FBI Launching a Wider Vote Fraud Investigation Probe in Ohio
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November 2, 2008
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Kansas City Star WASHINGTON DC-One day after John McCain charged that ACORN "may be perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history", comes a confirmed report that the FBI is investigating whether the group coordinated the filing of phony applications in the battleground state of Ohio[1].
AP Report Describes a Further Probe in ACORN
An Associated Press report disclosing the investigation learned that the FBI was attempting to determine if ACORN systematically encouraged the creation of fake voter registrations in several states including key battleground states of Missouri and Ohio.[1]
The majority of the voter registration fraud that is being investigated by the FBI in the AP report comes from voter registration workers turning in forms that are phony. The FBI noted that ACORN were allegedly trying to get paid without actually finding citizens who wanted to register to vote.
In most cases the report alleged that ACORN Workers filled out the forms using names from the phone book, fictitious names or, in one case, "Mickey Mouse." ACORN is bound by laws in most of the 21 states where it's been active to turn in all new registration applications, even suspicious ones, and the group follows that policy everywhere, spokesman Scott Levenson said.
Law-enforcement agencies in 11 states have been investigating former ACORN canvassers — investigations that have involved the FBI in Nevada and New Mexico.[1]
ACORN Officials Deny AP Report, Accuses Republicans of Trying to Stop ACORN
Executive Director Michael Slater of ACORN's Project Vote said the group has yet to be informed of any national investigation but would cooperate with any investigation with state or federal authorities. Slater said that any suggestion that ACORN was orchestrating voter fraud was "absolutely false." Project Vote's Slater said the timing of the investigation was "highly suspicious" because it was so close to the election [1].
"We knew this was coming," Slater told McClatchy. "We saw in 2004 that we were attacked by Republican interests, and law enforcement was politicized to go after us. We saw civil suits and organizations created whose specific purpose was to demonize ACORN." [1].
According to Slater, ACORN has alerted authorities on a daily basis since late last year whenever internal reviews found that canvassers had submitted suspicious application forms.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Kansas City Star", FBI launches probe into ACORN over voter registrations, November 2, 2008
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