Voter Fraud

[knapplc]

And, for the record, ACORN was a total mess of voter fraud.

 

I think you're misremembering the actual problems ACORN was found guilty of.

[BigRedBuster]

I am very well aware of the ACORN problem.

 

http://theweek.com/article/index/200161/the-fall-of-acorn-a-timeline

 

Basically, ACORN was paying people to register voters. These people went out and "registered" people with absolutely no documentation on who they were or even if they were alive or if they were human.

[carlfense]

Basically, ACORN was paying people to register voters. These people went out and "registered" people with absolutely no documentation on who they were or even if they were alive or if they were human.

And how many fraudulent votes were cast as a result?

[knapplc]

Some people at ACORN did this, yes. That's not in dispute. Your allegation that "ACORN was a total mess of voter fraud" seems to imply that ACORN as a whole was rife with fraud. Near as I can recall, only a few folks were found to have perpetrated fraud - they did it on a large scale, yes, but that hardly impugns the whole organization.

 

Unless you're going to hold the Republican Party, as a whole, to the same standards as you held ACORN to, which I'd be all for. We can disband the Republicans just like ACORN was forced to disband, and do it in the same way - stop giving them money. No money = no Republican party.

 

If we could accomplish that, we'd be halfway to the goal of eliminating both the Republicans and the Democrats. Let's me and you start that process, BRB. Together, I bet we could work wonders. It only takes a spark to get a fire going, you know.

[BigRedBuster]

Basically, ACORN was paying people to register voters. These people went out and "registered" people with absolutely no documentation on who they were or even if they were alive or if they were human.

And how many fraudulent votes were cast as a result?

 

 

Ahhhhh....I love it when a thread comes full circle.

 

How do we know if fraudulent votes were cast? We know fruadulent registrations were filled out. We don't know how many. They can guess but no way of knowing for sure. No voter ID is required. So, once that registration is on the books, it can be used to vote and nobody knows.

[BigRedBuster]

ACORN never was disbanded. Just rebranded.

 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/report-acorn-network-still-active-under-new-names/article/2505629#.UG8rG2K2ZA4

[carlfense]

So you can't show that a single fraudulent vote was cast as a result of ACORN.

 

Gotcha.

[knapplc]

ACORN never was disbanded. Just rebranded.

 

http://washingtonexa...29#.UG8rG2K2ZA4

 

I have a link that you might find interesting:

 

http://theweek.com/a...corn-a-timeline

 

From that link:

 

The end of ACORN, March 2010

 

 

ACORN announces it will formally disband on April 1. Although "falling revenues" are officially blamed for the move, the group claims it has faced a "series of well-orchestrated, relentless, well-funded right wing attacks." Much of the grassroots group's work is reportedly being carried on by newly-formed, unaffiliated organizations.

 

ACORN still exists in much the same way as Ma Bell (Bell Telephone) still exists - after divestiture, several "Baby Bells" continued on with the same regional management, structure and infrastructure. But that doesn't mean Ma Bell still exists.

[BigRedBuster]

I am very well aware of the ACORN problem.

 

http://theweek.com/a...corn-a-timeline

 

Basically, ACORN was paying people to register voters. These people went out and "registered" people with absolutely no documentation on who they were or even if they were alive or if they were human.

 

I linked that same article up above.

[BigRedBuster]

So you can't show that a single fraudulent vote was cast as a result of ACORN.

 

Gotcha.

 

 

There is a lot of humor in that post.

[knapplc]

I am very well aware of the ACORN problem.

 

http://theweek.com/a...corn-a-timeline

 

Basically, ACORN was paying people to register voters. These people went out and "registered" people with absolutely no documentation on who they were or even if they were alive or if they were human.

 

I linked that same article up above.

 

That's exactly the point. In fact, I went to your post and grabbed the link.