[dude1394]

Originally Posted by Mavdog

are you aware that by law acorn MUST turn in every voter registration form that is returned to them? even if they suspect them to be bogus? did you know they alert the officials about the forms they suspect are bogus?

we now have the latest pinata for the right to wave sticks at, and it's acorn....

Which of the first 2100 that were fraudulent did Acorn alert the authorities to? Lake County heavily democratic. So please point me to the fraudulent heavily Republican accusations.

And the argument is that they HAVE to turn in the fraudulent registrations that they sign up, so they are not a fraudulent orgainzation? That is the defense?

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is a community-based organization that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, health care and other social issues. ACORN has over 350,000 members and more than 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the United States, as well as in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and Peru. ACORN was founded in 1970 by Wade Rathke and Gary Delgado.[1] Maude Hurd has been National President of ACORN since 1990.

ACORN's priorities have included: better housing and wages for the poor, more community development investment from banks and governments, and better public schools.[2] ACORN pursues these goals through demonstration, negotiation, legislation, and voter participation.[3]

ACORN is made up of several legally distinct parts including local non-profits, a national lobbying organization and the ACORN Housing Corporation.[4] ACORN says it is non-partisan though it is often aligned with the Democratic Party on policy.[4] This political alignment and some of the causes it advocates have made ACORN the subject of partisan conflict.[5][4] Some of ACORN's voter registration programs have been investigated for alleged fraud.[6]