OK, over 2,000 voter resistrations were submitted with fradulent names and addresses. All of these were written in the same person's hand writing and dropped off in a stack along with 2,500 ligitamate ones. I say check to see if it was Karl Rove's or Tom Delay's handwritting. If anyone in ACORN was going to commit voter fraud do you think he or she would be so blatantly stupid. Wake up America, the republican's are trying to steal another one. Here is their playbook: When you get caught, 1. deny it, 2. lie about it 3. blame someone else.

Slavery still exist! I was amazed to see a Jim Crow, African American at a Clan rally! I wonder how much he was paid to be planted there.

It is also apparent how racially bias the media is for not exposing the Palin's for their desire to separate themselves from the US and you question Obama's patriotism? What a joke!

ACORN WHO EVER THE LAZY PEOPLE DOING THIS NEED TO CUT IT OUT OR LOCK YOURSELF UP. TE ONLY THING IT CAN MESS UP THE ELECTION I HAVE CONFIDENT THEY WILL GET RID OF THOSE CANCER. I THINK THE GALLUP POLLS ARE WRONG IT CLOSER THAN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING SO GET OUT AND VOTE TAKE FRIENDS FAMILY NABORS OBAMA/BIDEN 08

It's apparent that the McCain/Palin hatemongers are still at it. Despite what Palin has been accused of,Obama is still being labeled untrustworthy. How sad! Palin and her husband need to be exposed over the media about all their illegal connections. I'm sure you will find that she has no business near the White House

We have had cases where postmen have thrown mail into rivers, hide mail in "paid" storage facilities and even confiscated mail.
So here is the case. Workers, who are being paid to do a job simply found it easier to fill in all the info, make up these forms and submit them to the registration offices, thus comitting fraud. Just seems strange how all these forms were signed by the same person.
Another factor, and one which can be looked into is this. Conspiracy could be considered. Doing this and implicating the other party is something that have to be looked at. Quite strange that the Obama campaign who donated over $800,000 to this group and they have endorsed Obama as their candidate is the party that the news media seem to implicate in this.

In this day and age, after observing voting fraud conducted by so many third world countries, it is appalling how in developed countries such as America voter registration is such a problem.

The question is who is eligible to vote and when a person reaches the age of eligibility should'nt they be on the registration list?
On the day of election they would simply turn up at the voting station with proper (picture) identification. Is this too simply to impliment?
Much more to say about this but it will need more time. End.

Come on people! Just think if you set up a voter registration camp and the only way you could operate is turn in every application you receive. What other choice do you have if you want to make sure that those that are legitimate are accepted and hope that those that are not are caught. And that is what is happening. If they are finding fraudulent application then that's a sign that they may be on their job at the polls. But to be upset with ACORN for following the rules is not fair. On another note, these same states are making error in entering new voter information and for every 2 that are added to the system someone is purged from the system. However, it is against the law for names to be purge within 90 days of the election. Why are we not focusing on that problems and trying to fix this before Nov. 4 instead of going back and forth with no real solution. I am sick of this mess with these polls. NO EXCUSES… lets stay on the issues and everyone go out and vote for who you think is the best candidate.

Acorn is a left-wing group that has always been anti-establishment. This thing will blow up big against the Democrats. Oh, by the way, I know for a fact that people are lying to pollsters and saying they will vote for O when they will be voting for McCain. This will be the November surprise!!!

wow all of a sudden when John Mccain is trailing in the polls and his campaign is a mess all these fake voter applications appear. ACORN has been in a voter registration drive for months but now near the end of the race somebody has found fraud in some of the applications and of course Obama is at fault. Sorry but if THIS is the October surprise the GOP has been hoping for they will need something better than this.

Obama Democrats paid Acorn $800,000.,for voters,now we have 105% registered voters where ever Acorn has been involved,Obama got what he paid for.VOTER FRAUD

Issue Voter,
They are in bulk because when the people who are registering voters
go through the registration and find that they are questionable they try
to verify the registration if they cant be verified they have to put them all
together and contact the proper aurthorities and report them and turn
them in to the proper aurthoritied. Thats why they are all together and at the voter registration office.

My; such twisting and turning. I haven't seen such gymnastics since the heyday of the Soviet Union's legions of apologists.
Still, it gives one such warm fuzzy feelings. While the Left accuses the Right of such high-tech hijinks as tampering with electronic voting machines, the Left itself goes back to its own tried-and-true methods.
Voting the graveyards. Boss Tweed would be proud.
Yep; good-old, Chicago-style politics. Puts a lump in your throat now, doesn't it now?

];)

It is interesting how you investigate Sarah Palin and make a story of a non crime while running to the defense of ACORN. There is proven voter fraud in Ohio but you suddenly don't care. I seem to remember the media running to Florida to count and recount and recount and recount wanting to get to the bottom of Democrat incompetence. Why don't you do a story about the highest ranking election official not being able to weed out fraudulent registrants. It seems she cross checked them then ignored them and then lost them. Now she says Republicans are out of line asking her to do her job.
As to Louvene: Where have I seen that used before? Wummm!

It's hard to believe that any individual or organization would be so stupid as to hand in 5000 bogus registrations. So I hope there is some real investigation on this to get to the truth of it all - and then punish whoever is responsible. It's not Barack Obama. He doesn't really need voter fraud since he's winning in every poll. So I say, look at the losing campaign first.

@ Nia

Are you serious? You blame the G.O.P. of voter suppression but it's okay for ACORN to register thousands of new voters that are either dead or don't exist? ACORN has a history of registering more Democrats than Republicans! They are suppose to be non-partisan but they endorsed Obama! How is that non-partisan?

Republican bloggers here always statet: " Watch out for october surprise "

Now we are having 2 surprises in one day, they were right,

This ACORN deal was a republican stunt.

Palin the liar and her abuse of power as a governor.

That should be enough to keep them out of the white house.

Obama / Bidern 08

Obama/Biden = INTEGRITY, INTELLIGENCE, HIGH COMPETENCE, HOPE ALL THE WAY. The USA and the world needs this ticket to govern from the White House. The alternative is unmitigated dishonest, nasty disaster. CLEAR AS CRYSTAL

People who believe ACORN is corrupt is drinking the RNC Kool-Aide; Republicans is involved in voter "caging" and trying to suppress voter turnout but I hear nothing in the National news channels. In Georgia over 200,000 thousand people voted early already but many refuse to vote because they are afraid their ballots will be lost. The hate for Obama in this state is palpable, you can't talk about politics without getting dirty looks if you're not in favor of McCain.

well i'm sure the GOP would like yo revive the poll tax and the grandfather clauses in the voting system too..i'm just sayin'

Ooh, scary.
People who care and are engaged helping other people get registered.

What is this world coming to?
/snark

Nooooooooooooooooooooo Obama, by the way I heard that Obama is very smart and went to harvard……. Well do you know that he and his wife went to harvard under minority program…… Do you konw what does mean….

Palin, behind the red tape!

If U.S. citizens were automatically registered like ours in Canada, I honestly don't think you would have these kinds of problems. Here we automatically receive a voting card that confirms our information, then we simply go with our I.D. to vote on election day.

Note to my American friends: Your citizens shouldn't have to register to vote! They're already citizens and known by the government!

Oh, and by the way, we vote with pencil and paper and members of each party are present to count the votes. Nobody's hijacking the elections. I pray for a fair election on Nov. 4.

Chicago poliitcs is as DIRTY as it comes.

ACORN is again caught red handed in WHOLESALE FRAUD and you crazies want to appologize for them. Even CNN tried to investigate ACORN in Ohio and the ACORN offices were emptied out and its high level (multiple states) managers running for cover like rats.

WHAT A DISGRACE!!

republicans are laying the ground work for the legal battle for the presidency

Acorn is the biggest disgrace of our electorial system. Government should STOP funding and disband ACORN; therefore one problem of pork will be gone. As a democrat I feel that my party has left me behind.
Remember folks look who has ties to ACORN and the center of this problem. I would like Obama come straight forward and tell the truth to the American people.
This has been going on probaly during the primaries too. And scaring people in caucasas too.

Obama's campaign stated that they had not paid ANY money to ACORN. I'm sorry, but, what do you call $800,000 dollars? I saw the report on Larry King with the "Chief Organizer" of ACORN. It was plain to see that she was lying through her teeth! Tomorrow morning, all the head lines are going to be about Palin abusing her power as Gov of Alaska. I want to know why the headlines have not been about Obama lying about ACORN! If Obama does loose the election, I can just see the democratic party crying foul, but, when a voter registration is turned in for a fast food place,registering a democrat, how can anyone take it serious? The Democratic party is going to play up Sarah Palin's problems in Alaska but don't bring up ACORN and Obama in the same sentence! They will calll you racist!

I am not a member of ACORN, but I was a volunteer for the Obama campaign involved in the voter registration drives here in Ohio. I can speak from personal experience that we were instructed to absolutely follow the rules and the laws. I never saw any evidence of padding or falsifying registration forms. Where there were questions on some forms, I would call the registree to confirm their information before turning the forms in to the Board of Election.

From my first-hand experience, Obama's voter registration efforts were nothing but highly ethical.

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So are some of you bloggers promoting the idea that Obama would risk his run at the presidency by instructing people to illegally sign up dead and nonexistant??

The man is a constitutional lawyer, graduate of Harvard and president of the law review. He certainly would have been much more clever if he wanted to pad the voters' list.

After elections including this one of Republicans striking tens of thousands of Democrats, mainly poor and often black in order to win elections, it is laughable at the transparency of this phoney attack.

The fact that the phoney registrations are checked and the voters names not added, proves the process here works!!

Ron L - don't fire them, prosecute them. Then look into who is pushing and backing this. Obama may not be directly involved but this smells like the Chicago political machine to me.

It amazes me still that voters can even consider Obama. You know nothing about him except what he says - which rarely if ever is the way he votes in the senate. His experience level is zip zilch nothing - he spent the majority of his time in the US Senate running for President. That's how he feels about the American Public - you pay me to run for the next higher position while I ignore the responsibilities i already have in the Senate. If you do that at your job you will be fired - but he thinks it's good for him because he is better then you. You should pay him for his mere presence.

As a 20+ year veteran, I wonder what I sacrificed my family years for. Was I protecting a country that is about to be a Socialist Republic? If so, I certainly wish I hadn't been gone from my famly for all those years. We could have accomplished this changeover by surrendering our freedom to someone else. The election of BO will be a slap in the face to all who have sacrificed to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States". Thanks to the media and the DNC for destroying the United staes as it was meant to be.

ACORN is just the tip of the iceberg. Once in office you will see Obama begin the dismantling of this country little by little the end result that we will lose all of our freedoms. You will either be a member of the Obama Party or be left behind. Some people are concerned about our country becoming a socialist state…….well how about a dictatorship. It is on its way. This reminds me of the 1930s in Germany when their economy was in shambles and a savior arrived to save them as well.

Obama paid ACORN $800,000 to register people for his campaign. He knows of their past history since he defended them. He knows that some have received fines and jail time for voter fraud. Why did Obama chose to use ACORN when he has so many willing volunteers? Is it maybe because he knows they will get him lots of votes even if they are illegitimate?

Some questions that have been raised. It would be nice to get some answers. We won't though since Obama is so far ahead he feels he can just coast along to win.

One question really on my mind is did ACORN help Obama cheat to win in caucus states against Hillary? I would like to know if ACORN had any part in registering people during the primary.

Laura, Boston

It is really amazing to see all of you Dems that think if obama is President that life is going to be wonderful. Everyone will be employed with a good job, the Stock Market will hit 15,000 points, every Child will get an education, gas will be $1.00 a gallon, your home will double in value and everything will be good, fine and wonderful. You will believe anything. He can not do all he is promising.

Give me a break…Obama doesn't need to engage in the dirty politics the Republicans are so used to…he's wiping the floor with McCain! Who is behind in the polls? Who has more motive? Who (now) has a history of abusing power?

Just so you biased idiots know, I've made copies of my posts that you will not post (awaiting moderation) and I'm sending them to FOX News and maybe my Congressman. You are not a news outlet but a campaign center for the Democrats

There are none so blind as those who will not see. Your incredible contributions are being spent on copious amounts of advertising, which, of course, supports the very organizations providing the "coverage" of this election. Obama needs to be seriously scrutinized for his ties to ACORN, Ayres, and Rezco.

I was watching a story on abc news 20/20 while ago. Titled ROCK THE VOTE, I wander what they would say if they visited there local nursing home on election day? CHECK IT OUT

Go ACORN! Don't give in to the idiotic republicans who REALLY caused this mess.
This typical gop move is complete sleaze.
They can't run on the issues, because they have already been proven wrong the last eight years!
I believe the KARMA of 2000 and 2004 are going to come up BIG this November 4th, and the republican commandos will retreat to their rocks and crawl back under them.

The motive to accuse ACORN is to intimidate ACORN in their successful voting registration drives. The people behind this attack are the contributors of the McSame and Sarah "Moose" Palin campaign. In the end of this investigation, ACORN would be cleared of any improprieties, and the sinister action's of the accusers will be brought to light.

In this corner, we have Keating, Troopergate.

In this corner, we have Ayres, Rezco, Wright, ACORN.

Change is coming! Yeah, right.

A.CO.R.N., the biggest phony voter registration drive in the country has a long time connection to Barrak Obama and has just endorsed him .

So now that explains where he's getting the surge in the polls from: the people who have registered with them who aren't gonna vote at all November 4th. Now who's getting desperate?

P.S. the "Troopergate Investigation" also revealed that they're not gonna labels this as a CRIME

sorry to be bearer of bad news to all you Obamalovers.

McCain/Palin'08

Bomb Iran no more we need jobs over here. Our pockets are hurting. My kids are looking at me hungry and daddy cannot feed them. Bomd Iraq no more it cost $ billion a month while they have a $ 79 billion surplus and we in the US are running a $ 50 trillion dollars defficit. We need that $ 10 billion in the US. Alghada is in Afghanistan not in Iraq. 4000 young boys with bright future had lost their lives fighting an unjustify war. We need jobs in the US to pay for high gas and high grocery. No more bomb we are causing global warming to get worse with every bomb we drop.
We need a president that understand the economy and that can work with world leaders. The economy is causing people to commit suicide we are fed up.

Barack Obama do not abuse his power to fire no body wrongly. Ethics verse trust. How can we trust the GOP? They had lied about it for so long and refused to coorparate because they knew that they were guilty. They are so desperate and have nothing else to talk about but lies. Do not let them deviate your thought about the economy.

SIGH…oh, my! The Emperor has no clothes!

Brothers and Sisters on the Left, just as our Sibs on the Right stand on thin ice, so do we. Please, get straight in the head! Obama is NOT the Answer. He is as corrupt as the rest, at best no more, but no less!

Barack Obama do not abuse his power to fire no body wrongly. Ethics verse trust. How can we trust the GOP? They had lied about it for so long and refused to coorparate because they knew that they were guilty. They are so desperate and have nothing else to talk about but lies. Do not let them deviate your thought about the economy.

More Republican nonsense. ACORN is not like the state of Florida where voter fraud is so in-your-face. This organization's primary goal is to help people help themselves and encouraging people to vote is one of the best ways for people to have a say in America.

Any kind of voting fraud regardless if it is alleged bogus registrations or alleged caging and illegal vote purging by Republicans should be investigated. I don't care who does it, but anything that ruins the fairness of our voting process should be prosecuted to the full extent.

Obama supporter BTW.

This is disgusting. What is terribly sad is all of the Obama supporters hunting through the woods for the homeless and addicts to register and vote the same day in Ohio. Honestly, it is sad to see a party sink to this. I am in fear for this country and my children. The USA is becoming a socialist country. This is frightening. Maybe I can get Ireland to take us in. Because America is going down hill and will be destroyed if the Liberals take over. May God have mercy on us.

IF this is something ACORN knowingly did, then Obama should be steaming. This is exactly the kind of b.s. he doesn't need. On the other hand, these kinds of drives are usually planned by organization's core leadership, but carried out by temporary employees or volunteers. I would like to know who those temps and volunteers were, and what their political ties were. It's entirely possible that they could be opposition supporters purposefully subverting the process to bring negative publicity on Obama.

And just to show you that the Republicans are still up to their dirty tricks, I received an email tieing Acorn to Barack Hussein Obama who they claim paid Acorn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Two sins of deceit here: (1) emphasing Obama's middle name which, although being correct, has a not-so-subtle reference to Saddam Hussein or, at the very least, a Muslim) and (2) no mention was made either in CNN or the NY Times about an Obama connection to Acorn.

Now even if we suppose that Obama's campaign fund channeled money to Acorn it would have been for voter registration drives, a perfectly normal and sensible thing to do since minority participation in the election process is critical to the Democrats for Obama's election.

So far, where's the beef?

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Ann, "false lies?" Do you not recognize a double negative? Why is it that the Republicans who write to CNN seem to be unable to use the English language? If you are going to cry fowl about immigrants and demand that everybody speak English first and foremost, if you are going to constantly see America as under threat, hadn't you bloody well better learn to write your own "national language?" Frankly, I think all of you should have your votes taken away. Simpletons probably should not be allowed to vote. You haven't a brain cell among you. [Obviously this won't be posted, but hey, at least I've not called for anybody to be killed, maimed, or otherwise harmed--the now normal Republican refrain. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Country first my arse.]

ACORN is everything America does NOT stand for. It's a method of cheating in disguise to help steal and manipulate the actual outcome of an election.

Disgraceful… to think my money went to this organization. It's a crime.

Down with ACORN, Down with the Obama thugs starting with Obama himself.

Four words: Dirty Tricks….Set Up…..

Clearly, the people working for Acorn need to be scrutinized….were they being paid beyong their Acorn checks?

Fishy….especially when we're also hearing about neighborhoods in Philadelpia where flyers are being distributed in poor, minority and college student neighborhoods claiming that people with outstanding tickets/warrants will be arrested if they show up at the polls…

….this is too much like Republican tactics from at least the Nixon era to current Rove tricks.

You only need to rig an election if you are behind. Repubs should be held acountable for those vicious lies. We will be sending those clowns home on permenent vacation.
OBAMA/BIDEN FOR HONESTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Ever hear the term FALSE FLAG?Google it.

That's just how we do it in Chicago baby, That's how we roll!!!! ha.

It is not "voter fraud" unless they actually attempt to vote on election day.

*LOL* Oh come on, it's not BALLOT COUNTING for voting, it's only bogus voters registrations.

Accusing Obama/democrats of cheating is simply not making any sense.

I smell Recount from the Republicans, that is why they are doing all this in preparation.
Too much for Country First "my friends", we don't need this right now.

I have read in Wisconsin that the RNC sent out absentee ballots to registered democrats that would be returned to an address where they are not registered to vote which negates their vote. In Michigan, the RNC challenged votes by people who lost their homes. The crap that McCain/Palin and the RNC have been involved in is sickening. Well, maybe not as sickening as trying to incite a right wing nut bag to eliminate their competition.

Is Sarah Palin still worthy of being a VP?

FYI - ACORN is REQUIRED by law to turn in every registration form they receive. They go through them and if they can't verify the person they flag it and let the election officials know. Also, just because they receive a fraudulent registration form doesn't mean it turns into a fraudulent vote. Voter fraud has been investigated and is extremely low. One report shows only 18 cases. This is a tactic used by the G.O.P. to distract voters while they engage in voter caging and voter suppression.

Wow! Several of you appear to have taken the word right out of my mouth! Yesterday I saw a piece on CNN about a large bundle of voter registration with the same handwriting and obviously fake names (Jimmy John, for example, with the address of a nearby Jimmy John's sandwich store) at the county voter registration office in NW Indiana, the office for Gary, Indiana (heavily African-American). My immediate thought was this: ACORN is being targeted by Republicans and Rep party supporters so much lately that ACORN could not so stupid as to be so obvious about how they fill out the so-called 'fake' registration forms! If they are such a devious organization that has gotten experience at cheating as the Reps claim, then they would not be quite so obvious! So I thought could it be that people who wish to committ and legitimize voter suppression and voter intimidation are laying the groundwork to justify their actions later during the election. While it is possible ACORN is doing this, to me for reasons stated above, it is as likley or more so that this is the handiwork of the people who have to gain by voter intimidation. Hope that I am wrong and that if it is ACORN they would be brought to justice as would anyone else who might be doing this and blaming it on ACORN.

I am a supporter of Senator Obama and an Independent. I believe in fair Elections. Those responsible for these rediculous actions should pay through the justice system. Examples should be made as a deterrent. It is sad that this modern society has such greed, bitterness, close-mindedness and selfishness. It is no surprise that we are near a depression. This is the same mentality where a patient will smoke, drink, eat horribly for years then come to a hospital and want to sue the 'system' for not healing them. The chickens are definitely roosting!

I like how when Republicans stole the last election.
Katherin Harris anyone? It was all ok. We shouldnt have even questioned it.
But now I'm supposed to care?
Well, see— the difference between a Dem like me, and most Republicans—- I do care. Why? Because I believe in truth, and justice and honesty. I dont believe that Obama had anything to do with it, if there was voter fraud going on. But it's wrong if that is true what ACORN is doing. A true waste of the peoples time.

WALT MONEGAN SHOULD SUE SARA PALIN! VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN

NO ONE would submit hundreds of registrations in the same batch with the same name with the same signature unless they WANTED to get caught. This was either an individual trying to cause trouble, or the repugs are at it again doing anything they can to prevent a fair election.

WHEN Obama is president, I hope he fixes the problems with fraud in elections. It should be EASY to have fair elections. The only reason we dont is because many politicians dont want it to be fair!

I can't stop laughing! Isn't that the height of hypocrisy! The America first, patriot crowd now wants to attack voter registration so we can't perform our patriotic public duty and VOTE. Jeez! What will these desperate, shameless McSame airheads think of next? And in the meantime, Palin continues the Republican tradition by abusing her power. And of course, she's being persecuted by the sons of the devil liberals. Go home to Alaska, bimbo, and gather up your pieces of shame.

CNN WILL you please POST my comment…………………….Sarah Palin CALLED Obama a TERRIST, that is WHAT she was told to say from McCain and CAMP. NOW he wants us to beleive he WILL not except that type of nonsense. What happen McCain, you didn't know showing the REAL McCain would cause it to BACKFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was so strange seeing McCain use another LADY to MAKE himself look like he is sincere for Obama. His wife, his VP pick and his Keating friend has called Obama all KINDS of names and TOLD lies while McCain stood beside, behind and in front of them and ALL he did was SMILE. This use of another WOMAN will not work McCain, Stop using OUR woman in this WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain we are not FOOLS. I am sick of you thinking WE are.

Obama/Biden 08

MAYBE THEY SHOULD START CHALLENGING THE RNC FOR BLOCKING AND INTIMIDATING VOTERS. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE WITHOUT REPUBLICAN INTIMIDATION!

Today I decided to listen to one of those Foolish Republican Radio Channels. I listened to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for nearly 3 hours. Those guys are freakin crazy! They sound like Paranoid Nutcases!

Over and over Limbaugh and Hannity did nothing but trying to convince people that Obama is a Muslim, Obama is a Terrorist, and Obama is a Communist. They pounded it in so much, that it sounded like brainwashing! It was ridiculous! It's so scary that people actually listen to that NAZI PROPAGANDA on a daily basis!

Republicans act as if they are the only ones that are right. As if they are the only ones that matter. As if they are the only ones that should be in our Government. Then they attack anyone that disagrees with them. A 80 year old woman called his show and said she was a Republican that supported Obama, and Limbaugh called the lady a FOOL, and that no TRUE CONSERVATIVE would ever vote for a Democrat.

There's no doubt about it! The Republican Party is becoming more and more like Nazis everyday! Luckily some Republicans now see them for what they truely are!

Come on CNN, why are you continuing to run the footage on ACORN without looking into the obvious underside of the story - yes, these are 'bogus' registrations, but only a moron would draw the conclusion that ACORN produced them! Using the names of restaurants, office phone numbers that are disconnected, and vacant office buildings listed as legitimate ACORN offices - CNN can do better reporting than this…here's a hint - check out the possible link to the Republican campaign operatives…

Just curious why the headlines don't include Obama donated money to ACORN? If it were Sarah Palin it woud be front page news as it is tonight on CNN. God help us with this stinking media bias.

Acorn and other people committing fraud. STOP!

Obama will win, and should win righteously.

We do not want to stoop to McCain/Bush levels.

McLiars evil ententions prevail none nice try cant wait for the recount or more cheating tactics with the balllots. Every voter who rgistered know you have to show your ID so give me a Break!

I don't believe a word of it! This is another organized plot to discredit democratic votes and voters. The Republican party will stoop lower than this before Nov 4, but Obama will win in the end. Just like that confused African American male that begged McCain to throw more dirt at Obama, this ploy will only drive more Independents and Republicans to his side. What a great time to be alive!

They have over 1 million registrations and are required to turn over ALL of them. Republicans are desperate and jumping on the 2100 in question. Tally all of them and void the bad ones. Remember it is now a requirement to show ID to vote so this is a non issue.

with all the lies and deception that have come from mccain and palin, it wouldn't surprise me if they were not behind this as well. VOTE OBAMA- BIDEN

And I wonder if congress and special prosecutor might look into this with the fervor that they are looking to dig up anything on Sarah Palin?

UNder Federal Law, ACORN cannot tear up voter registrations, even ones they know to be fraudulent (In the name of "Ronald McDonald" for example).

ACORN has flagged such registration cards in advance of submission to voter registration authorities. There was no "big discovery" by the government of "voter fraud", rather, only an ackknowlegement of ACORNS own flagging of questional voter registration cards, which by law they are REQUIRED to submit.

This false message of "voter fraud" is being used to suppress votes.

SHOW ME ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE PERSON CAUGHT AND CONVICTED OF VOTING FRAUDULENTLY.

The Republicans act like this is a rampant problem when in fact, it does not exist.

Are we DONE YET with REPUBLICAN LIES?

Isn't it amazing how the so called "Democrats" are the one's who undermine free and fair elections which happen to be the cornerstone of democracys?

Lets here from McCains pitbull on ethics

Abraham Lincoln said "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth". The more I watch what is happening in this election campaign, the more I fear that this democracy is being abused.

I think I smell a rat!! A Rovean rat! The idea that there is voter fraud just sickens me. However, for the Republicans to bring it up now - so close to the election - makes me believe that they will stoop to anything to win, even submitting false registrations.

It sounds as though the country may need someone from the UN to monitor this election to ensure that it is all above board.

Obama/Biden '08

Do democrats see someone hiding behind every tree. Just admit the truth…Obama is a cheater. The democrat party and its girlfriend Acorn are trying to cheat in the election. You know, there has been 8 years of crying over unproven, untrue voter fraud about Bush. Now that there is real evidence that Obama and the democrats are cheating, all the die hard democrats stuff thier fingers in their ears and stick their heads in the sand. It is still illegal and unethical, even if you refuse to look dems…even your lady fainter god can't deny it. PS…check out Obama's fainting ladies on you tube. It is a reality check of who Obama the liar really is. You have been deceived.

IMPEACH PALIN

I agree with the first blogger. It's not like voter fraud was committed. Any political party could be responsible for these faux applications.

This is definitely news, regardless of what party you support. Voter fraud needs to stop from both sides. The link between ACORN and Obama is purely a political ploy, though. If there are hard facts that support that Obama is performing, or encouraging, voter fraud…present them. I don't think there are.

ACORN??? ACORN??? Im losing my life savings every day!!!!

Voter fraud? In a campaign involving a Chicago politician?!? What a surprise! Too bad, the other side seems to be doing nothing more than feeding hatred. The lesser of two evils has never been this hard to discern.

Why isn't CNN reporting the voter suppression, but is all over this ACORN story? McLiar is not going to win Campbell, Candy and John King!

Republicans never admit their mistakes or their failures. Instead they blame someone else.

McCain is loosing the race, so Republicans have to blame someone other than themselves!

I'm sitting her watching CNN and cannot believe my ears. John McCain is scum. There are people at his rally, calling Obama and Arab, Using the N word on cameramen, Unamerican and every vile name under the sun. John McCain has lost all hope of being remember as a decent respectable human. This Campaign has incited the racist nuts from all over the country. How could he look Americans and world leaders in the face after dividing this nation for his own gain. John McCain know what he's doing he sends his small idiots to do his dirty work and he stands back and says he don't condone this behavior.John McCain is in the process of sending this nation back 40 years. It would be a very sad day in America if this half man take the office as president of the United States.

Give me a break!!! Sarah Palin is not at fault for not controlling what her husbands actions were. How many women can control what their husbands do? I would like to thank Todd for trying to stop an abusive man from hurting an innocent child. I would do anything to protect my child or any of my nieces or nephews and I am glad to see he feels the same way.

something smells fishy

I am an independent voter, just looking at some of these comments. This is a legitimate concern….. It also seems to be factual. So why are people accusing McCain of "desperation" tactics? And some of your theories are so far-fetched that I don't think even y'all believe them. And from what I hear, some these people are being bribed and paid to register to vote several times. If you people REALLY want your vote to count, as you say you do, ACORN needs to stop doing this.

Come on McCain/Rove. If you're trying to frame someone, don't make it so obvious.

Issues voter,
Do you think that a group could actually fool all ot the poeple and plant all of these bogus voting documents? Like a conspiricy possibly, but more likely denile on your part. Yes "The chosen one" may be corrupt.

The repulse-blicans are at it again. Its called "voter ID." Can't vote without it.

This does not suprise me at all. The Republicans are so desperate to win this election they will try anything. First they put this woman as a Vice Presidential canidate to get the women vote. That backfired because the majority of the women voters are not STUPID. Then they try the fear factor and that is not working and have bacfired. Now, they want to try the voter registration fraud. What next? Obama single-handedly caused the market to go crazy, caused all the hurricanes and the damage in Texas, caused global warming?
Republicans, face the facts!!! You had your chance, you took your best shot and you gambled on the stupidity of the American citizens and guess what? Your best shot was a dud, your Vice Presidential candidate is an "air-head" and the American public is far from stupid.
Get real and accept the facts, the Democrats have a better choice, the American publiuc want to know what you are going to do for us not who can slimg mud better.
Obama 08

Here is a thought for eveybody out there. Bill Ayers hates the US. He was trampling all over the flag only 7 years ago, he has publicly stated, on of all days 9-11-01, that he had thought that the bombings of our government buildings did not go far enough. He has tried to kill poeple who served the United States, teaches how evil and unfair the United States is to any body who will listen including stutents at our universities. OK so this is all public knowledge we have all hashed thia over again and agian, but my question here is this.

Why does Bill Ayers like Senetor Obama so much?

Now this is thought provoking !

if you did wronf(acorn) then bite the bullet and let go,, like let go completely,, if not,,, then fight for your honor,,,,, seems fishy tho,, ummm

Just like the 2004 election, the republicans will try to find anything to stop the momentum of the democrats. The republicans are known for the aggressive tactics in getting out all kinds of votes during presidential elections, now they're seeing the democrats getting aggressive and they call foul. Won't work, not this time.

It only takes a few bad ACORNS to spoil things!!!!

I thought the comments were closed

obama was the laywer for acorn acorn is abuse of common sense FBI are rading their offices

I'm still trying to figure out why ACORN would be putting out obviously bad voter registrations, when there are thousands of people willing to sign up to vote. and the Democrats have a good lead right now, this is something that the party behind in the polls might try. Hm, mighty curious.

This is obviously an attempt to discredit ACORN, which is really sad. I can't believe our country is coming to this. We need change more than ever.

CNN please post me

There is more to Obama than meets the eye. He is crooked, and a lier!

Weird how all the facts are not even out yet, but the McCain campaign already has a website up about this.

I wish McCain had been this responsive while our economy was going down the drain!

Farrankhan calls Obama "Messiah". That is scary!

OBAMA = ACORN

Need I say more?

Just more from the slander mill of the McCain campaign -this coming from the Party who has committed voter fraud for as long as I can remember. They are disgusting and McCain has lowered himself and disgraced himself in a desperate attempt to grab at votes. He is a sad and pathetic old man who should have retired already. He is not fit for office and Palin is not only incompetent but now a proven liar and criminal in abusing her power in Alaska. She needs to leave the ticket and go home and clean up her messes - from her corrupt governorship down to her own family.

We should all be concerned about any type of voter fraud. The right to vote is our most sacred right in this country. Don't shrug it off because your candidate might get a little backlash.

Gee, you don't suppose a less than well meaning operatives from a right wing group could come up with overly idiotic names in order to slander a group representing the greater public good.

Republicans have shamed this country, and we are wise to you, so no dirty tricks will keep your dirty hands on the reins of power.

Neo-cons are goin down on November 4th, and then you're next Leiberman!!!

I would love to find out more about this. Cause tell you the truth everything they have been throwing at OB1 has fallen off him. I really want to be able to say "I knew this dude couldn't be so clean".

Palin takes the cake for sleaze and sham.

She plants her vile rhetoric like roadside bombs, when in reality her own life is filled with domestic terrorists.

This woman is dangerous and criminal. How could anyone be so blind as to support her?

Why are the forms showing up in bulk now? Because if you dump them off at the deadline date, there's less time to verify and the staff is busy, so more chance for human error in the verification process. Use your brain people. This isn't a conspiracy, it's an ACORN strategy.

Dont you republicans have enough money to buy the election has you have done before. Remember watergate and 2000. Do not come telling me about acorn. I cannot believe you republicans do not have enough money to buy this one

Rove, you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!!

Why is no one questioning the voting during the primaries..?
Obama has said that he gave Acorn the money to help register voters during the primaries and not the general election.

Does this mean that all of his primary votes weren't legitimate and Clinton probably had the nomination stolen from her….

Scary Sarah should resign from the republican ticket and go take care of her family.

This lady is a power hungry egotist that describes exactly what she says about Senator Obama.

She is a unAmerican loser.

Gosh is there no limit to how low the Republicans and McBush Palin witll sink - get over yourselves - ACORN is simply excercising something you know very little about - it's called "Constitutional Rights"!

Yup. acorn are punks. But Obama has no fault in this so do not even try to go there witch Sarah. Lets talk about the Republicans across America who are removing African Americans from the voter roles because their homes were forclosed on. Not McBush's fault? I agree. The difference is that Obama is not trying to spin lies and false attacks like McBush and Palin are.

This suggest a new strategy for a GOP win

Isn't it a bit suspicious that an entire pile or registrations should be fraudulent? And in a Democratic stronghold in Ohio of all places. Did all of the workers get bitten by the same bug at the same time? Or did someone collect individual smelly forms into one pile. This smells of a setup to smear Acorn at a time when the McCain camp is desperate to smear Obama with anything - Acorn, Ayers, Wright, Rezko - throw mud and some might stick. I am sure each Acorn form can be traced back to a registered worker and to the time it was turned in. Any worker guilty of misconduct can and will be punished. Any untraceable forms or registrations already negated should be investigated as to how they got into the pile. Besides what is the purpose of false registrations if there is noone out there to present a matching ID or SS#?

I keep hearing about the hate and the lies from the republican side.
Nothing about the hate and devisiveness from such greats as: Reverend Wright, William Ayers and the unifying effect that if you say anything about Obama you're obviously a racist.
Which reminds me- I must just be a bitter gun totin, Bible readin' religion clinging old man! Let's hear it for Obama unifying the country.

The Clintons, Clinton Democrats, moderate Democrats, independent thinking Democrats, need to realize that once the Obama people win this election, they will have absolute dominion over not just the Democratic party but the nation for the foreseeable future.

Their ideology allows them to do anything, use anyone to achieve their goals. The have no shame because they are simply right. Morally superior to all others. If you are one of them, I'm sure you have no problem with ACORN, Ayers, Wright, Soros, Raines, Franks, Dodd, et.al. but if not, you might want to give serious thought to a world run by these people. At this point, we may still have a choice.

WHAT THE H IS WRONG WITH JOHN MCCAIN PICKING PALIN AFTER MEETING HER 2 TIMES. I GUESS PALIN WINKED AT HIM AND AGAIN THIS OLD FOOL FELL FOR IT. SNL HAD IT RIGHT.

Another stupid distraction.

Perhaps Sarah Palin should also tell the truth. Here we go again, six degrees of seperation.

Ann Romero:

You may as well just give up this argument. This has been fact checked by more than one non-partisan organization.

Now, how about that abuse of power by Palin. Do you really want to push an agenda of honesty here?

I just have to question "why are these so-called fraudulant registration forms suddenly showing up in bulk, when this organization has been registering potential voters for almost 2 yrs?" It also doesn't make sense to me that anyone would be so stupid as to put easily disputible information on the forms and even have it be obvious that all were filled out by the same individual. Sooo….something smells Rove-ish to me. Afterall, the law now requires that these prospective voters show adequate ID prior to receiving a ballot…………. so what would be the potential gain for them to commit fraud…..it just makes no sense!

I just have to question "why are these so-called fraudulant registration forms suddenly showing up in bulk, when this organization has been registering potential voters for almost 2 yrs?" It also doesn't make sense to me that anyone would be so stupid as to put easily disputible information on the forms and even have it be obvious that all were filled out by the same individual. Sooo….something smells Rove-ish to me. Afterall, the law now requires that these prospective voters show adequate ID prior to receiving a ballot…………. so what would be the potential gain for them to commit fraud? It just makes no sense!

The whole ACORN thing is frustrating. Look…everyone out there has worked with one person or another that has managed to screw up the job they were hired to do. While I do think that ACORN should implement some sort of quality control so that they are actually getting the completed product from their employee, I dont think that they have intentionally committed fraud. I also do not believe that Obama did anything wrong in hiring a company to go out there and register new voters. Its actually a shame that we have to hire people to go out and roost up the people who have failed to do their civil duty.

This tells you how Macain supporters are followers with no thinking faculty.
Why will the one ahead make such move.
How can some with common sense complicate every attack they try to pull.
A friend of Rev. Wright is a muslim. A christian and Moslem at a time? These followers do not even understand why Macain will not mention the 2 conflicting things at the debate.
Palin belongs to independent group who wants to immancipate out of USA and "—- has no respect for American. That is the height of Patriotism. And Macain has really put Country first.
And O he is a Teriorist and at the same time a liberal?
I really want Macain/Palin to continue their hate attack because their Obama attack are everything we have had before and I want Obama to bring out their own affilates, bad judgements and liers. Bring it on Macain.

This is just NUTS.

Honestly people, what did you expect? Not EVERYONE is as clean and pure as McCain and Palin. Oh, wait. I suppose I should have said that not everyone is perfect and has faults just like McCain /Palin or Obama/Biden.

Look hard enough and you will find SOMETHING wrong with any campaign. Because humans are not perfect. The question is not if it happened, but who knew what and for how long.

That said, I truly doubt Obama had any idea of the individual actions of ACORN personal. And I know he would not have approved of such activities if he did.

Now… enough with minor distractions (and Yes, this is minor)

Back to your regularly scheduled needs…….. ….. the issues?

Acorn will have to go into the far reaches of its subliminal mind to come up with a good reason why they did what they did.
Their repeated criminal action was funded by taxpayers too.
How many more witnesses will have to come forward with their stories of pressure from Acorn before you folks believe it happened?

When we have the huge numbers in voter registrations that we just had, we are likely to get registrations that are not valid. I doubt that this is a huge fraud as it is being pointed out to be. I am sure there are errors as some people are voting for the first time. We need to Welcome new voters and help them thourgh the process and not try to discourage them.

I think the Republicans are seeing more here than really exists. At the same time, I'm always surprised when I go to vote and no one asks for any identification. I think every state should have voting laws that are easy to comply with and allow the most people possible to vote - once.

THEY ALONG WITH OBAMA NEED TO FACE FRAUFLENT CHARGES. HE IS INTO IT UP TO HIS NECK. HIS $800,000 CONTRIBUTION CONFIRMS THAT CONNECTION. IT SHOWS ME HE CHEATED HILLARY OUT OF THE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE JOB FOR THE DNC.

While there is no doublt some shady characters who have turned in a few thousand fraudulent registrations the overall mission of ACORN is without a doubt noble and honorable. Out of hundreds of thousands of valid registrations a few thousand is being blown way out of proportion for political reasons.

This story seems so suspicious to me. Is it not hard to believe that this could be part of some plan to discredit all of the HUGE numbers of newly registered democrats?

This is set up. It is too much of a coincidence that this is happening in only battleground states and with a democratic-leaning voter registration group. In criminal investigations, evidence becomes suspected of being planted or tampered with when it overwhelming points to one suspect which the McCain campaign has made Obama.

I hope this is fully investigated, and I am willing to bet that an anti-Obama group - that strongly opposes his policies or race - is behind this.

I have to admit, this seems too convenient for the Republican party. I think you will find the "skunk" in the Republican party. It's a non issue.

Isn't it funny that when McCain/Palin got negative feedback from their own party, the press and the public, John McCain "defended Obama". Yet, prior to this, he allowed the anger and rage. If this tactic had worked, I'd be willing to bet McCain/Palin would still be encouraging this behavior from their crowd. Only when it didn't work is when they acted.

Wonder what they are going to try next?

Everyone needs to focus on what's important–the Economic 9/11. I can't believe that Republican guy actually stated on TV that he just got a car loan, wasn't having any financial problems and it was only a small percentage of the country that is having problems–guy was on Larry King Live–where has that guy been? Mars? Boy, the Republican party is really out of touch with Main Street America.

Watching Larry King Live tonight and his panel of guests on the subject of Acorn voter's registation drive, one of the guest outright call the African American offical from Acorn a liar. How dare him used that word, to describe a woman that he does not anything and have the audacity to call her Bertha, does it know this lady well enought to call her by first name, or is that his way to put her in place! The real issue is white Americans do not want a black President, some how they feel they may lose their favor son status! Racism has finally reared his ugly head up! The news media needs to call a spade a spade and stop dancing around the issue.

In million of job application people try to use other people’s identity it happens it’s up to the electro commission to ensure the votes are valid and those involved should be persecuted period, people know the law and if they break the law it’s not McCain or Obama. So that’s up to the authority to ensure that there is integrity and honest in the whole process, and above all I don’t see why someone might want to do that
Go Obama and Joe

McCain cares so much about the people of American (Country First, remember) that he is willing to throw out this red herring at the last moment to try to save people in elections offices from having to look through new voter registrations. These faulty applications were flagged and caught. This is just ridiculous. There is NO story here except that the Republican spin machine in flailing to try to save their sinking ship. McCain a leader? He is proving he is NOT George W. Bush. He is WORSE. It is truly sad for a man who used to have some integrity an dignity.

There is probably some truth to ACORN. BUT there is also a lot more truth to the GOP trying to prevent voting….what's next GOP…reinstituting the "poll tax"?

Remember nothing will stop the GOP from trying to win the election.

McSame and Insane Palin…I am not afraid to say it…it IS lipstick on a pig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like ACORN is practicing what we call "democracy"!

I agree that many of these false registration applications have been planted by republicans. The case in Indiana was so blatant and so easily detected, it was as though someone wanted it to be caught.

I thought to myself, 'what kind of dolt would try to commit fraud in such an obvious manner?'

Turns out it was most likely one of those god-fearing, gun-toting, maintain-the-status-quo, republican dolts.

i don't get what the big deal is all about because when you go to vote, you would need to show your ID, so i dont get why the republicans are trying to twist things, when it is obvious, you can register as a snake but when it is time to vote your ID better show you are a snake or it dont matter.

OBAMA 08′

Obama = ACORN, Wright, Ayers, Racism, Islam, Atheism, Terrorism, Rezko, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. Wow, good qualities.

MIKE YOUR A TOOL WHO PROBABLY USED TO WORK FOR ACORN SUBMITTED MILLIONS IN FALSE REGISTRATION CARDS AND WENT OFF TO STUDY THE KORAN…… DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS FROM MR. FERROKAN? OBAMA IS THE MESSIAH OF THE ISLAM NATION GOING TO BRING SUCH RADICAL CHANGE TO THE U.S GOVT. HMMMMM COULD HE BE LYING TO ALL OF YOU MORONS AND THE ONLY AGENDA HE HAS IS TO PAY BACK ALL OF THE TERRORISTS, EXTREMISTS, AND SOCIALIST BACKERS THAT HAVE PAVED HIS WAY TO THE SENATE IN GOLD AND OH YEAH FREE EDUCATION AT SOME OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S. THAT HE DIDN'T PAY A DIME FOR AND DIDN'T HAVE THE GRADES TO EVEN GET INTO HARVARD WITH ALL OF THE YOUTHFUL DRUG USE….. WISH I COULD SEE HIS THESIS PAPER ON THE DISMANTLING OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR PROGRAM SO THAT WE ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES WHEN IRAN AND PAKISTAN DECIDE TO STRIKE US…. DOUCHE BAG

Another link to a questionable group for Obama? When are you people going to wake up and realize this guy is about nothing but himself? He makes one good speech in 2004 and has been running for President ever since. He has no experience and will send this country down the tubes. Look what happened in MA with their "Messiah"
Obama is a Socialist with good speaking skills. I doubt that you'll see much about this on the Liberal networks. Obama has direct ties to ACORN, but the press will play it down. Be afraid America.

NObama…No Way…No How

As I read these blogs, this example clearly illustrates that Obama supporters like Obama regardless. They are simply too clueless and I'm sure all have been followers all their lives. They wouldn't know leadership if it hit them in the face.