{"id":2131,"date":"2009-05-07T16:13:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T20:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2010-05-14T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T22:13:01","slug":"first-nevada-now-pennsylvania-7-acorn-workers-facing-voter-form-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/07\/first-nevada-now-pennsylvania-7-acorn-workers-facing-voter-form-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nevada, Now Pennsylvania: 7 ACORN Workers Facing Voter-form Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller announced that voter registration fraud charges had been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2009\/may\/04\/criminal-charges-filed-against-acorn-two-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\">filed<\/a> against ACORN and two of it&#8217;s employees in that state comes news that 7 ACORN works are being charged voter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-2003486~7_Pa__ACORN_workers_charged_in_voter_probe.html\" target=\"_blank\">registration fraud<\/a> in Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PITTSBURGH  (AP)   &#8211;      Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers were charged with falsifying voter registration forms, with six accused of doing so to meet the group&#8217;s alleged quota system before last year&#8217;s general election.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said he&#8217;s hoping the workers charged Thursday will help authorities determine whether Allegheny County ACORN officials will be charged with requiring the illegal quotas or otherwise directing that voter registrations be faked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should consider the investigation as ongoing,&#8221; Zappala said.<\/p>\n<p>Six suspects forged a total of 51 cards, a felony that carries up to seven years in prison. The same six also were charged with illegally accepting payments to meet a quota of 20 registrations per day &#8211; a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Count me among those who thinks the Census Bureau should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=47675\" target=\"_blank\">reconsider<\/a> ACORN\u2019s involvement as a partner in the census. If ACORN&#8217;s history of questionable voter registration campaigns doesn&#8217;t disqualify them then these charges should.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columns\/special-editorial-reports\/ACORN-got-53-million-in-federal-funds-since-94-now-eligible-for-up-to-8-billion-more-44406217.html\" target=\"_blank\">ACORN got $53 million in federal funds since 94, now eligible for up to $8 billion more<\/a> &#8211; Washington Examiner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller announced that voter registration fraud charges had been filed against ACORN and two of it&#8217;s employees in that state comes news that 7 ACORN works are being charged voter registration fraud in Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH (AP) &#8211; Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[167,656,654,239,655],"class_list":["post-2131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-acorn","tag-census","tag-nevada","tag-pennsylvania","tag-voter-fraud","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-yn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/media-bias-what-media-bias\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":0},"title":"Media Bias, What Media Bias???","author":"Jeff","date":"March 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike over at Flopping Aces points out striking visual evidence of media bias: Mark Dziubek of Southington Conn. steps off a bus in Fairfield Conn. on Saturday March 21, 2009 as members of the media wait outside at a AIG executive\u2019s home. A busload of activists outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Media&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Media","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/media\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Media Bias","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2730,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/16\/washington-times-acorn-says-workers-conduct-indefensible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":1},"title":"Washington Times: ACORN Says Workers Conduct &#8216;Indefensible&#8217;","author":"Jeff","date":"September 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Washington Times is reporting that ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is suspending advising new clients as part of its service programs and is setting up an independent review to investigate what happened: ACORN, calling the actions of some of its employees \"indefensible,\" has suspended advising\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Breaking News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2831,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/07\/washington-times-firefighters-lose-large-u-s-grant-to-acorn\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":2},"title":"Washington Times: Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN","author":"Jeff","date":"October 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From the the Washington Times: Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group. The grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":845,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/tough-questions-for-joe-biden\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":3},"title":"Tough Questions for Joe Biden","author":"Jeff","date":"October 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"WFTV anchor Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday, October 23rd. Unlike most reporters West didn't shy away from asking tough questions... She questioned Biden on democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's ties to ACORN and his plans to \"spread the wealth\" around. Biden's answers are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":532,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/29\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":4},"title":"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly&#8230;","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Good (H\/T: MM): Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement on the agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the Paulson plan, and his intentions on the final bill: \u201cMy top responsibility as an elected official is to protect\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2930,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/04\/wait-i-thought-it-was-republicans-who-are-divided-and-hate-moderates\/","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":5},"title":"Wait, I thought it was Republicans Who Are Divided and Hate Moderates???","author":"Jeff","date":"November 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Funny how the Associated Press waits until after the election to let this story out: Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. 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