ACORN

[kandrathe]

No one is in jail for voter fraud, are they?

Well, that's a good question. Yes, in fact some are in jail. Not enough though. Many impossibilities (e.g. dead people voting, more votes than population) never get investigated enough to reveal who perpetrated the fraud. I don't think it is on the order of thousands of votes though. Mostly where I've seen election fraud the heaviest has been to sway local elections rather than national ones. Since actual votes are secret, it's hard to tell how many people voted multiple times. We might need to get ink on our fingers like the Iraqi's.

The Consumers Rights League (a libertarian consumer advocacy outfit started by Terry L. Kibbe(CATO) is asking the same questions I am asking.

"We know about the thousands of potentially fraudulent voter registration cards turned in by ACORN and caught by officials. But given the size of ACORN's efforts and the fact that the abuses appear to be systemic, we believe it is fair to question how many more fraudulent registrations have not been discovered, Furthermore, as this mega organization with a decades long history of violating the law is turned to get out the vote efforts, we believe it is fair to question how many fraudulent registrations may lead to fraudulent votes or what other activities they are willing to undertake to influence the election."

Currently, the FBI is raiding many Acorn offices looking for an organized conspiracy. Acorn would do itself a big favor by cleaning up its own act. I think their heart is in the right place, but they are very sloppy where accuracy matters. This sloppiness can lead to legal challenges that might disenfranchise thousands, or hundreds of thousands of potential valid voters. In the news cycles and politics of anecdotes, one Mickey Mouse, or Jimmy Johns gives the appearance of a wide spread problem.