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To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (244421)	4/3/2008 5:26:06 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793897

This has the names and ages of the registration fraud defendants. Voter registration workers admit fraud ASSOCIATED PRESS 04/02/2008 stltoday.com ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Eight workers for a get-out-the-vote effort in St. Louis city and county have pleaded guilty to federal election fraud for submitting false registration cards for the 2006 election, authorities said today. The workers were employed by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), gathering voter registrations. U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said they submitted cards with false addresses and names, and forged signatures. They are Brian Bland, 23, Bobbie Jean Cheeks, 50, Cortez Cowan, 21, Golden Gibson, 21, Radonna Marie Smith, 24, Anthony Reliford, 21, Kenneth Williams, 21, and Tyaira Williams, 23, all of St. Louis. Williams was sentenced in March to 15 months in prison. The others are scheduled for sentencing in June. Each faces up to five years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines. New Orleans-based ACORN encourages low- and moderate-income residents to community activism. The organization has said the former, temporary hourly workers were likely trying to increase their pay by turning in more, albeit, false applications. ACORN has said it has improved its "quality control program." St. Louis election officials have said they had problems with ACORN submissions in past years and worked with the organization to try and correct them, including asking them to put potentially fraudulent cards aside. Hanaway said ACORN has agreed to a number of reforms to improve voter registration and quality control procedures, and report possible illegal activity. * * *

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (244421)	4/3/2008 6:57:48 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793897

You mean...ACORN is busted...AGAIN. Good news indeed. We wish this were an aberration, but allegations of fraud have tainted Acorn voter drives across the country. Acorn workers have been convicted in Wisconsin and Colorado, and investigations are still under way in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The good news for anyone who cares about voter integrity is that the Justice Department finally seems poised to connect these dots instead of dismissing such revelations as the work of a few yahoos. After the federal indictments were handed up in Kansas City this week, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement that "This national investigation is very much ongoing." opinionjournal.com