Posted on 10/09/2008 6:48:23 PM PDT by Red Steel
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Allegations of voter fraud have been sweeping the nation, and there is word of an investigation right here in Allegheny County.
The allegations are swirling around one community organization called ACORN, and District Attorney Stephen Zappala is taking a hard look.
ACORN is not affiliated with either presidential candidate, but here and elsewhere ACORN has been registering voters in low and moderate income neighborhoods that would seem to benefit Senator Barack Obama. And so these allegations of voter fraud have riled the McCain campaign.
"There are serious allegations of voter fraud in the battleground states across America," Presidential candidate Senator John McCain said. "They must be investigated, and no one should corrupt the most precious right we have and that is the right to vote."
"There appears to be a crime," Zappala says.
Right here in Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala confirms an investigation of potential voter fraud involving ACORN and other organizations.
"ACORN is part of this but there are other applications which have been filed which appear to have fraudulent signatures and fraudulent identifications of individuals," Zappala said.
Currently the election bureau is reviewing some 45,000 new registration applications and Zappala says some of them have forged signatures of people who may or may not exist.
"There are clearly people on these applications who have not either been solicited or may not exist and the signatures are clearly not - they're forgeries," Zappala says.
Sources say there are between 200 and 300 questionable registrations currently under investigation, and most of them were submitted by ACORN.
But Chief Coordinator Maryellen Hayden says her organization was not aware of the forgeries. She said some of the canvassers hired by ACORN forged the applications and then passed them off as genuine.
"There's eight people being investigated for putting down wrong names on cards," she said. "They frauded us so we're going to help them to be punished for frauding us because they took their salary and they didn't do their job."
ACORN says it is not aligned with any particular candidate, but is trying to give a voice to as many low income people as possible, so they have conducted registration campaigns in low income neighborhoods.
County voter registration workers are pouring over some 45,000 new applications.
I believe this is a lie. Hasn't the Obama campaign actually paid ACORN to get out the vote for Obama.
This is aside from the obvious fact that probably nobody working for ACORN has ever solicited a vote for the Republican party since the organization was founded.
The dimocRATS and ACORN have been busy this time around. We need to find some jail cells/tents for these clowns in the Arizona desert.
I hope the hold back all new registrations and have them checked out by a bipartisan team....we need them all “vetted”..
As I remarked in another ACORN related thread....ACORN has been known for their corruption for a long time.
Less than a month before a Presidential election is too late to do anything about their voter fraud.....
They’ve gotten away with it.
One of the Dem talking points is that the fraudulent voter registrations for people that do not even exist is not a problem because these non-existent people can’t show up to vote. But what is well know is that in many heavily Democrat districts the crooked poll workers vote for the non-existent people once the polls close.
Each “Mickey Mouse” registration is a straight ticket Dem vote on election day....these imaginary people vote just the same as the dead vote.
I’m shocked-shocked!
Remember also, the Berg lawsuit (challenging 0bama's birth/citizenship) was filed in Philadelphia (when it could have theoretically been filed in any Federal Court). Rendell is really carrying Barry's water...NOT.
WE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN. It happens every election.
Still nothing changes.
"He Can't Win Without Us!" ACORN volunteer.
Lots of folks on the daily Rush Limbaugh thread live to bash fill-in hosts when Rush takes a day off, now and again.
I watch them bash my local talker fill-in, Jason Lewis.
Jason was all-over ACORN years before the national media and national talkers had even heard of ACORN.
Even though most of America is shocked by the ACORN revelations, I have been aware of them since the 70’s.
Yea, Pittsburg, Whoo Hoo! Steeler town, of industry!!! A once proud american icon, now.. just a former shadow thanks to LIB idiots & ACORN, (ACORN, The tree that keeps on sucking).
You know, actually I think the seed of our own US Rev was planted in Pa, but I dunno, theres like 13 to chosse from. Freedom from tyranny was thier cry. I’ve actualy witnessed Phillies phinest being more concern about being in the “final 4”.
No No No, the good people of Pitsburg don’t want the champioship handed to them, Never did, because then it means nothing to them..(no braging rights you see)
No! These, My fellow Americans need nothing handed to them upon a ‘suedo’ steel plate, Made of Goddamn plastic.
No and not even a steel plate made by China either..
My friends, in the state where steel still carries far more weight than the empty promises that left your city. With its hopes of equality, The only thing that these rats in the beltway got you was “Equally desperate” or “Equally poor”
And before I reflect /reveal on the fact that I’m not even A high school grad - I am not dumb. Not as dumb as the itiots in control that let jobs leave like they left Detroit, like they left Chi town, like they left Most of the Mid West and eastern coast.
So now we gotta choice to make? AN Election?
Thank you ever so much...(resist the urge...)
No, I won’t throw in the towel, I’ll fight. I’ll fight against anyone that would let the following happen...
7 to 70 years in the future would any person want to be the tour guide and say stuff like “At one time over half of the worlds steele demand was met by this facil...” or “well back in my day Detroit used to be the place where cars were not just made but...
Don’t the good people, of ruined industry and ruined cities see that it’s groups like ACORN with all its festerings, all thier misguided Nobility, know American cities die because of backroom deals made by those same idiots? that supported the likes of ACORN?
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