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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Voter Registration Fraud?

Fox News

Federal authorities in Kansas City are investigating suspected voter registration fraud tied to the "Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now" — known as ACORN. Election officials say there are at least 15,000 registration cards with problems such as questionable information, and bogus names, addresses and social security numbers.

ACORN — which is associated with liberal causes — is also under scrutiny for similar problems in St. Louis and several other states. ACORN is blaming the errors on what it calls "honest mistakes." But the group's national spokesman admits some of its paid employees may have turned in false registration cards to make it appear they were actually working.

ACORN's work in Missouri is tied to its support for a ballot initiative that would raise the minimum wage.

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