CNN

Yeah, they better do something after that 2004 debacle. There will be a state in this election that will play a pivotal role that will also have problems (fraud).

Someone asked why the lawsuits against voter fraud were in the battle ground states.... Where else woud it be? If Obama wants to win he has to win the battle ground states thus more voter registration and voter fraud in these states.

Dear Laura, Boston:

Yes. We can read your comments. They are borne of ignorance and a fervent belief that you can be correct despite countervailing factual evidence.

In keeping with the theme of this blog, you should probably read the ENTIRE decision issued by the Court. It can very very easily be found via Google. The dissents make very clear that this decision is unlikely to stand unless the Sup. Ct. decides to split along party lines (again) or unabashedly refuses to grant certiorari.

Go read, and learn. Vote informed.

Thank you,

The American Public

There's a place for people that break the law its called PRISON, but I'll bet nothing will ever happen to them

THIS IS SUCH A FAKE, NON-STORY!!!

'MICKEY MOUSE' IS NOT GOING TO SHOW UP TO VOTE!

SNUFFY SMITH' IS NOT GOING TO SHOW UP TO VOTE!

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD- (UNEDUCATED ACORN VOLUNTEERS)

VS ACTUAL VOTING FRAUD – (REPUB VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS)

I'm almost finished reading "Make Believe Maverick" by the Rolling Stone. Thanks to whomever suggested the read. I'm saddened at the fact that my dislike for McCain is now stronger than my dislike for George W... McCain may have been a better candidate in 2000 compared to now, but he appears to have been misguided his entire life.

ohhh... Like ACORN registering the same people multiple times (some as many as 70+) is not voter fraud? Get your head out of the sand and look at your own party libs!!
Just recently 2100 of 5000 registrations done by the non-partisan (hahaha!!) ACORN were dumped. ACORN!! Our tax dollars at work!

CNN:

When my comment is awaiting moderation (which seems to be always), can others read what I have written?

Bloggers, this is a test of the Awaiting Moderation System. If you can let me know if you can read my blogs.

Thanks, Laura, Boston

Whats a ACORN?????.DO?????..and dont knock ( LOU DOBBS..) he has the Bs to say whats on his mind..and thats my kind of guy..if more of you folks would yak up a good fight..maybe some dumbell in white house will listen..but i dought it..why are we letting big shots push us around..tell them whats on your mind..and if they dont like it tell them to kiss you know what..me i am tired of goverment telling me i can do this or i cant do that..the whole country is out of control..time to put big money in its place..those cottonpickers think they own everything.. but they dont own me..and when i see them lose money it makes my day..and if ya dont like what i say..i dont give a hoot.....its my comment...end of story.. THEY CALL ME RICK.

As a previously life long Republican and retired military man, I am disgusted at the tactics of the Republican party. It is no wonder that it attracts candidates like McCain, Palin and other rich fakers.

How can this be voters fraud? Have they cast a vote yet? If the McCain camp was winning in the polls right now, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

"Multiple registrations do not equate to multiple votes on the evening of the election." – The response here is similar to many excuses Democrats make when caught with their own problems. It's essentially saying, "well it may be wrong, but think about this other circumstance instead." So it's ok to have people fraudulently reigstering, that's not too bad. The fact that this poster's name is "John Galt" makes me laugh even harder. How on earth would any Democrat take the name of one of Ayn Rand's most famous characters??????? That guy obviously never read Atlas Shrugged – must have seen the name somewhere in the New York Times.

I stand corrected... 2

Take LOU DOBBS off the air...GET JACK CAFFERTY BACK!!!

Please Post CNN, It is a valid question

Does anyone know about the absentee ballot requests in WI (and MI?) that the McCain campaign sent out that can invalidate your registration???????
Why isn't there any court ruling on that?
Is there anything that can be done???????

Can someone who knows more than I do respond to this? Thanks.

Ken from Dallas:

What you said is true. Voter registration fraud is different from voter fraud....however when ACORN members knowing hand the same person (as Anderson Cooper brought out) 73 forms...that stinks!

It is fraud! It is bad enough that the FBI is looking into it in many many states.

That is what the problem has been. If one Mickey Mouse registration was put in after an ACORN worker handed them the form fine...but to pay someone in cigarettes (primarily homeless) if they fill out multiple forms. Sorry! I agree with LOU DOBBS...this problem shouldn't exist in this country.

A third world country does a better job (IRAQ) holding elections. They dipped fingers in ink so noone could vote twice.

This is an attempt by the Republican party to keep legitimate voters from voting.

check id and let people vote. enough said.

can cnn please tell the uneducation GOP that Mickey Mouse isn't going to vote. that the ACORN scandal isn't and was never going to result in extra votes for obama. how stupid are you people?

IT IS TRULY SAD TO SEE THAT RACISM AND IGNORANCE STILL GRIPS THIS COUNTRY TODAY (ALTHOUGH NOT UNBELIEVABLE). AYERS= COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN WHICH SOME OF YOUR KIDS MAY BE TAUGHT SOME DAY, ACORN= BUSH 2000 AND 2004 ELECTION. I WISH SOME OF YOU WERE MAN OR WOMEN ENOUGH TO SAY HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT OBAMA AND STOP HIDING BEHIND THESE RIDICULOUS CLAIMS. THEN YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE RESPECTED. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA IS PEOPLE ARE MORE APT TO (HIDE) THIER TRUE FEELINGS!

GETTING DESPERATE. IT WILL WORK IN OBAMA/BIDEN FAVOUR BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SCRUTINY ON REPUG VOTES THAT ARE LARGELY CHARACTERISED BY FRAUD. REMEMBER '04, WE ARE WISER NOW. CANT WAIT TO SEE THEM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

Susie, Senator Obama has nothing to do with ACORN voter fruad. Stop believing every talking point conservative talk show host, conservative talk radio host and the republicans put out there. ACORN is independent of the Obama campaign and the youngsters working for them to register voters turned in fake ballots just to collect some dough. The likely hood of "Joe Smith" showing up to vote in several states with a MATCHING ID, with the CORRECT address is unlikely. Lets stick to the facts and not the false accusations. I know this is ALL the republicans and their "diehard" fans have but it does not make it true Susie.

Obama can't win leagally so he will use ACORN to win the seat. This guy cannot be trusted..... wants to ban guns WANTS ABORTIONS

USES MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN FROM FOREIGN NATIONS. HAS A LOT OF TIES TO SHADY PEOPLE He is just what the United States does not need

My God....How can anyone with a brain vote republican after the last eight years? I just can't fathom it. Either they are completely irresponsible or they made huge personal fortunes at the expense of everyone else. To cast a republican vote now is just an admission of guilt or complete disregard for integrity. I don't think I would actually tell anyone if I voted for McCain.

Lets all vote.I worship Rush Limbaugh because he dropped out of school but is still the smartest man in the world.He has a golden microphone and smokes Chicom cigars made in Cuba.I send him money for hats and t shirts too so he can maintain his life style of luxury.

I think that this means that the system is working, otherwise Mickey Mouse would have been registered to vote. Republicans sure can scream loud when they are losing, Losers!!!

Who will save McCain?
What can save McCain?
How did McCain dig himself into a hole.

McCain used his granpa and pa's connection all his life to get out of the mess his life has always been.

More recently, and during Keating Five, the POW line got him off!!

This is pay back time McCain, you have ridden rough-shod over the good will of the American people.

You will not get off easily this time, your lies will eventually catchup with you, and it is now, this time. The American people do not want your types (liars and influence peddlers) as their leaders anymore.

God bless America.

Love how Obama supporters cry foul if Republicans do something "unethical" but when their people do something "unethical" they say "well the Republicans do the same thing" Pot calling the kettle black? Confirm the registration of voters regardless of what party they're registered under. This is fair, yes? Unless of course you want to register dead or fictional people that Obama will raise from the dead or turn into real people with all The One powers so they can vote for him... Gimme a break. Whine whine whine..

NOBAMA!!
Don't Drink the Koolaid!
You will NOT get a free Unicorn if you vote for him no matter what he has said!!!

REVEREND WRIGHT's CHICKEN ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST...

TO PUT OBAMA OVER THE TOP !!!
The end justifies the means.

It does not matter how Obama gets the votes......
The reverend will forgive and forget.

Tulsa- One bill does not constitute reaching across party lines. Thanks for the reminder how many times he actually did. 1

The Republicans Are Behind The Acorn Mess!

It is a waste of time and money to do this in Ohio. If they were really interested in getting this right all they would have to do is make people show valid id. THAT IS IT!

When the talking points fall flat the RNC really kowns how to turn up the fraud.

Tulsa:

That right also applies to Obama....I wasn't saying it didn't.

I don't go by one YouTube video to make a decision about something so important. I do actual reading (news reports, magazines, internet sites) to help me make an informed decision.

That is what we all should do. It shouldn't be about skin color, gender, age (old or young)...it should be about records, past experiences. Experience is not a dirty word.

I was for Hillary and wish that people applied more research and less hype. I have a feeling we may have seen a different outcome.

Laura, Boston

CNN,

I don't know why you suppress most of the blogs like the republicans are trying to suppress the votes; apparently there is information you don't want people to know. Either way my voice will be heard, if not here than I will set up my own site and voice it there.

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McCain/Palin are grasping for a thinning rope hoping to influence that part of America that blindly believes a tale because their republican candidate says it to be so. Multiple registrations do not equate to multiple votes on the evening of the election. Give it up republicans, the freak show of McCain/Palin was never intended to win.

Joe Sixpack October 15th, 2008 10:43 am ET

Now the GOP needs to do the same in Georgia where the dems are going after prisoners and everyone who has no right to vote.

Clearly you don't really understand Georgia State Law...TRY AGAIN

The Republican party is the party of fraud and corruption and dishonesty and hypocrisy.
And Josh (comment posted 10:29 am ET)..tells us all where the former Republican Governor of Illinois is at now.

Desperation is so befitting the Republicans,this is more fun than drowning rats.

Hey...all you Obama Haters....He will win this thing without Ohio so don't get too excited.

It is amazing to me to see how the Republicans are starting early with the voting issues. GWB cheated his way into the white house 2 elections in a row and nothing was ever said or done about that. Now look at the state of our country, I am sure the Republicans are so proud of their decisions to help him get there by any means necessary.

It is amazing that all the issues that we are having are coming from the swing states. Something doesn't smell right here.

Is it not true that there is at least one Republican in these branches to verify the registrar? So unless these people are going to rise from the dead and Mickey Mouse and all his friends show up at the polls to vote. What does that have to do with anything? The ones who actually committed the fraud are the ones that need to have there commissions revoked and fired.

ACORN is known for registering Democratic voters but that does not mean those in office have control over what other people do and say when "Big Brother" isn't watching. Just look at McCain and Palin...we all know McCain wishes he could have put a muzzle on her.

By the way I am a woman no sexism here!

Republicans at work again........Maxine Waters reported this type of voter fraud weeks ago on SPAN.....They just can't steal this election!!!

Dems are known for voter fraud???? Are you kidding me??? Did you forget the whole Bush OHIO voter fraud? Please! Get a reality check.

we dont have problems in Florida..only the dumbells, that run the voting booths, and polls have the problem..why.. because they think they own them..i have voted, in absentee, and wrote in who i wanted as president..and if enough of you people would wake up to reality..in stead of all this mumbo jumbo junk ya hear all the time you would do the same... some knuckle heads in certain parts of state, try to fix the vote for their own reasons,..but most folks tell them to get lost..i see no reason to vote for OB or McCain..so i voted for gal..so what..its my vote...if ohio or whoever, screws up, thats shows they are not fit to run and work polls ..end of story.. THEY CALL ME RICK.

Gary, are you serious. Palin and McCain both are allowed to walk away from reporters without answering a single question, and no one complains. Palin has been allowed to only speak with the reporters of her choice, and no one complains. She and McCain have stirred hate at their rallies, and not one reporter has seriously held their feet to the fire on the mavericky behavior. If Obama had been found guilty to abusing power in Illinois, you betcha, that would have been played for WEEKS up until the election. If Obama had a pastor that conducted actual witch hunts, that woud have played for weeks. If Michelle Obama had an actual tie with a group trying to secede from the union, that would have been played for weeks. So, John McCain/Palin plays the card, Mainstream media is picking on me? I say stop interviewing them both since they pick and chose when and how they are going to respond. If they win, the Republican party is finished, remember how we celebrated when Bush won......

Obama was a lawyer,he knowns how to hide the evidence that is not good for him.

Super D: you are a super idiot

Americans are saying "not this time."

That one is Karl Marxs friend too October 15th, 2008 11:02 am ET

I find it very amusing that some rogue folks endorse Obama and now he's reaching across party lines?
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Tell Senators Luger and Coburn that they aren't Republicans. They both co-sponsored bills with Barack Obama.
Idiot.

This is really a joke. Show your ID if it is DL, SSN Card ,BC. How can Ohio's secretary of state to establish a system to verify hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters by Friday. The Republicans invented voter fraud. It is not CHAD this time but voter registration fraud trying to STEAL the election again. GO Obama/Biden

The conservatives are so desparate!! I am a election judge. There are check points put in place to make sure that you can only vote once and you have to be in your designated precinct to even vote once!! Give the election judges and officials some credit please. Also, Obama is running his own separate get out to vote registration, which, has nothing to do with Acorn!!

Obama did nothing wrong with Ayers! For goodness sake, Ayres is a freakin teacher now, and was a mere child when Ayers got in trouble.
Lets talk about Palin and her breach of power and her ties to the Alaskan Independence Party...also her complete lack of intelligence.
She is dangerous, and McCain is even worse.
He put our country at risk in choosing her as VP candidate.

That is not the only voter suppression that is take place by the republicans. According to CNN’s Sunday morning news cast the republicans are going to college campuses and low income neighborhoods and handing out flyers saying “If you have any outstand warrants or traffic tickets you can be arrested if you come to vote.” They will do anything to keep “That one” out of office.

They are already trying to not count votes. Sad day!

Here we go!

Laura, Boston.....head over to youtube.com and look for yourself!!! There are plenty of speeches she gave at the AIP meetings...While your there, take a look at her witchcraft pastor praying for her in tongues!! It's a real eye opener!!!!!

Hey all you Republican looney-tunes posting here, what do you have to say about Rolin Martin's article calling Sarah Palin a liar?

How unAmerican do you think it is for Sarah and her Hubby to hang around a Successionist who spewed hate for America and was killed trying to buy plastic explosive illegally?

You Republican loons are really mentally ill or NAZI's.

So typical. It's only voter fraud if the Republicans think they won't benefit from it. Why isn't CNN showing McCain speaking at an ACORN function a couple of years ago?

$800,000 of Obama's campaign money to ACORN!!!
But, of course, the rife voter fraud has nothing to do with him, nothing to do with incentives for 'Get out the vote for Obama'.

Barack Obama (Community Organizer) + CRA + ACORN + James Johnson + Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae kickbacks + Barney Frank + Chris Dodd + Chuck Schumer + Democrats blocking GSE regulation

They all add up to a housing market and Wall St. meltdown – bad judgment at best, and corruption at its highest level at worst.

Add to that Tony Rezco + Rev. Wright + Farrakhan + Ayers = more bad judgment

I just wonder how many of those risky mortgages Barack Obama enabled are now in foreclosure!!!

Leadership we just don't need.

****ing ridiculous!!!

This country is going to hell in a handbasket.

McCain/Palin gets in- I am LEAVING!!! Canada or Europe- here I come!!

CNN IS A BIAS STINKEN MEDIA. GAVE OBAMA A FREE RIDE THROUGH THIS WHOLE RACE.WONT TAKE MY COMMENTS IF THEY DONT PRAISE OBAMA. YOU STINKEN NAIVE OBAMA SUPPORTERS FULL OF HATE WILL FIND THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT YOUR CANIDATE WHEN ITS TO LATE. THIS HAS BEEN A FIXED RACE FROM THE BEGINING. EVERYTME OBAMA GETS CAUGHT IN CORRUPTION LIKE ACORN AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES,HE BACKS AWAY SAYING HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE IS A BIG JOKE.YOU MORONS BETTER START WORRYING ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY INSTEAD OF A GLAMOUR MEDIA CLOWN. WE MAY NOT HAVE A COUNTRY TO WORRY ABOUT.OBAMA BEING ELECTED WILL BE THE WORST DISASTER SINCE 911. THAT IS THE FACTS.

Laura, Boston.
Yes, you are innocent until proven guilty. So why doesn't that apply to Barack Obama?

This Acorn mess is a political stunt by the republican party in order to try to discount real votes in the swing states – real votes for Barack Obama.
John McCain is already setting the stage for voter fraud because he is so far behind in the polls.
Also, I would also like someone to speak out about Sara Palins link to the Alaskan Independence Party and to her abuse of power as governor of alaska.
Why are things against her being covered up by the press?

Matt,
You are absolutely right. Voting is a right. It is also the single most patriotic thing we as citizens can do.
Our Country doesn't ask much for what we get in return. Be informed, vote for the good of the Country. Pay your taxes.

The truth about ACORN is that the cheap labor they hired faked filling out their voter registration lists because they didn't want to do the real work for the money!! EVERYBODY know this... it is no secret those workers get paid by the volume of the lists they turn in. DUH!!

I don't want to hear about how dishonest ACORN is when Republicans have been the frontrunners in voter fraud and voter intimidation!! Hiring armed off-duty police officers to stand outside polling places... trying to get voters names removed from registration lists who have had their homes foreclosed on.... and don't even get me started on Katherine Harris!!!

Republican know all about stealing elections... they are the FOREMOST authority on the subject!!! How anyone can support their party or vote for a candidate from their current Culture of Corruption defies all logic and family values. They ARE the party of SLEEZE!!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!! VOTE SMART... NOT SLEEZE!!!

super d...let me spell it out for you...two words....are you ready....YOUR WRONG!!!!!

Since this is the only article open for comment...

I had a thought I wanted to share. If McCain loses this election, he has the internet to thank. America was able to vet Sarah Palin in 2-3 days. If only McCain had 21st Century vision to learn how to use the internet. Look how Obama's campaign is revolutionary, setting a standard for all future Presidential elections. Oh, and if McCain wasn't a liar that'd probably help him too...

Watch out, Republicans will do anything to have your name purged from the voting records legally or otherwise. Their actions are intended to have your vote invalidated, ignored or suppressed.

"Democratic voters in at least two Wisconsin communities have received absentee voter forms from the McCain campaign that - if used - could cause their votes to be ignored.

Is it a simple error? Or campaign shenanigans and voter fraud? You be the judge."–Racine Post

To Winnie Hussein:

Prove to us she did belong to that group!!

I don't know what country you live in; but, in America you are presumed innocent until PROVEN guilty.

Laura, Boston

Please CNN post my comments

Maria October 14th, 2008 11:20 pm ET

Funny, Obama can;t get away from AYERS, WRIGHT, FANNY, FREDDIE, RESKO, ACORN.

Mr. Obama, your campaign is a farce, so are you and your pathetic, sound byte spewing cult followers.
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LOL.... She said, as she spews Republican sound bytes..

Grow up Maria. Vote for a uniting force at a time when we need it.
Vote Obama 08

Good like Anderson says Keeping them Honest.

THIS RACE HAS BEEN A ONE SIDED RACE. MEDIA IS PRO- OBAMA AND NO ONE CAN SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT RACE ISSUES BEING BROUGHT UP. THE NAIVE HATEFULL OBAMA SUPPORTERS CAN TRASH THE OTHER CANIDATES AND MEDIA EATS IT UP.THEY ARE ALL A BUNCH OF STINKEN MORONS. OBAMA IS STEALINGTHIS ELECTION AND ONE BIG PART OF IT IS ACORN. OBAMA GETS CAUGHT IN A CORRUPT SITUATION ,THAN HE TURNS AWAY LIKE HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE IS A BIG JOKE. HE HAS DONE THE SAME THINK WITH OTHER ISSUES LIKE PASTOR,AYERS, REZCO AND MANY MORE WE WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT. HIS NAIVE SUPPORTERS FULL OF HATE HAVE NOTHING BETTER THAN BLAMING THE OTHER PARTY EVERYTIME OBAMA GETS CAUGHT IN LIES. HE HAS GOT THE RED CARPET TREATMENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE RACE. RIGHT FROM THE DAY HE HAD HRC SWIFTBOATED OUT WITH THE HELP OF SUPER DELIGATES, MEDIA AND DNC. THAT IS THE FACTS. HERE IS SOME MORE FACTS. THERE IS ONLY TWO THINGS QUARENTEED IN LIFE PAYING TAXES AND DYING. THERE IS A SAYING FOR OBAMA. WHAT GLITTERS IS NOT ALWAYS GOLD. THINK ABOUT IT YOU MORONS BEFORE WE HAVE NO COUNTRY TO WORRY ABOUT.

To Winnie Hussein:

Prove to us she did belong to that group!!

I don't know what country you live in; but, in America you are presumed innocent until PROVEN guilty.

Laura, Boston

Sarah Palin told Rush L. that she has nothing to loose running against Barack Obama. He is not one of us. What is she talking about? This country has such great diversity i dont understand her america.This country is not for white people only if that"s what she means i have a broblem with that. She is so lost someone need to take her back to Alaska she does not belong to this Amreica. Now i see the reason why she and her husband want Alaska to be their little country.

BARACK THE VOTE PEOPLE.

It is so obvious that the republican party is behind the ACORN scandal – they're already trying to raise voting fraud in swing states so that if McCain loses the election they can scream VOTER FRAUD.

Will Obama ask for a refund of the $800,000 he paid ACORN for get out the vote – if they're not allowed to count the fraudulent votes, what was the point?

Watch out for vote flipping by rigged touchscreens and undersupply of voting machines in low-income precincts. Three stolen elections will strike out what's left of American democracy.

Fraudulent votes and fraudulent registration VERY DIFFERENT!

If you want to talk about fraudulent, how can any news source be reporting electoral votes when we haven't even voted yet? How can the electoral college be committing their votes when we haven't even held the election yet?

Will it even matter what the American people say on November 4th if the electoral college has already decided? Looks a lot like the Democratic Nomination process.......delegates and superdelegates vs the actual vote of the people.........

Why don't we just bring back Poll Taxes. Why is it that Iraq can hold elections without problems in the middle of a war and we let Lawyers from both parties try to find ways to keep Americans from voting. What a disgrace.

NO One, and I mean NO One can steal the election the way the repubs did in the last two. This has nothing to do with Obama and you all know it, it is the rethuglicans up to their typical tactics because they know they are losing big time. The rethuglicans invented voter fraud. Stop listening to faux news and rush and get some facts.

What is all the fuss? Just show ID when you vote!!! If the registrant is dead, obviously won't show up to vote. If they are under a false name, they couldn't have a gov't issued ID. . . This is DUH material.

Acorn, by the way, registers VOTERS, not only democrats. Whatever stupid things they as an organization have done has NO bearing on either candidate. They, as an independent (albiet liberal leaning) organization should be investigated and punished as deemed necessary.

Obama is not for fraudulent voting or registrations. He doesn't need that to win. All he needs is to be who he is, an inspiring and intelligent LEADER.
Palin is sinking McCain's ship anyway with all her hate.

This whole thing, along with the "accidental" purging in other key states reeks of the old Repulican games.

But YES WE CAN overcome this BS. Everyone verify your registration and get your butts out the door on the 4th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is for all the uninformed Republican spin meisters: Obama has nothing to do with the voter "REGISTRATION" fraud. Acorn hired these people who were given money for voters they could register. A chosen few decided to be lazy and fill out the forms. Acorn group found the forms, checked them over and realized they were not genuine. Acorn , by state law, must turn in all forms filled out..Legal or not legal...Barack Obama has NOTHING to do with this. Change your channel when the right-wing neo-cons are on. They are feeding you nothing but bold face lies! I just feel so sorry for all of you. I thought the American people were more intellegent than this...I'm sad to say I was really wrong about you!!! If you want to talk about voter fraud though, take a look at the elections of 2000 and 2004! Nice try this time Republicans...you won't be able to steal democrat votes this year!!!!!!

The Dems have nothing to hide look all they want- there are of ton of newly registered Dems that will take the white house back. The Rethugs thinks that everyone are cheaters like them that is why they are starting this mess.... it won't work!@

Obama & Biden 2008! Change I can barely wait for :0)

No one is going to show up to vote so there is no VOTER FRAUD. Educate yourself on this issue BEFORE making FALSE statements. You haters sound like LOU DOBBS who has been showing HATE MONGORING on his show since last Wed. He's sickening and we all should turn to MSNBC when his show comes on! Let's BOYCOTT LOU DOBBS FROM HERE OUT. HOPEFULLY HIS RATING DROP! HE HAS NO RIGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VIEWERS BY SAYING THAT BARACK OBAMA SUPPORTS ACORN. He's not an Independent, HE’S AN IDIOT who isn't being truthful about distinguishing between VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD! CNN, YOU SHOULD TELL LOU THAT THE ECONOMY HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON YOUR NETWORK AND HE IS LAID OFF INDEFINENTLY!

OBAMA/BIDEN -08!

It's a good idea to verify new registration forms. Sen Obama is the first person to want people only eligible to vote, voting, so this is not a problem.

My question is where they not verifying all new voter's registration forms before and if not why?

Verifying voters is a MUST, but last I checked (at least here in Michigan) you are triple checked when you go to vote.. You are ID'd when you register, they mail you a card to your registered address & then you provide your issued voter registration card, your drivers license & they match the info to the printout from their database BEFORE you even get a ballot. I don't see how fake registrations really does much to help a candidate if that check at time of voting is done.. As far as pre-votes at time of registration, if they weren't properly checked at the time they were done they need to be verified again BUT in no way should they invalidate the people already registered & verified properly as that is just red tape.

Btw, since when is it only Democrats who would cheat on registrations?!? Give me a break! Worst case scenario it is nealy 50/50.
Bill – Ann Arbor, MI

If my vote doesn't count i'm going to be ticked off.

In the past every time I went to vote, I was always ask what my name and address was. The person verified the information I gave and then crossed my name off the list. I was able to vote.

Now we have voter registration cards. You cannot get a voter registration card if you do not have a real address. Most of the "Acorn" registration forms that have been reported in the news, do not have real names or adresses. Hence, they will not be getting registration cards.

The person or people that filled out these forms will not have any effect on this election, because they will not be voting.

Stop making a mole hill into a mountain. Dumb people should not be allowed to vote.

Come on folks when are you going to see that it is both of the major parties who are cheating? Both of these parties have lead our nation to economic crisis, because both of these parties have lost sight of the U.S. Constitution. Both of these parties have lost sight of the freedoms of it's citizens. To them you are nothing more than a taxpayer to be squeezed for ever dime you can earn.

I still dont know why you people are backing these 2 clowns, they change their minds like they change their shorts, what we need in white house is people with brains, and who better than hilly clinton..i voted for her in absentee ballot,on write-in..why because she knows how to clean up messes..and yes i know she is not running, but its my vote, and why waste it, on 2 guys , that cant make up their minds on what to do next...too bad the newspapers and TV news keeps backing 2 losers..and you can add Congress to that mess also..end of story.. THEY CALL ME RICK.

The ones pointing the finger are usually the most guilty.
Let voter supression begin! It's better than McCain's plan for the economy and the war(s).
Country First? Right. Me First – That's more like it.

Another failed attempt by Bob Bennet to turn the focus away from the fact that Mccain and Palin are a disapointment to his failed partys policies. No more spin thank you.

No other place to post this. CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC: Someone please discuss publicly the Alaskan Independence Party and its founder, Joe Vogler. America needs to know about this group, their attitudes, their anti-American hate speech, Sarah Palin's husband's membership and Sarah Palin addressing the group just this year!!!! This is news, people, and it is important to discuss in light of Palin's accusations about Sen. Obama palling around with terrorists. Why is this topic being avoided?

Prove to me, also, that Sarah Palin has never been a member. Prove it.

I doubt this will be posted since everyone is burying their heads in the sand. CNN post this!

One of the Republican judges in this case, Alice Batchelder, failed to recuse herself, even though her husband, William Batchelder, is running for reelection as a Republican state senator.

This decision will be overturned.

@ RWG

Voting is decidedly NOT a privilege. It is a RIGHT.

Get it through your thick conservative skulls people: VOTING IS A RIGHT. At some point, people are going to have had enough of you messing with it.

Jefferson was all for periodic revolutions. I can tell you one sure way to help us throw that kind of party.

Funny how in 2000 and 2004 the Dems were all screaming about registration fraud and voter fraud and recounts and verification ...
But now when it looks like we caught it early enough and it is going against their guy all they want is hush-hush and ignore it.

The hand has been caught in the cookie jar and it belongs to the Dems.

What I don't understand is why the most powerful and technologically advanced nation on earth still does not have electronic voting.

Wow! the repubs want registration checked! They were never concened in the past, as long as they were shoving repubs down our throat! They must be REALLY getting scared................ and I love it! I'm so glad I left Ohio!!!!!!!!!

If Obama wins and leaves Iraq like he said he will , where will you get your oil? Better start building those windmills now!

Guess I will have to get a real job after the elections.Working for Rush Limbaugh has been such fun,creating Chaos,spreading lies,undermining the election process etc.

I find it very amusing that some rogue folks endorse Obama and now he's reaching across party lines? That is the biggest joke I have seen today. Any real conservative would never endorse the leftist socialistic views of Obama. They were never conservatives then. It's ok if they change their view, but don't call them conservatives. "Spread the wealth" and Patriotic to pay taxes more than others is NOT even moderate. It is pure socialism philosophy. Make no mistake. It is sad to see the direction this once proud country has taken. And furthermore any God Fearing Christian would not support the Democratic position. So please democrats don't say God Bless America. If you believe in Same sex marriage and Abortion you are NOT a christian.

We ought to be very much aware of the difference between attempted voter registration fraud and attempted voting fraud. Any time you pay people to go out and register voters, you will get a proportion of fraudulent registrations. By law, you have to submit ALL the registration forms you receive from the people you hire, you are not allowed to throw away even the obviously falsified forms. For these reasons, voter registration fraud is a normal observation in any registration drive.

Voting fraud is a threat to democracy; voter registration fraud, or at least the submission of fraudulent registration forms, is part of the normal process. Only official election authorities have permission to reject any voter registration form; if you collect it and choose not to submit it, you are guilty of voter suppression.

Excellent! Obama might have gotten away with this typical voter fraud in Chicago but he's finding it a little bit tougher going nation wide with it. I guess this means that Mickey Mouse can't vote for CHANGE this year.

Tony – stop drinking the kool-aid. All the voter fraud is being perpetrated by ACORN, a know liberal activist group.

It is obvious to me that anyone making statements that Acorn is trying to steal this election is completely uninformed or just plain stupid.

Turn the channel from Fox News (your source for hate mongering and ignorance) and watch another news source for a day and maybe you might hear some truth. Gosh or perhaps read up on the subject if that is possible.

This was NOT a case of a person registering under several aliases in order to vote. It was a FRAUD perpetrated ON Acorn by a few unethical people who registered fake names in order to get paid more as they are paid by the registration.

No one is going to show up to vote so there is no voter fraud. Educate yourself on issues BEFORE making FALSE statements please.

I certainly hope for the GOP sake that there will not be any fraud. They already are looking suspect especially since McCain could not say enough good about ACORN in '06. He does not get it does he? AMERICA DOES NOT WANT McCAIN/PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Josh, you are asying Obama DOES have a background and experience to handle affairs like Iraq? Cool – about time time. And as others have pointed out, voter registration irregularities are common, and does not constitute voter fraud. Voter fraud is the demense of the GOP. Look at 2000, look at 2004. Look how they "transparently" redrew the Texas districts to favor themselves. They have fine tuned the art of legal whining to get their way.

A republican lament. We have the worst President in history BOO-HOO, We have screwed the economy BOO-HOO, The Dems have smater candidates than ours BOO-HOO, The Dems have more money than us for the first time in a century's BOO-HOO, The Dems message of change is more effective than ours BOO-HOO, The Dems adverts are outsmarting our Karl Rove negative ads BOO-HOO, We have told so many lies nobody beieves or has faith in us any more BOO-HOO, Even OUR Racist and terrorist undercurrents are not working BOO-Hoo, We don't understand computers and the www and the Dems do and are beating the pants off us here BOO-HOO, The dems campaign staff are better smarter and more in tune than ours BOO-HOO

I would HOPE that every state ensures that all registered voters are certified and able to vote. At the same time I hope that there is no evidence of votgers being turned away by bogus lies that thye can't vote because of a trafic ticket. Or maybe their skin color is a bit too dark. The republicans have a long history of turning away voters that they think would not vote for them.

In the face of thousands of obvious fake applications..., what nitwit would actually appeal this no brainer!!??

When "Robert Mugabe" Obama does to the U.S. what's been done to the (former) bread basket of Africa – Rhodesia – nee "Zimbabwe";

When the U.S. executive branch starts to look like the city government of New Orleans (aka Mogadishu, LA) and Detroit, MI;

Remember this:

"I have observed that each People has exactly the Government they deserve." Benjamin Disraeli, PM, Great Britain, 1895

"As is should be. This should happen in every state. It is a crime and it cancels the vote of real Americans that should be able to vote when the voting process is tampered with. Hat's off to Ohio!"

Indeed this mistake was made in 2000 and look what happened.
We need to make sure every voter is legitimate and every vote is counted....PERIOD.

BTW stop trying to link this ACORN thing to Obama you just look foolish. The register Republicans as well. The problem is they work on quota's ACORN ops need to register so many voters in order to get paid and the org to get funding. A recipe for trouble me thinks.

ACORN by law has to submit every registration form filled out, they are not required to test its validity. Only a small percentage of the registrations are suspicious and they haven't been determined to be Democratic or Republican. Both candidates have a history of involvement with ACORN with neither being currently involved. The validity of the voter registrations really need to be validated but it would be a real travesty if somehow legitimate voters were prevented from voting or if it all was used against one candidate or the other for political advantage.

SUPER d

schools will be open mondays through Fridays 8am to 4pm, secure yourself a seat...

that is great news. going to keep ohio straight. well nobody in republican party.worried about in 04 so sure lets keep ohio straight. and all the rest rember florida. think the repubs bit off more than they can chew 0BAMA BIDEN 08

I think the illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote this year, just to see what would happen.

I have one simple phrase in response to the possibility of another stolen election like 2000: national state of emergency.

We won't sit idly by this time.

It's really sad that a court would have to order the person in charge of investigating voter fraus to actually do some investigating of obvious voter fraud.

No..., character has nothing to do with responsibility does it.(eyes rolling)

They will do just about anything to try and avoid talking about the spiraling econony...hence, the McCain/Bush connection. I hope that they will also continue investigating the GOP voter caging and suppression that's taking place as we write...for we ALL deserve a fair election.

The McCane camp is solidly behind the Acorn scandal...and that's change you can believe!

BE CAREFUL! OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE BLOOD IN THE STREETS.

OF COURSE IT'S EASY TO BE BRAVE REPUBLICANS IN A BLOG WHERE YOU CAN ALL RANT AND RAVE ABOUT WHOSE RIGHT AND WHOSE LEFT.

YOU WON'T BE SO BRAVE AFTER THE ELECTION THOUGH AND OBAMA HAS WON

. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I SEE THE REPUBLICANS RUN FOR COVER CHICAGO IS A GOOD TRAINING GROUND AFTER ALL

Voters should be verfied and registered within the rule of law. Those of us that consider voting a privilege know that it is certainly worth the effort to obtain the necessary documentation to cast our vote. So little is asked of us – you'd think that doing something with such minimum effort would be outweighed by the greatest privilege in the world – the right to have a voice. Don't cast doubt on the integrity of this important election. ACORN needs to get their act together.

It takes one to know one. The Republicans have been doing this for so long and equally good at it to the extent they think that voter registration fraud equals voter fraud.

Anybody who believes that there is a scam behind ACORN is an idiot. Acorn hired people to get registrations – totally legal. Some of these people forged documents (Fruad). ACORN recognized this and reported it to the authorities. ACORN IS REQUIRED by law to submit these fraudulent ones anyway. THAT IS THE LAW. They cannot throw them out. So tell me, they obeyed both the spirit and the letter of the law and did exactly what they're supposed to.

And if they're so bad, John McCain has some explaining to do since he was a keynote speaker for them in 2006.

Let's us all remember Gore and what was done to him. If we the American people had stood up and fought back we would not have been in this situation. We allowed the Republicans to steal the election from Gore and now we are paying for it dearly.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. After 8 ruinous years of W. and Co., all the Republicans can offer us is McCain and Co. Enough. Remember Florida in 2000? It seems that the GOP will resort to the most underhanded tactics to win at all costs. Maybe the fat lady has not yet sung, but you can hear her warming up behind the curtain even now.

Citizens of the United States of America are allowed 1 vote of our choice in each election for each category. While individuals going door to door do not have the means to verify citizenship, they are not responsible for this verification. It is the responsibility of the registrar's office to verify that all cards turned in meet voting qualifications and this should be done.

We will never have fair elections until election laws are enforced.

I can't believe this board.

There's people blaming the Republicans for ACORN?

You got to be kidding me! That stance is so disingenuous.

Here, let me spell it out to all.

ACORN = OBAMA = DEMOCRATS

There are checks and balances in place already within the voting system to prohibit somebody from trying to actually make an illegal vote -aside from the registrar form itself.

If it will make Ohio and the nation feel better about their NEW registrants, they can research their own documentation.

However, legitimately new registered voters – the great majority – should in no way be inconvenienced by this process or it is a disenfranchising process – a Republican political ploy which would be the cause for an investigation itself.

Obama has nothing to do with voter fraud when it comes to ACORN. He explained this yesterday. Yes he gave a subsidiary of ACORN $800,000 during the primaries, but that has nothing to do with Obama and a bunch of lazy people who filled out fake registration cards just to get paid! He even said this yeserday.

Republicans are so stupid, they're forgetting John McCain was for ACORN before we was against it. Besides, out of all those fake names, do you think a dead person can vote? Do you think all those names like "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck" can actually vote. You have to prove who you are before you can vote.

I am all for fair and free elections, but what I don't understand is why the Republican party (as well as the Bush era highly partisan Department of Justice) is spending all of its time and resources trying to keep people from voting and none trying to PROTECT THE VOTE, ensure the integrity of the electronic machines, and/or enforcing the provisions of HAVA (aka Help America Vote Act).

When was the last time you saw any Republican organization trying to be pro-franchise and/or participating in voter protection. If nothing else, at least the Democrats and Obamacrats are trying to get people to engage as citizens. Pro-Democracy and Pro-Obama

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the republicans were behind these questionable registrations. Anything and everything to try and win in November.

ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF INCITEMENT AND REP. LEWIS’S WARNING

Rep. Lewis's statement is clear about what he wanted to accomplish–that McCain's campaign rallies not continue to incite the crowd to hatred with a prospect of creating social unrest and schism. That is a timely warning, McCain's self-righteous indignation notwithstanding. Lewis simply stated the truth which many in the McCain camp (and some in the media) may not want to hear; but it is a statement of wisdom. He said: “George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights." Lewis’s concern was about “creating an atmosphere of hatred.” He was not saying that McCain was doing many of the nasty things that Wallace did in his life. No objective observer would dispute the fact that hatred was being stirred at McCain-Palin rallies by words—words by some supporters and by the candidates themselves. In Western European democratic systems, McCain and Palin and Co. open themselves up for a charge of incitement to hatred. What would they say for their defense should any danger or harm result from the way they have been conducting this campaign? That is why Lewis warned that McCain and Palin and handlers are playing with fire! If harm should result it likely will lead to incalculable social harm or rupture. No responsible citizen wants that!

What a country this turns into when Democrats start controlling it. They will try and do any and everything possible to turn away voters.

Sad!

you guys listen to Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh too much that is why americans are ignorants. no fact checks. voters registration fraud is still an allegation and not an indictment. if it is voters fraud it is another ball game. do not listen to these guys or else they feed you with garbages

Christopher Buckley, a staunch conservative, the son of the founder of the National Review has resigned from the paper and endorsed Sen. Obama, that says a lot. It also reaffirms, that Sen. Obama does and has and will continue to work across party lines. This is a big deal Sen. McCain, that your old party does not have confidence in your judgment and ability to move this country forward. McCain is no maverick, those days have come and gone.

Bitter, bitter, bitter. The republicans are having a hard time with realitiy. Obama and Biden appear to be upright and more Christain than McCain and Palin. Both Obama and Biden take blows from the Rep's and remain professional and people of integrity. I haven't seen where they have lashed out of bashed their opponents. Now, with all of that, people who believe in that can of leadership must stand in judgement. Count on Ohio, you'll find that the tally is right and Obama is in the lead.

When it comes to tainting of elections–let's not forget the first 5 Presidents held their elections in Bar's and free drinks were offered to voters who voted for them!!

We've really not come very far–in so many years.

Politicians–will always take any road–to achieve the results. The only thing required is –no paper trail back to the candidate.

Thus–loyalists fall on their swords–but the crooks still get elected.

. . . The CBS polls show Senator Obama leading McCain 53% to 39%.

Why in the world would Senator Obama have to cheat?

Democrats 08.

Barky Zero = sexist racist fraud fraud fraud!!!!!
did I say FRAUD

Super D, is ACORN doing all the polling also because Senator Obama is up by 10 points in the polls,. The only way the desperate republicans can win is by cheating...and we will not have it this time! 2000 was ENOUGH!!!

CNN doing so many stories on voter fraud .... Why isn't anyone looking into voter fraud at nursing homes??? Yes that's right nursing homes .... My mother who has been declared legally incompitant is allowed to vote under NH law . Yup , that's right . Because of a stroke she now rarely knows what day it is , but according to nursing home director she is legally allowed to vote as "long as she doesn't have a guardian". I find it amazing that with all this discussion concerning illegal registration that no one considers this to be a problem . When the nursing home staff offers my mother a ballot , who is there to protect integrity of her vote . Not that she should be voting at all in my opinion .....

Noah..."vote fraud is always 100% Democratic votes..."

You must have completely missed the 2000 and 2004 elections. Remember when Diebold machines were used and areas previously almost entirely Democratic suddenly went almost entirely Republican?

Yes, ID should be required.

No, supporters of the party of out-of-control spending (Republicans) should not call others "liberals".

McCain was the keynote speaker at the ACORN convention and backs ACORN!!! He could not say enough good things about ACORN!!!
This is all a republican right wing smear tacktick! ACORN DOES NOT vote. All they do is get registrations and they divide the bad from the good(yes, they actually rid the bad out). AND then they are required by law to turn in both the bad and they good!!! NO ONE HAS VOTED on any of these registrations!!!! They bad ones are discarded!!!
God Bless Obama/Biden for being honest and above board in their personal lives and public!!!! TWO very, very educated and sound judgement men which this country needs at such bad time in our history.

Just ignore the legal decision. Bush has been doing so for eight years.

Be not fooled by the "smoke screen" America...as this is just the latest GOP diversionary tactic to try and AGAIN steal another election.

BUT NOT THIS TIME!

Anyone who has ever voted republican has no business talking about voter fraud or irregularities.

The republicans wrote the book on it.

What is Obama getting "away" with exactly? there is a HUGE DIFFERENCE between voter REGISTRATION FRAUD and voter FRAUD...

So many idiots..so little time...if you are all dumb enough to worry about MICKEY MOUSE showing up to vote, then you should have your right to vote taken away for being dumb...and McCain spoke at an ACORN function a couple of years ago and he praised them...

This has nothing to do with Obama..it has everything to do with the Rethug's being scared....HA HA

The Republicans will stop at nothing to win this election. It amazes me how low they will go to STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION. It is up to the American people to stop it this time. Let's us all remember Gore and what was done to him and we all would be if we had fought for him and fought the justice system.

if your name is REMOVED from the list, PURGED, as the Republicans are fighting for, then it won't matter how much ID you have..your name won't be there as a REGISTERED voter.

Ah Susie what are you smoking.
Perhaps if you had gotten out of the fourth grade you would be more intelligent about the electorate process. When PT Barnham said "There's one born every minute." He was referring to Republicans who arej ust Aabunch of uneducated morons anyway. Bet you don't even know where your county line is.

What else is new. They can verify them as much as they want the results will still be the same. The courts have spoken. Soon it will be time for the people to speak. And it will be loud and clear what they want:change.

I have to verify my identity when I cast my vote at my polling place – They check my ID and name and cross it off of the voter list. One me – one vote.

Why is this such a big deal?

P..S Registration is the Pre-step to voting , fellow citizens – not an actual vote

Registration Fraud and Voter Fraud are Very, very different. Much like registering your car does not give you a license to drive.

Holy Civics 101, Batman.

ACORN should be investigated for false registration. We don't need to have people breaking the law and falsifying documents. When this happens all of America suffers. If you have the right to vote, then do so. Some states don't allow people who are currently on probation or parole to not vote. Know your rights and do things right. If you are not sure call your city or county official.

Of course there should be verification but I feel like this is an 11th hour scheme by the Republicans to narrow margins. How many good American people will be refused the right to vote?

I expect full court pursuit by the democrats if there is any voter fraud. This is the same nonsense I have seen the years before where smokescreen is pushed around while real voter fraud occures (Karl rove was the champion of this game). Democrats are always too nice to go after republicans on this issue (one of the reasons I am an independent).

If Republicans can be outraged by voter registration fraud then Democrats should be MAD AS ALL HEll about "actual voter fraud". And they SHOULD act.

can I ask all you CONservatives a question????

If "mickey mouse" is registered to vote....

DO YOU THINK HE WILL SHOW UP AND VOTE OBAMA??

you guys are so stupid it hurts......

(the country)

just ANOTHER distraction. plus.. were was your outrage 4 and 8 years ago as thousands were illegally purged in caging and voter suppression tactics.

What is the composition of the 16 members sitting in the 6th Circuit? 9 Republicans maybe? Figures.

The repubs, are scared, and they don't care about average folks, they want the White House, regardless of the mess they help create with their party in power. They simply don't care. Everyone in Ohio should go register if possible, and re-register if possible,Go to their local election board and make sure their name is on the roll. THE FOLKS IN OHIO SHOULD NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE ROLLS FOR REGISTERING...CITIZENS IN OHIO NEED TO MAKE SURE THEIR NAMES ARE T HERE. Every person in Ohio should make sure they accounted for, RIGHT NOW! Because this looks likes things want to get messy, and we don't need a repeat of 2004.

This is as it should. ACORN should not be have people submitting 73 voter registration forms and get away with it. As for voter fraud being just a Rep issue, that's pure bunk. Anyone watching the recount fraud in FL saw the bias of the 2 Dem counters vs the 1 Rep counter. and what about the Gov fiasco in Washington state where the Dem won on the 3rd recount by 10 votes despite the fact that there were more votes than registered voters in some heavily Dem districts. No, it goes both ways.

To make voting legit, safegaurds have to be in place to ensure that only eligible voters (those that are actually alive, etc) are permitted to vote.

Good Obama has nothing to hide........however I can't say the same for the GOP

My mother always said if you LIE, you'll cheat and steal........

enough said

GO OBAMA

The repugs are going to make every attempt to link this to Obama in yet another pathetic failed attempt to bring the man down.
If you can't campaign on the issues or your record you can ride a wave of attacks on your opponent into office.
This is the campaign strategy of John McCain.
This is the campaign strategy of The RNC/GOP
This is the campaign strategy of a predetermined LOSER!
Obama has already issued a response, but it will be interesting to see how the piranahs of GOP will act, as they consider this "red meat"

THAT 1 '08
VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS
VOTE FOR OBAMA

Guess the early votes cast by Mickey and Minney Mouse won't count?

And let's be clear her folks, ACORN caught the irregularities and turned themselves in, this isn't some smoking gun as the Repukes try to spin it.

People, voter registration fraud is not voter fraud!

First of all, groups like ACORN are, in most states, REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO TURN IN EVERY FORM THEY COLLECT, so the ELECTION OFFICIALS can verify the validity of them.

Second of all, if someone submits a form for Mickey Mouse and Mickey Mouse actually gets registered, guess what! Mickey Mouse will still be a cartoon on November 4th and will not turn up to cast a fraudulent vote. Furthermore, the chance of Mickey Mouse getting registered is VERY SMALL, if not non-existent, because these groups that run voter registration drives will turn in the POTENTIALLY INVALID forms TAGGED as forms that have problems so election officials have an easier time weeding them out (I've done voter registration drives in the past).

I don't understand why this is only happening in Ohio. All voter registrations should be verified. Not just new ones. There was an incident with ACORN registering deceased voters. if that's not enough of a warning flag for all to be verified, I don't know what is. All voters should have to personally register before a presidential election with proper proof of who they are. Something this important shouldn't be left to a trust factor. There are some very unscrupulous people out there willing to do whatever it takes to get their candidate elected.

I have no problem with this at all. I want Sen. Obama's ascent to the presidency to be indisputable by the whine and lies of the Republicans. I want them to get beat fair and square with every underhanded dirty trick they've tried to pull to slap them in their faces.

Here we go – the Republicans used Katherine Harris to steal the 2000 election , and they are positioining themselves to do so again. Once again the GOP is using a term to describe their actions that is in direct contradiction to what they are actually doing, in this case covering their efforts to suppress votes with a call for "transparency". Notice how many of their challenges are/will be in areas that are favored for Obama, and none in McCain areas, just like previous elections. They do not care about fairness ot transparency (this administration has proven they abhor transparency) they only care about winning at all costs. The GOP has become the epitome of low, dirty politics – just ask conservative talking heads like Christopher Buckley, Kathleen Parker, David Brooks, George Will, David Frum, etc. etc.

Now the GOP needs to do the same in Georgia where the dems are going after prisoners and everyone who has no right to vote.

So... DID Obama really beat Senator Clinton in the primaries?

Or did Obama just have enough 'votes' (which could have come from the same source)?

And is the same thing going on right now with the polls? Are legitimate voters being called or fronters for these fraud registrations?

Makes the whole political process a mockery.

This is sooooooo not going to help the Republican's regardless. There will be no vote to have fraud regardless of the registration. That has been happening for years. I will like to have an investigate into the ELECTION of 2004 for the verification of the people who vote for BUSH. HELL, let investigate the last two election for Bush. Every vote has to be verified if the person was alive or dead. So if there are vote application incomplete, there's still enough completed applications to WHIP MCCAIN out of here.

Something about FL in 2000 seems to come to mind as I read this... what happened there again?...

This is yet another ready made excuse in waiting for the GOP...
Its the media,
no its sexism,
no its hatred of washington outsiders (thats my favorite),
no its the media,
more with the media,
wait... no its voter fraud,
err no the media i think, and fraud... anything but "our" fault...

It really is simply all about honesty, about who can we trust. Looking at everything today it is literally too important to just follow old prejudices, biases and/or emotional attachments or to allow ourselves to be manipulated by subterfuge. Each of us has to be disciplined to be objective, rational and conscience driven to decide who we can trust to turn things around, to honestly change things. Even Bush’s actions indicate that he knows his policies have failed and that change is desperately needed. Each candidate says they will change everything and resolve the problems but we really can’t depend on what they say, whether it be about what they will do or how they criticize their opponent. Is it Obama-Biden or McCain-Palin who destroys their own credibility by depending on falsely slandering their opponent? Has Sarah Palin impressed that we can trust anything she says or just that she will say anything without any conscience? Has John McCain demonstrated that he is sincere and has he been consistent or does he constantly change positions and does his history of strong commitment to the Bush-Cheney/Republican policies that so greatly contributed to today’s problems just make him very questionable? Has Senator Biden been consistent in his career and does he seem to be consistent and truthful now? Throughout the primaries and the presidential campaign has Barack Obama stayed consistent and maintained a constant quality and the same level headed presentations that would encourage trust? All of the garbage that is being thrown around is distracting but the reality is that the real person we each have to be honest with is ourselves. To fail to see and act on the truth will only leave us at fault and then with more of the same or even worse.

Susie. Acorn and the Obama shouldnt get away with what? Im unlcear what they were trying to get away with. Do you know?

Amen to that...as the ring-wingers have be "obsessed" or shall I say "possessed" by this Red Herring storyline...which makes me believe that they were behind the this "Mickey Mouse" hoax.

The desperate will become increasingly rabid...

Be ever-vigilant folks...taking nothing for granted!

Amazing how a group of street thugs and hustlers with the help of a few liberal lawyer types and donations from a low life Chicago politician can form a group like ACORN. Under the guise of working for the disenfranchised, poor jobless minority they have been able to pollute the voter registration system in a number of States.
With Obama, and his socialist, liberal side kicks, Soros in particular ,the election and America is fast becoming Third World. The only thing missing and yet to come are the machetes in the hands of his supporters hacking the opposition to death should he lose at the polls.
This is a no win election for America. If Obama wins his homies take over. If he loses they'll cry foul and inundate the court systems with suits and allegations of voter fraud. Failing in that they will resort to the every popular burning and looting under the guise of the Gore and Kerry mantra, "We was robbed!"

I'm voting Democrat for President this election if for no other reason than I'm just flat out flabberasted at what has taken place over the last 8 years (6 of which were under total Republican rule).
Costly and unnecessary (in lives and money) war
Torture (memo comes out today that White House was aware and approved)
Katrina debacle
Loss of freedom
Market meltdown (if a CEO took a surplus and ran a deficit, they'd be out in 6 months, not 8 years)
So, when I look at the Dems and Reps, I see a new candidate for the job cut from a similar mold as the previous. I know the evils (not really evil, but trying to make a point her) and I'd rather take the unknown blessings that stand around the corner because I have faith.

Look, I don't want people double voting, or voting in one place, and move to another city and vote there also. I simply want a fair (no extra votes AND no voter suppression) election. If we get that, I'm confident that the person we now need will win.

These frauds are the Repubs themselves who are out in force to muddy the waters of the election process by sending their minions to submit these phoney ballots and registration cards. Do people really think Democrats or the Obama campaign would be stupid enough to use names like Mickey Mouse or Bullwinkle J. Moose? Just when you think the RepubliCONS can't sink any lower, they just keep digging deeper under the rocks they huddle under.

JOSH- Well said!! Can't argue with facts. This Obama character has 3 years in Washington and we're supposed to think he's experienced enough to handle being President? He has zero experience in military matters and we're in two wars. I'll admit John McCain isn't the best Republican candidate, but he's way more knowledgeable and ready to lead on day 1. We don't know anything about Obama, and I cannot vote for a guy I have servere doubts about. Bill, Hillary, Biden all said this guy was not ready to be President. 3 years just doesn't cut it.

Has Kathleen Harris been seen in the past few months..........

To Josh:

Great info! Sounds like you're from urban Chicago as well. Country doesn't realize the environment Obama has been weaned on. Do everyone a favor and keep "throwing" your blog comment out there every chance you get. Thanks.

SUPPRESSING VOTES BY CHALLENGING NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS IS THE HALLMARK OF THE REPUBLIKLANS CAMPAIGN!

WINNING BY HOOK AND CROOK – THAT'S ALL THEY GOT LEFT AFTER THEIR SMEARS HIT THEM RIGHT BACK IN THE FACE!!!!!

JOHN MCSAME IS THE SAME AS GEORGE BUSH – HE PUTS POLITICS FIRST BEFORE COUNTRY, JUST TO WIN AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!

SO WHAT!
A piece of paper does not vote! People do. So when an individual gets to the voting station if they don't match the registration paper then they don't get to vote. So therefore this is just another McCain/Palin piece of distracting nonsense.

A PIECE OF PAPER DOES NOT VOTE. PEOPLE DO.

They know that 2 or 3 days is not enough time to go through and verify over 600,000 newly registered voters. The GOP has been filing lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit to get eligible voters purged from the roles. This is more prevelant than voter registration fraud and voter fraud (which by the way has never be prosecuted in a court of law). This is how the effectively fix elections before voting even starts. I would advise the democrats to get on their job.

Just bring a State, Military, or Federal picture ID – whats the big deal?

its not the verifying of the voter registrations that I disagree with..its the TIME FRAME given to do so, its IMPOSSIBLE, and extremely UNFAIR

To think that in 2008 we still have issues with Ohio & Florida. When will we get this stuff together!!!!!!!

There is no where else to post this.

I am a life-long Republican who supported McCain over Bush eight years ago.

When I first heard about Troopergate, I understood that it was a tempest-in-a-teacup compared to world issues such as the economy and national security. I understood that it might, at the very worst, result in a slap on the wrist for Gov. Palin if the allegations were found to be true.

I was not prepared for her response to the legislature's investigative report.

When Bill Clinton said "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," we were outraged. We pointed out that it was not about sex, it was about honesty.

When Gov. Palin claimed the Branchflower report "vindicated" her and that she had been "cleared of any legal wrongdoing ... any hint of any kind of unethical activity," I was outraged. That is not spin. That is nothing less than an outright, bold-faced lie.

Troopergate was not about whether trooper Wooten is a bad employee or whether he was adequately punished. It is about whether this governor, who wants to be our vice president, will tell us the truth. To me, character and honesty are more important than party loyalty.

While this is a good idea. I am afraid that ACORN has done so much damage that almost any result in any state they were active could be disputed. Don't expect a winner declared Nov 4th.

Obama's a cheater folks. these ACORN people are commiting voter fraud in his name.

I hope McCain nails ACORN to Obama's forehead for all to see.

This move is part of a Republican nationwide strategy–to mount legal challenges to offset defeats at the polls. They have laid the groundwork for it in many states, focussing initially on the registration process. Now they are claiming that they need an army of poll watchers to head off fraudulent pro-Obama voting. The poll watchers will have been prepped to deliver "evidence" of fraud. Since they can't win at the ballot box, Republicans are preparing to win in court. It worked in 2000.

The Repuglicans are desperate America. They are going to do everything that they can to get this election. The only difference is that a huge majority if going to the polls in November to vote for change. There won't be any question as to who the winner is this time. It won't even be close. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

The word "honest", maybe Biden could bring a "choke" up on this

Is this not what they should be doing anyhow? Even if there are false voters registered (appling to vote) the false registations cant vote anyway.Tell me who is going to show up with a Micky mouse I.D card.
What a waste of time.

....this whole Acorn Thing has been dragging around here for well over a month. Does the Federal Election Commission have any teeth? Screwed up voting machines in some states.....old news..Acorn and its Obama ("I don't know nothin about it") underhanded "voter registration activity"......hell, have the Supreme beings on the Supreme Court STEP INTO AN ISSUE BEFORE THE VOTE.....wouldn't that be novel?! Pull in Acorn's registration activity in all the states in which they "operate," have those records reviewed, and determine whether these folks are truly registered to vote....and please include those who may be found in cemeteries....IF NECESSARY, MOVE UP THE ELECTION DATE....i am serious, our elections are getting to be very, very Latin America-esque, aren't they?

You Liberals are crazy. You are actually trying to argue that we should not take very basic steps to identify voters? Something as simple as showing a picture ID? Who could possibly be against that? Only people who know they need to fix elections to win. Voter fraud is always 100% Democrat voters. You guys are dispecable

I'm all for verifying every voter in every state, regardless of political party.

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It's funny when George W Bush stole the election in 2004 no one said anything. For the record voting machines is the real scam!!!

The long arm of the law may be slow, but it is coming, ACORN certainly has some explaining to do, and certainly people need to go to jail here..
"We the Poeple " will prevail, the criminals may seem to have the upper hand now, but history shows, the people will bring justice to these gang activities.

Voter Surpression

So this is how it's done. The GOP get thrown out on their ear in Ohio and the GOP party files one lawsuit after another to complicate the voting process even more so. Well, it's good to know that the SOS in Ohio was ready for this.

THE FIX IS IN...Everyone in Ohio needs to VERIFY your voter registration BEFORE FRIDAY. Don't let the Republicans STEAL another one. As a last resort, if you are turned away at the polls, vote a PROVISIONAL BALLOT. Althought it won't count initially, if the count is challenged, and taken to court, they may be counted.

Here is the 'Real Change' that Obama is talking about. Should we pull out of Chicago ? Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago ? Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago 221 killed in Iraq . Sens. Barack Obama & Dick Durbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Gov. Rod Blogojevich, House leader Mike Madigan, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike), Mayor Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley) Guess what ALL our leadership in Illinois ......all Democrats. Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . Of course, they're all blaming each other. Can't blame Republicans; they're aren't any! State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country. Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. (Look 'em up if You want). Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he's gonna 'fix' Washington politics for us!!!???? SURE!!!!!

Whats more American than the Republican Party not wanting people to vote?

good ruling. I mean really, who would argue against NOT verifiying new registrants / voters?

NOTE TO ALL.
Annenberg says a close look at the record reveals that Obama has "voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers."

Verdict:
Misleading. McCain's summary ignores the fact that some of the votes were for measures to lower taxes for many Americans, while increasing them for a much smaller number of taxpayers. A nonpartisan examination also finds that the 94 total includes multiple votes on the same measures and budget votes that would not directly lead to higher taxes.

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Voter registration fraud is unacceptable - period - end of discussion. It is the responsibility of our local and state election boards to be certain that only legal voters are casting a ballot and that no one is illegally prevented from doing so. Anything less is, again, unacceptable!

THE FIX IS IN...Everyone in Ohio needs to VERIFY your voter registration BEFORE FRIDAY. Don't let the Republicans STEAL another one. As a last resort, if you are turned away at the polls, vote a PROVISIONAL BALLOT. Although they won't count initially, if this issue is taken to court, they may be counted.

It's my understanding and correct me if I wrong,but once voter registration cards are turned over to the registrar of voters in each town, it is their responsibility(dems and repubs) to verify the information.This is how it's done in Ct and we have few problems.Why is it that Fl and Ohio always have this problem with voting?

As is should be. This should happen in every state. It is a crime and it cancels the vote of real Americans that should be able to vote when the voting process is tampered with. Hat's off to Ohio!

Good. ACORN and the Obama should not get away with this.

So, It's OK for the republicans to rig and steal elections like they did in 2000, but they are going to keep the dems "honest"?

Puh-lease. Republicans invented voter fraud. If you look at the history of problems, it sure isn't the dems that are the ones we need to watch.