ACORN Watch: RICO suit filed in Ohio

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 14, 2008 12:31 PM

The Buckeye Institute has filed a RICO suit against ACORN in Ohio.

This should be done in every one of the states where ACORN “franchises” operate.

Details:

The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, today filed a state RICO action against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on behalf of two Warren County voters. The action filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas alleges ACORN has engaged in a pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime. It seeks ACORN’s dissolution as a legal entity, the revocation of any licenses in Ohio, and an injunction against fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities.

Plaintiffs Jennifer Miller of Mason, Ohio and Kimberly Grant of Loveland, allege that ACORN’s actions deprive them of the right to participate in an honest and effective elections process. They allege fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN dilute the votes of legally registered voters.

“The right to cast a vote that is not diluted by fraudulent votes is a fundamental individual right,” Buckeye Institute President David Hansen said.

“ACORN appears to be recklessly disregarding Ohio laws and adding thousands of fraudulent voters to the state’s roles in the process,” Maurice Thompson, Director of the Buckeye Institute’s 1851 Center for Constitutional Law said. “Such voter fraud erodes the value of legally cast votes,” he added.

In the complaint, Thompson cites an accumulation of evidence showing numerous instances of admitted fraud by ACORN employees, as well as individuals solicited by ACORN.

“In light of its hiring, training and compensation practices, ACORN should have known its conduct would cause fraud,” Thompson said. “It also should know that its conduct will cause fraud in the future.”

In addition, the complaint cites conduct by ACORN in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

Full complaint is here.

(Hat tip – Brain Shavings.)

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Comments


  1. #498138
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm, John Ansell said:

    That’s not the ACORN I know!

    Barack Obama.

  2. #498143
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    At last, someone is getting serious about dealing with these Community Organizer criminals.

  3. #498145
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, RedDog said:

    Fo’ shizzle! Dat wunt me!

  4. #498150
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    For the prayer warriors out there – keep praying! Please.

  5. #498151
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, Flyoverman said:

    “……….till they glow”

  6. #498153
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm, b-cat said:

    Thank you Ohio!

  7. #498155
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, DesertLover said:

    I hope it gets enough coverage that the MSM will be forced to report on it so that all those idiots that only pay attention to the alphabet networks will hear about it …

    Hey … I can still dream … even BO can’t take that away from me … :lol:

  8. #498156
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, hatfield said:

    While I applaud the effort, can this possibly make any difference this late in the game?

  9. #498162
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm, letget said:

    Great news. Thank all who are keeping the group in the news and what they are doing on behalf of bho.
    Yes, prayers are in order for our Republic.
    L

  10. #498163
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm, tre said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
    For the prayer warriors out there – keep praying! Please.

    Every day! Among other things for which I pray.

  11. #498166
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Did you notice that there are problems with our economy? Just asking. You do want to blog on the most important issues.

  12. #498168
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm, tre said:

    Thanks!

  13. #498169
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pm, Salt said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, hatfield said:

    While I applaud the effort, can this possibly make any difference this late in the game?

    Well, if it’s not done now that it’s noticed, the Democrats will later claim that it is only being raised due to the results of the election. Some liberals here have brazenly given tacit approval of this because they believe but have no evidence that Republicans are guilty of “voter purging”.

    Hopefully, regardless of the election results, this will be investigated fully.

  14. #498171
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    At least you managed to stay on topic. Credit were credit is due.

    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    What do you think is the logical conclusion to fraudulent voter registrations? Follow the crumbs. You can do it.

  15. #498175
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:51 pm, RTater said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Incorrect. That is exactly what has happened.

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/10142008/news/politics/bogus_voter_booted_amid_probe_of_acorn_133540.htm

    Investigators probing ACORN have learned that an Ohio man registered to vote several times and cast a bogus ballot with a fake address, officials said yesterday, as they revealed that nearly 4,000 registration applications supplied by the left-leaning activist group were suspect.

  16. #498177
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:52 pm, DesertLover said:

    Yep … it really is criminal to remove all those dead people, felons, illegal aliens and non-residents from the voter rolls … cuts down the DemoCrap voter turnout by at least 20% …

  17. #498179
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:53 pm, hatfield said:
  18. #498181
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, sonofdy said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    So you don”t care about the democratic process in this country being subverted by paid supporters of one of the candidates? And there has been evidence of fraudulant votes.

    Did you notice that there are problems with our economy? Just asking. You do want to blog on the most important issues.

    I guess you missed the other 10,000 posts on this web site. Or you are just being dishonest again. Perhaps you can tell us how Obama is going to increase spending by 1 TRILLION dollars while increasing payouts to 40% of the country all paid for by taxing 5% more and a slow draw down from iraq?

  19. #498182
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, Dasher said:

    Seems like it should be a Federal suit.

  20. #498184
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, Darwin Akbar said:

    Did they name the Ohio “supervisor of elections” as a co-conspirator? If not, they should.

  21. #498185
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, bayou22 said:

    OMG this is so RACIST. Fine. At least we’re honest racists (by your warped MSM-fed definition)

    McCain should ask this as a pointed question during the debate – you know, whenever he wants – becasue they rarely answer what’s asked anyways. If he opts not to, he opts not to win.

    http://www.neverfindout.org

  22. #498186
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, Bud Fox said:

    lgm said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Hope your people have fun fighting a RICO. lol.

  23. #498188
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    The action filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas alleges ACORN has engaged in a pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime. It seeks ACORN’s dissolution as a legal entity, the revocation of any licenses in Ohio, and an injunction against fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities.

    THANK YOU, JESUS!!!

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
    For the prayer warriors out there – keep praying! Please.

    Thank you to each and every one of you who is praying this election through. I pray daily in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for all corruption to be exposed, prosecuted, convicted, and prevented.

    And just to be 100% clear, this is a NON-PARTISAN prayer.
    Corruption in all parties needs to be exposed and dealt with.

  24. #498189
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pm, John Deaux said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:
    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Homeless people casting ballots without having to show proper identification seems to fit the bill. At least in the eyes of the judge who decided against Brunner.

    Did you notice that there are problems with our economy? Just asking. You do want to blog on the most important issues.

    Yes, everybody focus on nothing but the economy so you won’t noticed the potential voter fraud. Nothing to see here.

    I’m sure you won’t vote for Obama because he was more worried about campaigning and the debate than returning to Washington and resolving the bailout issue. The campaign really is more important to him than the economy is.

  25. #498191
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:58 pm, b-cat said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Glad to see you show up to defend this organization and the (admitted now by you) fraud that it engages in.

  26. #498193
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:58 pm, Salt said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Did you notice that there are problems with our economy? Just asking. You do want to blog on the most important issues.

    Then what are you doing here? You took the time away from the economy to post this… clearly, you should only focus on one topic at a time. You do only want to comment on the most important issues.

  27. #498196
    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, Kwill said:

    Sorry lgm, the registrants cast their vote at the time of registration. Otherwise it would be a huge pain (and awfully suspicious) getting the same person into a booth 70+ times. Don’t feel bad, I didn’t know that either until I started reading up on these stories.

  28. #498198
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:
    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    ROTFLMAO. Tell me you were not serious?

  29. #498199
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, Boomer said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, Darwin Akbar said:
    Did they name the Ohio “supervisor of elections” as a co-conspirator? If not, they should.

    They should also include the Ohio Secretary of State as a co-conspirator too. Let’s not forget her collusion with this criminal enterprise!

    Welcome to the United Socialist States of America! We’re boned!

  30. #498200
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, jt3151 said:

    “The Republicans are doing everything that they can to keep you from voting- they don’t want you to vote.”

    Coming soon

  31. #498201
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    If this can have a difference we don’t know–it is late. But God Bless Brain Shavings for the tip and to Plaintiffs Jennifer Miller and Kimberly Grant of the The Buckeye Institute for doing something. I have seen very little of this reported outside of Fox and the Blogs. I guess CNN ran some–I find that channel hard to watch.

    ACORN needs more than closing-people need to go to jail and pay the cost of the investigations.

    DesertLover #7
    Hey … I can still dream … even BO can’t take that away from me … :lol:

    Lock and Load lad, they Will Not take that from me either.

    ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
    Should be a convenience store
    NOT a Government Agency

  32. #498202
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:02 pm, Weary Citizen said:
  33. #498204
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:02 pm, JDinTX said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:
    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    If someone is register to vote 73 times, I will guarantee that fraudulent voting will take place.

  34. #498206
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:03 pm, Lindsay said:

    Great news. NONE of the ACORN votes should count in any state unless they can be verified.

  35. #498207
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, sonofdy said:

    LGM is funny, he thinks these guys registered 70 times aren’t going to vote 70 times? OF COURSE they are. Well as many times as they can. This is a direct attack on the very basis of the american system and to LGM it is no big deal.

  36. #498208
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm, John Ansell said:

    That’s not the ACORN I know!

    Barack Obama.

    more like that’s not the ACORN I trained….

  37. #498209
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, jt3151 said:
    “The Republicans are doing everything that they can to keep you from voting- they don’t want you to vote.”

    Without a photo ID and a valid voter registration, you darned right I want you kept from voting.

    If you cannot produce that, what are you trying to hide?

    Anyone not supporting my position is simply aiding and abetting a felon.

  38. #498211
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    oops. Sorry for the duplicate links guys. I stopped reading at troll LGM post.

    But I like how LGM acts as though fraudulent registration is ok. No big deal. If it was conservative organization he would be calling fo their imprisonment. Nice double standard.

  39. #498216
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:07 pm, jt3151 said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:
    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting…

    Why bother fraudulently registering people unless you intend to have them vote? Does ACORN ever have registration drives in areas with likely Republican voters? Do you believe that they are non-partisan?

  40. #498220
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, Southpaw said:

    Time to crack some nuts at ACORN.

  41. #498221
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm #11 said:

    All the usual Left-Wing pratter. Yes ACORN signed up all those phony names just for the fun of it. Then lgm lied about Florida AGAIN; but that is what liars do–lie. Yes we noticed the economy is tanking–and it is your fault fool. Have a nice day.


    ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
    Should be a convenience store
    NOT a Government Agency

  42. #498222
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    Aw yes…Republican voter suppression at it’s finest.

    And another verifiable case of voter fraud.

  43. #498225
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    I’m sure they spend all that time and money on fraudulent registrations just for giggles.

    /sarc off

    Electronic voting machine smart cards have been stolen in past elections. Those cards can be hacked. I suspect that the Democratic Socialist Communists already have a method in place to stuff the ballot box, but you can’t have more votes than registered voters, so ACORN’s job is to stuff the voter registrations in preparation for the fraudulent votes.

    This must be prevented!

    Don’t believe the MSM stories or MSM polls. The truth is that Obama has no greater percentage of the popular vote than the 43% Bill Clinton had in 1992. Obama probably has a lot less, given the seemingly large number of PUMA voters. I believe that Obama has no more than 40% of the popular vote, and will lose in an electoral college landslide as long as we stop the fraud and don’t allow him to steal the election.

    The only way Obama could “win” would be by stealing the election, and I pray in Jesus’ name that won’t happen!

  44. #498228
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Supreme Court…. pre john Roberts ,voted 7-2 that what Florida democraps were trying to steal in votes was, in fact, illegal. 7-2… LGM you are such a mouthpiece for lies.

  45. #498231
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm, feebiebabe said:

    I think we are gonna see a mass litigation effort if this race is even remotely close.

  46. #498232
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
    For the prayer warriors out there – keep praying! Please.

    It is working! God is shining a light into the darkness. They won’t be able to hide from it. They will scurry from the light like cockroaches, but they will be found.

  47. #498235
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm, hatfield said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, TheOtherSide said:
    Aw yes…Republican voter suppression at it’s finest.

    And another verifiable case of voter fraud.

    Ah, an op-ed. From England no less. You are really scraping the bottom of the Hussein barrel. What an idiot you are.

  48. #498234
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    You’re delusional.

  49. #498237
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm, tonyr951 said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, jt3151 said:

    “The Republicans are doing everything that they can to keep you from voting- they don’t want you to vote.”

    Coming soon to a cemetery near you

    Fixed it for ya :)

  50. #498239
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm, sonofdy said:

    TOS: Oh please we are seeing direct evidence of ACORN voter fraud. An opinion blog and a FORGIEN news paper doesn’t change that.

    LGM: I thought you wanted to talk about the economy? I posted a question and you ignored it. I wonder why :?:

  51. #498241
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm, Regulus said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls.

    I love this pre-digested “Definition-of-is” come-back attempt that I’ve seen multiple liberals try to use — as if the commission of one felony instead of another somehow makes a meaningful difference.

    And others have already pointed out that evidence exists that indeed both felonies have taken place.

    Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000).

    A lie. Investigations in Florida turned up precisely zero credible evidence of “voter suppression.” But don’t let the facts get in the way of a cute-sounding canard.

    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Another lie. Again, other posters are already miles ahead of you.

    Whatever it is you’re avoiding in your life that’s led to such a deep state of denial as to create a fantasy-world existence, you need to deal with it instead of running away. Then you can stop lying to yourself and others, and make a controlled re-entry into the real world.

  52. #498242
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:16 pm, John Ansell said:

    LGM missed the whole point, think of all the paper they are wasting. Dumpster muffin should be on a rant at all the wasted paper and the harm it does to the trees. But, LGM doesn’t care about that. He cares about the economy. ROFLMAO.

  53. #498245
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm, sonofdy said:

    But, LGM doesn’t care about that. He cares about the economy. ROFLMAO.

    Except he will not actualy talk about it.

  54. #498248
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm, Bruce said:

    The only answer to this nonsense is to require a state issued photo ID card be displayed before a person can vote. The technology currently exists that each voter can insert their ID card into a scanner and their name be verified that they have not appeared to vote anywhere else, and that their card is legitimate.

    Of course, we all know what party has been absolutely opposed to such voter controls, don’t we?

    These mutts tried to use the liberal courts to win the last election and failed. They now consider “at any cost” to be their marching orders. Voter fraud, multiple registrations/votes .. whatever it takes. They NEED the power over people. Remember the words used by Obama himself …”McCain doesn’t know what he’s up against!? Maybe HE doesn’t – but WE THE PEOPLE do.

  55. #498254
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm, Texas T said:

    #30 “The Republicans are doing everything that they can to keep you from voting- they don’t want you to vote.”

    Actually Salon.com ran a piece kinda like this last week. Except it was more like, “The Republicans don’t want poor people to vote!”

    Now they have an article claiming that the right is only making a big deal of Acorn so that after B.O. wins they can claim it was due to voter fraud. Apparently the concept of people actually CARING about such things as voter fraud is beyond them.

  56. #498258
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, DesertLover said:

    RedPill …

    I agree about the polls … the polling companies use the registered voter numbers to determine the percentages of how many R’s and D’s they should poll to be considered a valid statistical reflection of the voter pool …

    So … when ACORN gets away with registering millions of bogus Democrat voters it makes it look like there are an even larger percentage differences between the number of R’s and D’s … this results in more D’s in the sampling that makes up the poll results and skews them in one direction …

    It would be like taking a poll between sports fans … which ever team had the most fans in the poll would show up as leading in the results … regardless of the question that was asked …

  57. #498259
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000).

    Uh, just yesterday they reported that there were over 37,000 FELONS still registered to vote on the books in FL. 5,000 had already voted.

    So, as you incorrectly claim, registration doesn’t lead to voting? Well, yeah, it does, and FL just got 5,000 illegal ballots cast (probably more) in early voting.

  58. #498261
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, TheOtherSide #42 said:

    Aw yes…Republican voter suppression at it’s finest.

    And another verifiable case of voter fraud.

    From Brad Friedman guardian.co.uk? Even you are not that stupid TheOtherSide–you are lying; you do not believe one word of it and I find it insulting you would think we are. Who will you be linking next, National Inquirer, Globe, Brittany Spears Blog, HuffPro? It was because of thugs such as ACORN, BroBama and you that our forefathers decided to clarify and state:
    A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

    They knew you well Sir, they certainly did.

    ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
    Should be a convenience store
    NOT a Government Agency

  59. #498265
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:23 pm, feebiebabe said:

    TheOtherSide: Why do you libs always use left-wing-nut blog spots as your evidenciary proof.

    Coulter was cleared of those charges by the feds a while back. (yawn)

  60. #498267
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:24 pm, happyscrapper said:

    We absolutely do have the technology to have efficient, clean, fraud-free elections! Computers. I know they can be hacked or tampered with, but safeguards CAN be used to alert to that immediately. The computers, along with ID cards that are standard and required for everyone who votes would solve the problem. Why is that so complicated? Right now we have the dumbest voting system in the world! Why is that? Could it be the same reason that we are not allowed to drill for oil in our own country?

  61. #498268
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    oh no them crakkas didnt ::snap, snap::

  62. #498274
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm, Texas T said:

    #57 actually I think felons have the right to vote in Florida now, after they have served their time.

  63. #498275
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm, norm1111 said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000).

    And again with the Florida lie…typical of the left wing, drug addled flower children of neo-Democrat party. The hasn’t been any evidence nor has there ever been in the last 70 years of any type of voter suppression…..except for this new Dem party and their criminal allies in ACORN…and I wouldn’t be suprised if we turn up more cheating by these monsters.

  64. #498279
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:30 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm, Texas T said:

    The non-violent offenders can vote. All others are excluded.

  65. #498281
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    While it is probably too late for this election cycle, such a suit is necessary to prevent further abused in the 2010 cycle. ACORN has been hijacked by the radical left and racist thugs. Its usefulness as a tool to encourage voting is gone as it is nothing but a criminal enterprise.

  66. #498294
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:35 pm, redheart said:

    Come on Texas, where are you?

  67. #498296
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Did you notice that there are problems with our economy? Just asking. You do want to blog on the most important issues.

    Ah, the board’s most consistent liar. As a matter of fact it does lead to fraudulent voting, since at the end of the night after the polls are closed, Democrat poll workers can use these to fill out fraudulent ballots. Happened in Indiana, Washington State, and undoubtedly myriad other jurisdictions. A Republican lawyer on Rush’s show just claimed that she saw poll workers actually take someone into the polling booth and show them which blocks to mark. Perhaps they were only explaining the voting process, but with Democrats nothing is beneath or beyond them.

    Memo to Republicans: They can only get away with this stuff if there aren’t enough Republican poll watchers to prevent it.

    Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000)

    .

    Like trying to throw out all of the military absentee ballots? Calling the state early for Gore to suppress voting in the more conservative panhandle? The only ones the Republicans tried to cull were dead people and felons, neither of which are eligible to vote in Florida.

  68. #498300
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm, Texas T said:

    30 pieces, from USAtoday:

    “The Crist plan was a compromise with other board members who were concerned about going too easy on dangerous criminals. The 20% of felons finishing their sentence who have committed any one of a number of serious crimes will still need the clemency board to sign off on their case to get their rights back.Those who have committed the worst crimes, such as murder or attempted murder, will still have to get on a waiting list to go before the board.”

    Unbelievable. You know what really gets me is that there are lawyers and groups like the ACLU who have picked this one issue to fight for… out of all the injustice in the world, they are concerned that murderers can’t vote.

  69. #498302
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, MagnumOpus said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    Republicans did no such thing and there is no evidence to support these claims.

    Now, however, it is clear that we DO HAVE allegations of actual voter fraud at the direction of ACORN.

    I’ve heard Alan Colmes parse this point the same way as lgm, to which I posit this: Why would one engage in voter registration fraud if one did not intend to encourage and assist those same fraudulently registered people to vote? The answer is obvious, to wit: there is no conclusion other than the encouragement and active participation in fraudulent voting. You would have to suspend all disbelief and logic to conclude otherwise.

    Yes, we could wait until the fraudulent votes are already cast, counted and recorded by local canvassing boards. But we risk an election fiasco of biblical proportions that would make Florida in 2000 look like a tea party.

  70. #498303
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, puhiawa said:

    But we were cofounded by Bill Ayers! The MSM’s moderate.

  71. #498305
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:42 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Texas T,

    I stand corrected.

    I completely agree and I am reminded of the scene from American Carol where the judge said “those aren’t people, they are the ACLU.”

    They’ve lost their souls eons ago.

  72. #498306
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, MrScribbler said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm, feebiebabe said:

    I believe the litigation needs to start — and continue — now, feebie.

    Absent the fraudulent votes, Osama Obama is unlikely to win, no mater how much the MSM tries to “bamboozle” us. His campaign knows that; why, otherwise, would they risk throwing so much money to a blatantly illegal operation like ACORN?

  73. #498307
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, JT said:

    MM posters in these States need to start a RICO lawsuit against ACORN:

    Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

    I live in NJ…. anything I can do?

  74. #498308
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I can think of at least one time that the Democrats believe in:

    1) Validating identity,
    2) Validating eligibility, and
    3) Ensuring that there is a one-to-one relationship between validated individual and voting priliges.

    Can you name what I’m thinking of?

  75. #498310
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, JT said:

    I live in NJ…. anything I can do?

    Find and expose the fraud in Corzine’s administration.

  76. #498314
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Can you name what I’m thinking of?

    Answer: The Democratic National Convention

    Follow-up Question: How can any Democrat complain (with any level of credibility at least) if we push to use that same level of security to preserve the integrity of our elections?

  77. #498316
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm,
    From Brad Friedman guardian.co.uk? Even you are not that stupid TheOtherSide–you are lying; you do not believe one word of it and I find it insulting you would think we are. Who will you be linking next, National Inquirer, Globe, Brittany Spears Blog, HuffPro?

    Just for you Az

  78. #498325
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    We don’t have have to. Just the act of doing it is illegal.

    If I make a fake ID of someone elses Drivers License or Social Security card, nobody has any evidence that I was intending to use it.

    or if I take a gun into an airport, nobody has any evidence that I am going to hijack a plane either.

    (yes, im intentioanlly equating)

  79. #498334
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pm, Durangodarlin said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm, lgm said:
    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls.

    Fraudulent voter registration leads to fraudulent voting. That’s why it is being done.

  80. #498335
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    We really should implement a standard voting system throughout this country.

    VOTER PHOTO ID REQUIRED.

    But of course, the Demoncrats refuse to allow this because they say “poor” people don’t have ID. Yeah, right. I guess they don’t write checks either. Or get carded anywhere else.

  81. #498337
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pm, nhpatriot said:

    This is great news. Heard a rep for ACORN the other day saying they can’t help it if some people working for them are doing this. Really? No supervisor going through the paperwork before turning it over to the state? Give me a break. Between this and their involvement in the mortgage crisis, this organization needs to be shut down and any voter registrations they’ve submitted to the states should automatically be disregarded.

  82. #498342
    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, JD in D.C. said:

    .

    BIG PROBLEM for MCCAIN: He supports ACORN, too!


    ACORN to McCain: Have You Lost That Loving Feeling?

    Bertha Lewis, Chief Organizer of ACORN, said, “It has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our efforts to support the goals of low-income Americans. Maybe it is out of desperation that Senator McCain has forgotten that he was for ACORN before he was against ACORN; he was for immigration reform before he was against immigration reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic. We were thrilled to partner with him to help reform the outdated immigration laws in this country, and were pleased to work closely with him on this issue.”

    .

  83. #498344
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, JD in D.C. said:

    .

    As recently as February 20, 2006, Senator McCain was the keynote speaker at an ACORN-sponsored Immigration Rally in Miami, Florida at Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus.

    The rally, co-sponsored by ACORN in partnership with the New American Opportunity campaign (NAOC), Catholic League Services – Archdiocese of Miami, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Miami Dade College, People for the American Way/Mi Familia/Vota en Accion, the Service Employees International Union, and UNITE/HERE, was intended to call attention to the need for comprehensive immigration reform.

    .

    More here.

  84. #498350
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:05 pm, frontierguy said:

    Thanks for the link TOS, go over and read the comments about that article. The writer starts commenting back, starts off real strong, but then backs off. He learns quickly this one is poison. Makes me feel a little better, I believe even hardcore Democrats (the ones who are not cooks) are going to condemn ACORN over this.

  85. #498351
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm, Salt said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, JD in D.C. said:

    Michelle covered McCain’s previous association with ACORN here.

    However, his shameful association with them on amnesty certainly does not mean that they are working for him now, as clearly they support Obama.

  86. #498352
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm, brooklyn red said:

    JD, day late dollar short…

  87. #498356
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:08 pm, nyk said:

    JD in D.C.

    MM actually talked about this. McCain has to know that his own involvement with ACORN will become part of the conversation.

    I also have to wonder if, should McCain keep bringing up Ayers to garner votes, this won’t come up as well:
    http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3027

  88. #498359
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, rightisright said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm, John Ansell said: That’s not the ACORN I know!

    Barack Obama.

    more like that’s not the ACORN I trained….

    more like: now that’s the ACORN I trained.

  89. #498373
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm, cheapseat said:

    in missouri there are acorn workers who have been convicted of voter fraud. the only reason for all these half-assed voting rules (motor voter/welfare voter/ sign up and vote today ala ohio, is to facilitate voter fraud. fingerprint should be attached to every vote, doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t suppress legal votes in any way, doesn’t inconvenience any voters. but a search would identify duplicates, and a database would identify traveling voters such as those who vote in both new york and florida.

  90. #498381
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, Dandapani said:

    How many votes can $800,000 buy when filtered through ACORN?

    I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

  91. #498387
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, cheapseat said:

    btw, it is illegal in florida to vote if you are a convicted felon. but for some strange reason the democrat board in the two counties old al kept counting in southeast florida don’t enforce that florida law.

  92. #498390
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    lgm said:

    Fraudulent voter registration is not the same as fraudulent voting or fraudulently removing legitimate voters from the rolls. Republicans specialize in the latter (Florida 2000). Nobody has any evidence that ACORN has led to fraudulent voting.

    wrong…

    The fraudulent registrations will be used to send fraudulent voters to the polls with those fake names to vote for obama in tight races.

    And Gore was the one trying to suppress military voters’ absentee ballots in Florida. The FL recount was done. Accurately. Bush won. Fair and square. Get over it.

  93. #498392
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm, Pat said:

    Don’t forget the Latino GOTV groups like La Raza. Why aren’t we probing them–because the Reps think they will get the Latino vote this time?

    GOTV La RAza

  94. #498396
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    nyk said:

    MM actually talked about this. McCain has to know that his own involvement with ACORN will become part of the conversation.

    Wrong. He was speaking at rally to support his Amnesty Bill. It just so happened that ACORN was one of the sponsors of that event. He and ACORN had nothing to do with each other.

    Nice try.

  95. #498403
    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm, Pat said:

    Don’t forget the Latino GOTV groups like La Raza. Why aren’t we probing them–because the Reps think they will get the Latino vote this time?

    Good point.
    Both ACORN and La Raza have ties to the Communist Party USA.

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