Ugh I just saw an ad tying ACORN to Obama

[JonLP24]

Playing that $800,000 donation thing.

Of all the evidence I've seen it is just phony names and phony places. Hell, I could fill out a form with name: Superman residence: Jack in the Box. I doubt I'll receive a voter registration card or will be able to vote as 'Superman'

[klook]

1. Larry King had a good segment interviewing the head of ACORN tonight.

She pointed out a couple of key facts:

• ACORN, like anyone else collecting voter registrations, is legally obligated to turn in every application they collect, whether it has a real voter's name on it or Mickey Mouse.


• ACORN has a team of people that try 5 times to verify every new registration.


• Every time they can't verify a registration, ACORN flags it and turns it in to the local government elections agency with a group of other flagged registrations.


• ACORN reports workers who've collected fake voter registratiosn to law enforcement.


• Thanks to the Republican-backed photo ID requirements in many states now, there is little likelihood that "Tony Romo" could vote in Nevada, for example.


• Of 1.3 million new voters ACORN has registered for this election, the number of registrations that are erroneous is very small.


• Although ACORN strongly opposes false voter registrations, the only way that any actual harm could be done is if a voter (or someone posing as a voter) successfully submits a ballot using the fictitious identity on the fraudulent application. How likely is this to happen, really?

[JonLP24]

2. Thank you Larry King for presenting the other side

It is refreshing after all the anti-acorn rhetoric all day. Viewers watching the news aren't seeing the other side of this and it is disappointing.