I’ve blogged about ACORN’s fraudulent voter registration practices at this blog before (see here, here, here, and here), and guess what? They’ve been busted again:
King and Pierce County prosecutors filed felony charges today against seven people who allegedly committed the biggest voter-registration fraud in state history.
The defendants, who were paid employees and supervisors of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, concocted the scheme as an easy way to get paid, not as an attempt to influence the outcome of elections, King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said.
“This was an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls of King County,” Satterberg said.
In addition to filing criminal charges, Satterberg said state and local officials had signed a five-year agreement with ACORN that requires the organization to beef up its training and procedures for detecting and reporting fraud.
ACORN agreed to pay King County $25,000 for its investigative costs and acknowledged that the national organization could be subject to criminal prosecution if fraud occurs again.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the worst case of voter-registration fraud in the history of the state of Washington. There has been nothing comparable to this,” state Secretary of State Sam Reed said at a news conference with Satterberg, King County Executive Ron Sims and Acting U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan.
I wonder what Senator Hillary Clinton, who prides herself on standing strong against voter fraud - even if it is in front of a national ACORN convention - has to say about this? And John Edwards, who is a friend of ACORN’s, as well? They’re probably too ’saddened’ by it to comment … not.
Jim Geraghty asks:
At what point does this group stop getting the benefit of the doubt?
Right about the time that they start affiliating heavily with Republicans would be my guess.
Didn’t Washington learn anything from the movie Black Sheep?
Comment by Ryan @ 7/27/2007 - 12:00 pm
How much media coverage has this gotten? Not much I’ll wager.
Comment by Carl @ 7/27/2007 - 12:13 pm
All members of ACORN ought to be arrested and detained until after the next election. That is what liberals demand when it they think the GOP is stuffing the ballot box.
Comment by PCD @ 7/27/2007 - 1:23 pm
This is Karl Rove and Haliburtan at work. The good people of ACORN are being framed by evil white guys
Comment by jimski @ 7/27/2007 - 1:29 pm
Riiiiiiight. It had nothing to do with the election outcomes. Get serious - leftists care about very little else except the power they get from elections.
And recall how the last gubernatorial election in Washington state was subject to recount after recount until the Seattle Democrats manufactured enough new votes in their city to win. You have to wonder how many fraudulent ACORN votes were in that count…in which case their scheme was successful.
So now it’s safe for the local DA to advocate clean elections. You can bet that by next year his office will be looking the other way the next time ACRORN starts stuffing ballot boxes.
Comment by Great White Rat @ 7/27/2007 - 1:38 pm
5, My Bravo Sierra meter just got pegged. ACORN is all about electing Democrats, PERIOD. Any other explanation is a flat lie!
Comment by PCD @ 7/27/2007 - 2:54 pm
It’s a whole lot more than that! AND if memory serves there were only a few hundred votes difference, which would make the following quote even more interesting.
Wonder how the acts of vandals voted…..So typical to blame everything on the employees doing the work that Americans won’t.
But the part that really chaps my hide is…..
IF! IF! Just how many times do you get to paid for not passing go or any other kind of litmus test for honesty? Gee! A whole twenty five grand…..they’ll never do that again and again and again…..for at least a year!
ACORN should be roasting on an open fire. Preferably the one that’s lit under the witch of Washington!
Comment by forest hunter @ 7/27/2007 - 7:51 pm