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ACORN Vegas Office Raided in Voter Fraud Investigation

Nevada state authorities seized records and computers Tuesday from the Las Vegas office of an organization that tries to get low-income people registered to vote, after fielding complaints of voter fraud.

Bob Walsh, spokesman for the Nevada secretary of state's office, told FOXNews.com the raid was prompted by ongoing complaints about "erroneous" registration information being submitted by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also called ACORN.

The group was submitting the information through a voter sign-up drive known as Project Vote.

"Some of them used nonexistent names, some of them used false addresses and some of them were duplicates of previously filed applications," Walsh said, describing the complaints, which largely came from the registrar in Clark County, Nev.

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Obama's Campaign Paid Over $800,000 To ACORN For Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts, But "Mistakenly Misrepresented" Their Work To The FEC:

Obama's Campaign "Paid More Than $800,000" To ACORN For Get-Out-The Vote Efforts; The Campaign Originally "Misrepresented" The Group's Work To The FEC. "U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports. An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. -- a subsidiary of ACORN -- worked in 'get-out-the-vote' projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary." (David M. Brown, "Obama To Amend Report On $800,000 In Spending," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 8/22/08)

While Serving On The Board Of Directors Of The Woods Fund, ACORN Received Thousands Of Dollars Of Grants From The Organization:

The Chicago ACORN Received Grants Of $45,000 (2000), $30,000 (2001), $45,000 (2001), $30,000 (2002), And $40,000 (2002) From The Woods Fund.

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Don't you know it is against the messiah's new gospel to speak or write about his friendships with and admiration for corrupt organizations, domestic terrorists, racial reverends, deacons of doom, anti-Jewish Muslims, felonious real estate agents, or angry wives? Its true. It is in the gospel of Hope, 2nd Chapter. Or maybe it was in the book of Change. I forget. It is right after the prohibition on mentioning the messiah's big ears and right before the prohibition on using the name "Hussein". Its that long passage about how the messiah shall never be held accountable for poor judgment in choosing friends and how he gets to make up whatever he wants about his past without being called a liar.

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ORIGINAL: rlj

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Don't you know it is against the messiah's new gospel to speak or write about his friendships with and admiration for corrupt organizations, domestic terrorists, racial reverends, deacons of doom, anti-Jewish Muslims, felonious real estate agents, or angry wives? Its true. It is in the gospel of Hope, 2nd Chapter. Or maybe it was in the book of Change. I forget. It is right after the prohibition on mentioning the messiah's big ears and right before the prohibition on using the name "Hussein". Its that long passage about how the messiah shall never be held accountable for poor judgment in choosing friends and how he gets to make up whatever he wants about his past without being called a liar.

I'm sure glad someone is familiar with the gospel's of hope and change because I certainly am not.

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

Well, now we know what Obama did as a community organizer.

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ORIGINAL: inthysite

What I find interesting is the fact that the 12 states that are reporting voter registration fraud are mostly swing states. Not only that but since these reports have started coming in Obama's poll numbers in those states have increased as well.

I don't know if there is a correlation between voter registration and poll numbers but I just find it odd that his numbers have dramatically increased in those states reporting fraud.

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ORIGINAL: tacitus

First of all, this is voter *registration* fraud, not voter fraud. It is highly unlikely to make much difference come election time. Second, there is little evidence that this is anything more than ACORN workers defrauding ACORN itself by submitting fraudulent registration forms in order to earn more cash. I believe that, by law, all registration forms submitted to ACORN have to be passed on to the registrar whether or not they are believed to the fraudulent but even then, in many the incidents of fraud it was ACORN itself that identified the bad forms.

I have no doubt there is some fraud going on, but over all, both sides have their black sheep. Black and poor neighborhoods are again being targeted by leaflets claiming that voters with outstanding traffic tickets and other warrants will be arrested at the polls if they turn up, and certainly in the last election there were plenty of examples of Republican illegal push-polling, and I believe it's already started again in places like Oregon.

The bottom line with the ACORN stuff is that there is no evidence of system fraud, and it is estimated that 99% of ACORN submitted registrations are perfectly valid.

If and when McCain loses this election, it won't be because of ACORN.

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Does anyone else find it ironic that after widespread allegations of vote fraud in 2000 by Dems, that Republicans are playing the same tune before the 2008 balloting has even begun?

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Actually the Dems were pretty bad in 2000, as well as 2004

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

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Does anyone else find it ironic that after widespread allegations of vote fraud in 2000 by Dems, that Republicans are playing the same tune before the 2008 balloting has even begun?

Actually the Dems were pretty bad in 2000, as well as 2004 - I think the Republicans are finally figuring out it makes a difference.

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In what circumstances exactly?