Tell Congress & President Bush: NOT ONE PENNY FOR ACORN! PHONE FAX WRITE NOW!

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[cgk]

NOT ONE PENNY FOR ACORN

Lindsey Graham: "And this deal that’s on the table now is not a very good deal. Twenty percent of the money that should go to retire debt that will be created to solve this problem winds up in a housing organization called ACORN that is an absolute ill-run enterprise, and I can’t believe we would take money away from debt retirement to put it in a housing program that doesn’t work."

READ: Inside Obama's ACORN

WRITE/PHONE/FAX NOW

ACORN VOTE FRAUD MAP:

ACORN Suspected of Voter Fraud

State Year Details
AR 1998 A contractor with ACORN-affiliated Project Vote was arrested for falsifying about 400 voter registration cards.

CO 2004 An ACORN employee admitted to forging signatures and registering three of her friends to vote 40 times.
2005 Two ex-ACORN employees were convicted in Denver of perjury for submitting false voter registrations.

FL 2004 A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman said ACORN was “singled out” among suspected voter registration groups for a 2004 wage initiative because it was “the common thread” in the agency’s fraud investigations.

MI 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported that “overzealous or unscrupulous campaign workers in several Michigan counties are under investigation for voter-registration fraud, suspected of attempting to register nonexistent people or forging applications for already-registered voters.” ACORN-affiliate Project Vote was one of two groups suspected of turning in the documents.

MO 2007 Four ACORN employees were indicted in Kansas City for charges including identity theft and filing false registrations during the 2006 election.
2006 Eight ACORN employees in St. Louis were indicted on federal election fraud charges. Each of the eight faces up to five years in prison for forging signatures and submitting false information.
2003 Of 5,379 voter registration cards ACORN submitted in St. Louis, only 2,013 of those appeared to be valid. At least 1,000 are believed to be attempts to register voters illegally.

NC 2004 North Carolina officials investigated ACORN for submitting fake voter registration cards.

NM 2005 Four ACORN employees submitted as many as 3,000 potentially fraudulent signatures on the group’s Albuquerque ballot initiative. A local sheriff added: “It’s safe to say the forgery was widespread.”
2004 An ACORN employee registered a 13-year-old boy to vote. Citing this and other examples, New Mexico State Representative Joe Thompson stated that ACORN was “manufacturing voters” throughout New Mexico.
OH 2007 A man in Reynoldsburg was indicted on two felony counts of illegal voting and false registration, after being registered by ACORN to vote in two separate counties.
2004 A grand jury indicted a Columbus ACORN worker for submitting a false signature and false voter registration form. In Franklin County, two ACORN workers submitted what the director of the board of election supervisors called “blatantly false” forms. In Cuyahoga County, ACORN and its affiliate Project Vote submitted registration cards that had the highest rate of errors for any voter registration group.

MN 2004 During a traffic stop, police found more than 300 voter registration cards in the trunk of a former ACORN employee, who had violated a legal requirements that registration cards be submitted to the Secretary of State within 10 days of being filled out and signed.

PA 2008 An ACORN employee in West Reading, PA, was sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for identity theft and tampering with records. A second ACORN worker pleaded not guilty to the same charges and is free on $10,000 bail.
2004 Reading’s Director of Elections received calls from numerous individuals complaining that ACORN employees deliberately put inaccurate information on their voter registration forms. The Berks County director of elections said voter fraud was “absolutely out of hand,” and added: “Not only do we have unintentional duplication of voter registration but we have blatant duplicate voter registrations.” The Berks County deputy director of elections added that ACORN was under investigation by the Department of Justice.

TX 2004 ACORN turned in the voter registration form of David Young, who told reporters “The signature is not my signature. It’s not even close.” His social security number and date of birth were also incorrect.

VA 2005 In 2005, the Virginia State Board of Elections admonished Project Vote and ACORN for turning in a significant number of faulty voter registrations. An audit revealed that 83% of sampled registrations that were rejected for carrying false or questionable information were submitted by Project Vote. Many of these registrations carried social security numbers that exist for other people, listed non-existent or commercial addresses, or were for convicted felons in violation of state and federal election law.

In a letter to ACORN, the State Board of Elections reported that 56% of the voter registration applications ACORN turned in were ineligible. Further, a full 35% were not submitted in a timely manner, as required by law. The State Board of Elections also commented on what appeared to be evidence of intentional voter fraud. "Additionally,” they wrote, “information appears to have been altered on some applications where information given by the applicant in one color ink has been scratched through and re-entered in another color ink. Any alteration of a voter registration application is a Class 5 Felony in accordance with § 24.2-1009 of the Code of Virginia."

WA 2007 Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged, in the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington state history. More than 2,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted by the group during a voter registration drive.

WI 2004 The district attorney’s office investigated seven voter registration applications Project Vote employees filed in the names of people who said the group never contacted them. Former Project Vote employee Robert Marquise Blakely told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he had not met with any of the people whose voter registration applications he signed, “an apparent violation of state law,” according to the paper.

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So, for those keeping score. ACORN has been investigated for vote fraud in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Washington (largest case of voter fraud ever and the backlash may even install a Republican governor this go-round), Virginia, Louisiana, New Mexico and Colorado (do those look like battleground states? surely a coincidence...).

But, yeah, there's no pattern or anything. Just some misguided miscreants.

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WRITE/PHONE/FAX NOW

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs (DC): Phone: (202) 224-7391. Fax: (202) 224-5137

House Committee on Financial Services (DC) - Democratic: Phone: 202-225-4247. Fax: 202-225-6952

House Committee on Financial Services (DC) - Republican: Phone: 202-225-7502. Fax: 202-226-0556

Senator Richard Shelby (Senate Banking Committee), DC: Telephone: (202) 224-5744. Fax: (202) 224-3416

Senator John McCain: Phone: (202) 224-2235, Fax: (202) 228-2862

White House/President Bush Comments: Phone: 202-456-1111. Fax: 202-456-2461

Congressman John Boehner: DC: phone (202) 225-6205. fax (202) 225-0704

Senator Mitch McConnell: Phone: (202) 224-2541. Fax: (202) 224-2499

Congressman Mike Pence: DC: Phone: (202) 225-3021. Fax: (202) 225-3382

Congress.Org: Find and contact your federal, state, and local officials.

NOT ONE PENNY FOR ACORN

INVESTIGATED, INDICTED & CONVICTED IN 12+ STATES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IRREGULARITIES & FRAUD

Also see: Why is ACORN in the Bailout?

[cgk]

I apologize for making you think the only thing I care about is ACORN. I am no graphic artist so could not put up any kind of sample flyer to show what I am faxing.

I spent a good quantity of time calling the above members of Congress about my opposition to the bailout as a whole in the past couple days.

This post today is an addendum to that, now that I’ve heard who & what stands to profit from this mess even further.

Of course you’re welcome to Fax/Call/Write anything you choose, even in support of that plan. I hope that your not ‘knowing’ me doesn’t prevent you from sending our government a message about this extremely-troublesome plan.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Here’s video of Bob Casey Jr. talking about the last housing bill and how it funded the good works of La Raza and ACORN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq2gJoc95Ec

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Talked with Mitch McConnel’s office as well as Adam Putnam’s office.

[thesearethetimes...]

Well heck then, go ahead and call ‘em and tell them what you think! I just got off the phone with my Lord only knows which numbered call, and the very nice young man told me he thinks this will stretch into tomorrow, as there is still MUCH discussion.
Plenty of time for you to get your 2 cents in, Plus the rates are lower at night ; }

Tatt

[cgk]

Excellent.. do you know where I might be able to find a link to confirm that? Then I can let the mods know to go ahead and freeze up this thread.

I heard that also just a few minutes ago and couldn’t find one...

[cgk]

Ping to #17 for WPtG

[cookcounty]

Get Active! Lovin’ it!

Here is a fantastic video about the financial markets/housing crisis: Please pass this on to all your contacts. Time to STEP THINGS UP:

http://www.youtube.com/TheMouthPeace

[Excellence]

I emailed Jerry Lewis this morning.

[From The Deer Stand]

Hopefully the fax machines are overheating!

[cgk]

John Fund is on FNC Live right now and saying as far as he knows this “Grandmother of all special interest provisions” is still in the deal. And that they already profited from past spring/summer’s housing must-pass bill.

[counterpunch]

Tell Congress we want the McCain-Cantor plan, not the Bush-0bama-Paulson plan!

[Red_Devil 232]

Sen. Cantor said it during an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum (Live Desk show)today. Martha made the comment that ACORN was involved in all kinds of voter fraud alligations and she wanted to know if ACORN was still in the Bailout Bill and Cantor said Boehner had removed that provision from the Bill.

Now I am wondering if Cantor was just talking about the Republican version of the Bill? I don't know but I found the followng: The Hill

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said centrists would vote for a bill to rescue the financial institutions that did not include funds for the community activist group ACORN.

“In the end, the bill has to be done. I think that’s where they were — we need action; the moderates are kind of in a split right now,” he said, explaining that they believe that money for ACORN or unnecessary earmarks should not be included. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) also told reporters that money for ACORN should not be included in the bill.

“A plan that makes sure that the taxpayer is protected, it’s gotta have a loan provision, it’s gotta have a buyout provision and it’s gotta have an insurance provision, it’s gotta have some point of equity and it can’t fund ACORN.”

Shays added, “If the taxpayer isn’t protected, you are not going to have any votes in that conference.”

[angelsonmyside]

Bump to resume calls.

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[4integrity]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this thread!!

Last night, for the first time, I heard about 20% of $700,000 billion will go to Acorn. I couldn’t believe this.....I emailed 2 Fox shows to confirm or discount this. This was confirmed today on the radio and TV (John Fund). I called my FL Congressman and Roy Blount’s office.
I also called John Boehner’s office, where the woman laughed at me saying ‘earmarks’ can’t be determined since the bill hasn’t been passed. I explained that the 205 to Acorn was part of ‘the package’....she acknowledged this but said the pkg hasn’t been agreed to yet. I asked her to have Mr. Boehner look closely at the package since ...(per your post) NOT ONE PENNY SHOULD GO TO ACORN. THEY ARE A TERRIBLE ORGANIZATION AND MAY BE INVOLVED IN FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES SO WHY WOULD WE GIVE THEM $1F40 BILLION DOLLARS????? GRRRRRRRRR....I am furious about this!

[unixfox]

[4integrity]

oops....”205” should read 20%

[Seattle Conservative]

Agreed!!! I just spoke w a very nice lady at Congressman Reichert’s office in WA state (and thanked her for letting me vent!).

Unfortunately, I don’t think it will do any good to contact Maria Can’tdowell or Patti Osama mama Murray, but I may try.

[Republic]

Does our President even KNOW about ACORN?

I hope so!

Who in the hell would STOOP to put an earmark on a bailout? A BAILOUT using OUR MONEY!!!! Arrrrrrrgh!

Are democrats doing this because they know they are about to lose a huge CASH COW in FANNIE And FREDDIE and feel panicked to get their voter fraud plan completed before the election?

[Red_Devil 232]

Here is another thread on FR. Check out the second to last paragraph.

Paulson-Cantor Plan Is a Win-Win for Taxpayers