Voting

Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:09:22 -0400

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast

Virtually the entire mainstream electronic media drank ACORN Kool-Aid this month brewed up by the Republican National Committee. Almost no one seriously challenged John McCain's comical assertions that ACORN, a grassroots voter registration group, "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."

* Lawsuit in Response to Long Lines * Black Turnout

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:57:29 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2008

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)

JOHN BONIFAZ
A coalition of Pennsylvania voters and civil rights groups, led by the NAACP State Conference of Pennsylvania, yesterday filed a lawsuit in federal court in Philadelphia seeking to ensure that voters receive emergency paper ballots on Election Day when 50 percent or more voting machines become inoperable at any polling site in the state.

ACORN Statement on New York Times Article Oct. 24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:26:07 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2008

ACORN

We are puzzled by today's New York Times article. It has always been our position that we collected over 1.3 million registration applications.

Provisional Ballot Problems Loom as 2008 Electon Approaches, New Report Finds

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:13:12 -0400

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October 24, 2008

Demos

Provisional ballots could play a significant role in the 2008 Election, frustrating voters and leading to possible post-election wrangling, according to a study published this week by the non-partisan public policy center Demos. "Provisional Ballots: Where to Watch in 2008" identifies eight states where there is significant concern over provisional ballot implementation and the high risk of many of those ballots going uncounted in this election.

12 Ways You Can Safeguard the Vote

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:27:26 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2008

YES! Magazine

YES! Magazine has published "Checklist for a Fair Election: 12 Ways You Can Safeguard the Vote." The list appears below and can also be viewed here.

12 Ways You Can Safeguard the Vote

Voters Sue Pennsylvania, Election Official Scoffs

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:55:02 -0400

by Danielle Ivory

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Earlier this week, ANP reported that, come November, Pennsylvania voters could face substantial delays at the polls. We spoke with the man running the election in Philadelphia, who scoffed at long lines and tales of lost votes. Now, voters are suing the state of Pennsylvania.

ACORN Fights Back

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:56:43 -0400

by Richard Hopson

In the midst of the predictable partisan exaggerations, distortions and occasional lies that close election races generate, ACORN has become the focus of an extraordinary amount of attention over our voter-registration program. We submitted nearly 40,000 voter registration applications in San Diego and throughout California, and 1.3 million nationwide.

How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:06:17 -0400

by Sarah van Gelder

Don't be fooled by all the accusations about ACORN. The real voting scandal is the voter suppression methods that likely swayed election results in 2000 and 2004, and are in process again as you read this.

What Voter Fraud?

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:34:10 -0400

by Allan J. Lichtman

This year the Republicans are rolling out one of their oldest and most misleading charges: that Democrats and their supporters are planning to flood the polls with illegal voters. Although the GOP first raised a hue and cry against Democratic voter fraud more than 40 years ago they have failed to turn up any credible evidence to support their allegations. The purpose of such charges has been to discredit their Democratic opponents and discourage minorities and poor people from voting.

Redesigning Democracy

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:09:44 -0400

by Robert C. Koehler

Two seconds of radio news was enough -- suddenly the 2008 presidential campaign collapsed around me in an unrecognizable heap of consumer politics as I ate breakfast.

"Redistribution of the wealth," John the Candidate was saying. "That's one of the tenets of . . . socialism."