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To: ManyMoose who wrote (91084)	10/21/2008 2:02:01 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541139

Two things, MM. We simply disagree over whether not-for-profits should do voter registration. My own position is that we should strive to get every possible voter to the polling booths, particularly in elections which mean as much as this one. And using groups to register voters helps on that score. As for being worried that ACORN registers mostly Dem voters, I don't doubt it. Most of their registering work is done in poor areas. But there is nothing to keep any group from engaging in voter registration. In upscale, downscale, sidewaysscale neighborhoods. Whatever.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (91084)	10/21/2008 7:35:11 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541139

>>As for evidence, I've seen the same pictures everyone else has of Acorn's activity. There's no doubt in my mind about who they favor. Obama sees to it that they are compensated.<< MM - There's no doubt in my mind that that last sentence is false. I have seen no evidence that the Obama campaign finances ACORN's voter registration activities. As for ACORN favoring Obama, that may well be so, and there's no reason they shouldn't, nor is there any requirement that an organization running a registration drive should be non-partisan. - Allen