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alternet.org - 10/17/2008
California GOP had Same Voter Registration Problems as ACORN in 2006
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Mistakes in big voter registration drives are inevitable, even in Republican campaigns.
latimes.com - 10/19/2008
GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department comes after dozens of voters said they... were duped into registering as Republicans by his firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM. The voters said YPM tricked them by saying they ... (more) GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest - Los ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/20/2008
McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud
— huffingtonpost.com — John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter... registration fraud in several states. According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and ... (more) McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter ...

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cnn.com - 10/10/2008
Thousands of voter registration forms faked, officials say
— cnn.com — An official enters the Las Vegas, Nevada, ACORN office, which is under investigation for alleged voter fraud.... (more) Thousands of voter registration forms faked, officials say
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The BRAD BLOG:  'One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History'

BlueNC - The people's think tank:  About ACORN

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'One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History'
The BRAD BLOG — ... Finally, Steven Rosenfeld filed a superb report yesterday at AlterNet, pointing out, ironically enough, that the California GOP had the same voter registration error problems as ACORN in 2006. Only much worse... ...

VIDEO: Constitutional Attorney Destroys Laura Ingraham's 'Voter Fraud' Case on Fox 'News'
The BRAD BLOG — ... U.S. PIRG, 9/24/08: "Vanishing Voters: Registered Voters Dropped From Rolls in Nineteen States" CBS News, 9/30/08: "Red Flag on Purging Voter Rolls" Brennan Center for Justice, 9/30/08: "Voter Purges:13 million voters in 39 states" New York Times, 10/8/08: "States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal" BBC Newsnight, 10/8/08: "Vote rigging and suppression?" AlterNet, 10/14/08: "California GOP had Same Voter Registration Problems as ACORN in 2006" Rolling Stone ...

WaPo: Thousands of Voters 'Incorrectly' Purged From Voter Rolls Across Nation
The BRAD BLOG — ... U.S. PIRG, 9/24/08: "Vanishing Voters: Registered Voters Dropped From Rolls in Nineteen States" CBS News, 9/30/08: "Red Flag on Purging Voter Rolls" Brennan Center for Justice, 9/30/08: "Voter Purges:13 million voters in 39 states" New York Times, 10/8/08: "States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal" BBC Newsnight, 10/8/08: "Vote rigging and suppression?" AlterNet, 10/14/08: "California GOP had Same Voter Registration Problems as ACORN in 2006" Rolling ...

About ACORN
BlueNC - The people's think tank — ... – A Top GOP Operative Whose Tactics Include Destroying Voter Registration Cards And Disenfranchising Voters". In 2004 you might have had your door knocked on by DNC-paid folks registering voters. Or, RNC-paid folks. You see in 2006 the California GOP fell victim to the same problem, because "Mistakes in big voter registration drives are inevitable, even in Republican campaigns. " ...

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California GOP had Same Voter Registration Problems as ACORN in 2006
oxdown.firedoglake.com 10/15/2008 — Collapsing argument Faked names on voter registration forms. Error rates as high as 60 percent. Firing the people responsible for these errors. Investigations launched by local and state police. Sound familiar? This is not ACORN in the 2008 ...
Voter Registration
motherjones.com 11/2/2008 — VOTER REGISTRATION.... Matt Yglesias seconds Rick Hasen's proposal to make ACORN's registration drives (and the quadrennial conservative meltdown over them) obsolete by just having the federal government do it: The solution is to take the job of ...
Palin keeps up attacks on ACORN voter registration (AP)
news.yahoo.com 10/17/2008 — AP - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday kept up the Republican ticket's attack on a community activist group that registers voters and cited an Ohio plumber's encounter with Democrat Barack Obama as indicative of his tax policies.
Democrats: McCain, GOP Must End 'Hypocrisy' on Voter Registration Fraud
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 10/22/2008 — The national and California state Democratic parties are calling on the Republican Party to end their "hypocrisy on voter registration fraud" and sever all ties with long-time GOP operative Mark Jacoby, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says in a statement.
Republican Voter Registration Fraud (video)
youtube.com 10/22/2008 — MSNBC on Republican Voter Registration Fraud.
Check Point - On Obama, Acorn and Voter Registration
nytimes.com 10/14/2008 — Senator Barack Obama addressing a crowd on Friday at a campaign rally at the courthouse square in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Thousands of voter registration forms faked, officials say
cnn.com 10/10/2008 — An official enters the Las Vegas, Nevada, ACORN office, which is under investigation for alleged voter fraud.
Republican Voter Registration Chief Arrested for Fraud in California
elections.foxnews.com 10/20/2008 — The head of a signature-gathering firm hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address to to vote in the state.
GOP operative arrested for voter fraud in California.
thinkprogress.org 10/21/2008 — Over the weekend, police and state investigators arrested the “owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year…on suspicion of voter registration fraud .” Voters charge ...
BREAKING: HEAD OF CA GOP VOTER REGISTRATION OUTFIT ARRESTED FOR REGISTRATION FRAUD
bradblog.com 10/20/2008 — This just in as Brad is headed over to the FOXNews studios. Yesterday the LA Times reported on the Republican voter registration outfit who had apparently been illegally changing thousands of registrations from Democratic to Republican. Last night ...
Fact Check: GOP vitriol rages over ACORN — msnbc.com: Politics 10/17/2008
Republican John McCain took his criticism of community activist group ACORN to new heights during the  final presidential debate.
GOP launches calls attacking Obama on Ayers — CNN.com - Politics 10/17/2008
Republicans launched an enormous wave of phone calls Thursday blasting Sen. Barack Obama for "having worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers," party sources said.
As McCain's Road Gets Steeper, Obama Warns of Overconfidence — Wash Post Elections 10/17/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Republican John McCain may have stayed on the offensive during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, but for the last 19 days of the presidential campaign he will be playing nothing but defense.
Virginia Is Unexpected Battleground — Wash Post Elections 10/17/2008
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain will take different messages to different audiences in different parts of Virginia over the next two days, but they will have the same goal in mind: to urge their supporters to spend the final stretch of the campaign ...
African-American Turnout for Obama Could Pad Democratic Majorities in Congress (CQPolitics.com) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/17/2008
CQPolitics.com - National Democratic operatives pulled out of Alabama's 3rd District shortly before Election Day in 2002, conceding the newly redrawn open seat to the GOP so they could reallocate resources to districts in other parts of the country ...