Two cases, two outcomes, each with a connection to ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Nationwide, ACORN is a favorite GOP target for allegations of voter registration fraud this year. That's not new. Similar complaints followed the 2004 elections. A criminal investigation...

Who's in control of McCain's campaign? By: Roger Simon October 14, 2008 10:51 AM EST John McCain’s campaign is pretty much a shambles right now. If you don’t believe me, just listen to John McCain. His chief goal these days is calming down his crowds, not firing them up. And that is an honorable thing to do. It may not be a winning thing to do. But it is honorable. Sarah Palin, once seen as a huge plus to the ticket, is now increasingly emerging as a liability. Forget that an independent legislative panel found Friday that she had abused...

We need to determine if ACORN in "red-lining" areas in which they conduct mass voter-registrations----and whether ACORN is excluding areas, thereby profiling voters which they deem unsuitable for mass canvassing. ACORN IS PROFILING VOTERS; profiling is a crime. One FReeper reported in realtime: he was approached multiple times by ACORN canvassers ......but they lost interest when the FReeper said he was a Republican. That means ACORN gave orders to "profile" voters. ACORN deemed individuals who voted a certain way were not suitable to sign-up and register as new voters. ACORN'S refusal to register a person to vote based on the...