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To: combjelly who wrote (426825)	10/15/2008 5:33:49 PM
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ACORN missed all these. Corelli said of the 1,200 voter cards ACORN submitted, 600 were thrown out. "ACORN, not just here but around the country is trying to stuff the ballot box," Healy said. ACORN works in low-income communities, which tend to vote Democratic. The organization responded that it double-checks registration cards and notifies registrars of those that are "problematic" or "incomplete." Depending on voter drive regulations, ACORN in some states might hold back cards if staff members confirm by phone that the individual listed did not fill one out, Graber-Grace said. "But our policy in Connecticut has been turning them in," he said. "We're not in the business of picking and Advertisement choosing what cards we turn in. Then you can come under fire for turning in selectively, and that would be a problem. "We are interested in getting people who are eligible onto the rolls. That's what our goal is." Av Harris, a spokesman for Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, said Friday the state does not require organizations to turn in every card collected in a voter drive. He said the state relies on local registrars to perform "quality control" but said ACORN also bears responsibility. Graber-Grace said ACORN attempted to meet with registrars in Stamford to explain how their voter drives work and prepare them for the influx of cards but were rebuffed.