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ACORN exec cuts vote fraud deal, though ACORN branch claims she never worked for the organization

3:23 AM 11/10/2010

Matthew Vadum

Despite Busefink’s plea, ACORN’s trial is expected to proceed as scheduled on Nov. 29 in Las Vegas. Prosecutor Conrad Hafen, who is the state’s chief deputy state attorney general, previously said neither bankruptcy nor dissolution would “necessarily protect (ACORN) from prosecution” in Nevada.

Hafen could not be reached immediately for comment.

If ACORN is convicted it would cause an earthquake in leftist organizing circles across America and might embolden more prosecutors to take on ACORN and similar groups. Until it was charged by Nevada last year, ACORN had frequently boasted about how it –as opposed to its employees— had been able to duck prosecution for election fraud-related offenses.

Matthew Vadum is a senior editor at Capital Research Center, a Washington, D.C. think tank that studies the politics of philanthropy.

Tags: ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

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junkmaninohio

Voter fraud should be a minimum 25 years in prison with no chance of parole…then maybe the Union and Acorn thugs will think twice. (but I doubt it).
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rainmaker1145

Keep rolling this up and everyone who was part of the conspiracy has to be convicted of a felony and do real jail time. No free rides for these criminals or it will never end. Prosecute each and every one of them to the fullest extent of the law.
NHBuckeye

ACORN is bad news any way you look at it. Their goal is to get as many progressives in office as possible and to look the public coffers as much as possible. For them, the law means nothing and the ends justify the means. Their behavior, attitudes, and own words show it plainly. These are bad, bad people purposely wreaking havoc. The authorities should stop them using the laws these people have broken. Bring in the FBI. Infiltrate these organizations, and bring them down.
author

ACORN exec cuts vote fraud deal, though ACORN branch claims she never worked for the organization.

Above is the exact headline. Where in that headline do any of you see the work VOTER?

That’s what I thought, reading to much into it. No, the voters did not commit fraud, the organizers committed the fraud. Learn to read more careful, before opening your mouth and saying something stupid.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Christi-Winn-Casey/1739398703 Christi Winn Casey

Second paragraph of the article states:

“…voter fraud, also called electoral fraud, is a blanket term encompassing a host of election-related improprieties”.

The author stated exactly what the alleged crime was…

“…the case involves a conspiracy to provide illegal financial bonuses to voter registration canvassers exceeding their daily quotas. Nevada law forbids the practice on the theory that such bonuses provide an incentive for canvassers to file bogus registrations”.

So unless the people reading this article have absolutely no reading comprehension skills (ahem), I’m unsure how one can say the author is intentionally spreading propaganda.

It sounds to me that you might suffer from a bit of cognitive bias, such as the “hostile media effect” which is the tendency to see a media report as being biased due to your own strong partisan views.
- keepemhonest
  
  Casey
  
  From the Nevada Sun
  Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller emphasized the case involved “registration fraud, not voter fraud,”
  
  … see that: “NOT VOTER FRAUD”
  
  The title of this article is:”ACORN exec cuts vote fraud deal, though ACORN branch claims she never worked for the organization”
  — which is FALSE according to the Nevada Secretary of State Miller.
  
  Looks like even YOU feel for the false propaganda — go figure.
keepemhonest

Your article is dishonest. No one was ever charged with “voter fraud” … the charges were “voter REGISTRATION fraud.”

There is a huge difference between the two — Hopefully you are merely “mistaken” in this article and NOT intentionally lying to spread false propaganda.
- Momma M
  
  keepemhonest-
  Let’s look at the honesty here… Voter Registration Fraud is a crime, right? ACORN and it’s associates, official or unoffical associates are accused of committing a criminal act with the most obvious motive of defrauding the system and robbing the American people of a fair, unbiased election.
  
  Seems you’re more interested in grammatically correcting headlines, than the criminal activity going on at our polling stations.
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