Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft

Huffington Post by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Greg Palast: | Oct. 28, 2008 (Opinion)

Jailed GOP activist Jack Abramoff and his fellow convict, Congressman Bob Ney, wrote the most sinister provisions of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which Congress passed in 2002 creating a series of diabolically cunning new voting impediments. HAVA, for example, allows state voting officials to purge tens of thousands of voters from the polls using algorithms and voter ID requirements that disproportionately disenfranchise black, Hispanic and minority ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, U.S.
Topics: Election Reform, Presidential Election 2008
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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Oct 28, 2008 - 12:40 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Chris Finnie (review), Ed Zingaro (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Harry A Farr (review), Mark Monday (review), Cynthia Gilbert (review), Randy Morrow (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 3, 2008 - 6:45 PM PST
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 28, 2008

Not as in-depth as the story the two wrote for the Rolling Stone. But it's also shorter and easier to read. One of the most under-reported stories of the election cycle. But one that could have tremendous ramifications after. Both have been working on this topic since 2004.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 28, 2008

The investigative journalism provides a voice for defending the core of democracy, the vote, against an onslaught of partisan false information.

the removal by GOP officials of hundreds of thousands of legitimate voters from voting rolls over the past year provides More »

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 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 29, 2008

The republicans scream about voter fraud and ACORN, from what I have read it is voter registration fraud--committed against ACORN. There is a difference between voter fraud (where votes have been cast) and voter registration fraud (where someone attempts to register to vote under fraudulent conditions).

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