He is off to a good Chicago-Democrat start. On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 4:47 PM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > CLEVELAND - A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told > The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive > ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, > in apparent violation of Ohio laws. > > "Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they'll > give me a dollar to sign up," said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out > 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the > behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for > Reform Now. > > "The ACORN people are everywhere, looking to sign people up. I tell > them I am already registered. The girl said, 'You are?' I say, 'Yup,' > and then they say, 'Can you just sign up again?' " he said. > > Johnson used the same information on all of his registration cards, > and officials say they usually catch and toss out duplicate > registrations. But the practice sparks fear that some multiple > registrants could provide different information and vote more than > once by absentee ballot. > > ACORN is under investigation in Ohio and at least eight other states - > including Missouri, where the FBI said it's planning to look into > potential voter fraud - for over-the-top efforts to get as many names > as possible on the voter rolls regardless of whether a person is > registered or eligible. > > It's even under investigation in Bridgeport, Conn., for allegedly > registering a 7-year-old girl to vote, according to the State > Elections Enforcement Commission. > > > http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/news/politics/1_voter__72_registrations_132965.htm > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
