ACORN and Voting Suppression Cheat us out of our True Government

The Real Issue Isn't Voter Fraud, It's Vote Suppression
U.S. Politics Today
By Joe Rothstein


ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which is now under investigation by state and federal authorities for its voter registration drives. ACORN have sent many fraud registration forms with either fake names such as “Mickey Mouse” or as people who had voted already to the government. The reason for that is because the ACORN association pays people to go into the streets and register voters as a job. The employees get paid by the hour, but they have to meet the requirements of registering no less then twenty people a day. When the employees simply can’t keep up with the limit they began admitting fake names to make the twenty registrated forms. ACORN does not have the right to throw away forms, even if they are very suspicious. But they do have the right to flag the forms down and let the government decide if its legit or not. The frauds led American voters to question the fairness and accuracy of their most fundamental right under the Constitution.

The “real issue isn’t voter fraud, it’s vote suppression,” states the U.S. Politics Today News Columnists article. Post-elections investigations turned up plenty of past accounts regarding how Democratic voters were either taken off the rolls or discouraged from voting due to various suppression techniques. Some states have been;

“illegally using Social Security information to verify voter registration, and dropping voters from the rolls within 90 days of the election---which also is against the law."

Voter suppression is when the government or other organizations try to discourage or stop people from voting, using techniques such targeting groups, like out-of-state-students by telling them they can’t vote if they are from out of state; even though thats completely illegal as well. Another effective vote suppression technique is called “vote caging”. That is when letters are mailed to registered voters asking them to verify their addresses. If they don’t reply they would either be taken off the rolls or have their votes challenged on election day. Those tactics are more common with low income groups such as students.

What ACORN and voter suppression have in common is that they are both tactics of cheating out the government voting system which is completely illegal. Either way they are trying to manipulate people or use their sources to try and change something that can impact the world.

“The right to vote is as sacred an American right as the right to free speech. When either of those rights is impeded by intimidation and harassment, we all suffer.”

FBI Investigating ACORN for Voter Fraud


Resources

Editorial: What is ACORN?
U.S. Politics Article
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
Commentary: ACORN issue not vote fraud, but vote suppression
ACORN Fights Back
Youtube Video
Fact Check ACORN Article