rssA Glimpse Into ACORN’s Procedures
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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I just received some materials from ACORN that shed light on its procedures for handling falsified registrations.
Consider the following example from Lake County, IN., which many critics of ACORN have pointed to as a case of voter fraud:
As you can see, canvasser Dain T. submitted the form for a certain Jimmy Johns, who turned out not to be a voter but a sandwich shop.
His supervisor, Latisha Hicks, suspected something fishy, investigated the matter and had Dain T. fired for falsification. According to ACORN, he was then turned over to election officials for prosecution.
This would appear to cut against assertions by some GOP officials that ACORN intentionally, or negligently, filed false registrations.
Sometimes, upon investigation, the supervisor determined that there was no wrongdoing. In the example below, Hicks determined that although the handwriting on several voter registration forms was similar, it was not similar enough to warrant suspicion.
UPDATE 10/15: The folks at ACORN initially gave me these forms without the names blacked out. After consulting their lawyers, they sent me these blacked-out forms and asked me to substitute them in. I obliged.
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Comment posted October 23, 2008 @ 5:19 am
YS I AM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT FOUND THIS FALSE VR CARD WHEN I WAS AN EMPLOYEE @ ACORN.SINCE YUR ILLEGAL POSTING OF THIS VR CARD I HAVE RECIEVED DEATH THREATS VIA PHONE,AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS RINGIN MY DOORBELL.I GAVE NOONE PERMSSION TO USE MY NAME PUBLICLY! BEING THAT I DO LIVE IN THE INNER CITY,AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CANVASSERS THAT WERE HIRED BY ACORN WERE THUGS,EX-CON'S ,AND ANGBANGERS I HAVE TO SUFFER THE RAMIFICATIONS BEHIND THIS WHOLE MATTER WHICH IS NON-SENSE.I TRIED CONTACTING ACORN AND TO THEM I AM A HERO,BUT THAT IS ALL.I AM A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL,WHO IS A CANCER SURVIVOR,AS WELLAS BATTLING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AT THE PRESENT TIME.RHE WASHINGTON INDEPEND AS WELL AS ACORN HAD NO RIGHTS LEALLY TO POST MY INFORMATION ON HERE WITHOUT MY APPROVAL!!!!! I WANT SOME TYPE OF JUSTICE,AS WELL AS SAFE HAVEN,WHILE YOU ALL ARE IN YOUR GATED COMMUNTIY BEING PROTECTED THE THE MOSTLY THE UPPER CLASS,AS WELL AS RICH AND FAMOUS,I'LL BE ANOTHER STATISTIC IN THE MURDER CAP(GARY INDIANA)..
Comment posted October 23, 2008 @ 5:32 am
OH, BY THE WAY IF YOU GOING TO POST SOMETHING ABOUT ME MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCURATE INFORMAITON.I WAS NEVER A SUPERVISON,AND NEVER HAD THE AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE ANY EMPLOYEE.GET YOUR FACTS CORRECT AND I WILL BE SEEKING COUNSEL ON THIS MATTER,NOW AS WE SAY IN THE INNER CITY…HOLLA BACK
Comment posted October 29, 2008 @ 10:06 am
I was an election judge in Minnesota for many years. It seemed to me to be a very simple forthright manner in which voters registered and voted. A voter with a prior registration would view the registration list shown by an election person, check the vital information regarding him/her, show proper ID (a driver's license, or if not a driver, a State ID card, review the spelling of name, address, birth date, if all was correct, he/she would sign his/her name on the line, received a paper which the person voting gave to another election person, got a ballot and went in the booth to vote. Votes were counted on an electronic machine. There could be only ONE signature on the registration list, and only ONE ballot given. One could register and vote on the same day by showing ID , supply correct info re name, address, birth date, upon which he would be on a new list of voters, get his ballor, and vote. This list of new voters would be added to the registration list for the next election. I believe everyone should ask the Secretary of State of Minnesota for help in running proper election proced;ures.
Comment posted October 29, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
I was an election judge in Minnesota for many years. It seemed to me to be a very simple forthright manner in which voters registered and voted. A voter with a prior registration would view the registration list shown by an election person, check the vital information regarding him/her, show proper ID (a driver's license, or if not a driver, a State ID card, review the spelling of name, address, birth date, if all was correct, he/she would sign his/her name on the line, received a paper which the person voting gave to another election person, got a ballot and went in the booth to vote. Votes were counted on an electronic machine. There could be only ONE signature on the registration list, and only ONE ballot given. One could register and vote on the same day by showing ID , supply correct info re name, address, birth date, upon which he would be on a new list of voters, get his ballor, and vote. This list of new voters would be added to the registration list for the next election. I believe everyone should ask the Secretary of State of Minnesota for help in running proper election proced;ures.
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