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To: Neeka who wrote (91611)	10/23/2008 7:42:37 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541344

But I just can't come up with a reason for ACORN to continue to submit them anyway. I could be wrong about this, Neeka, and haven't researched it, but I read somewhere that ACORN was required to submit all registrations, even if patently false. They do flag them as suspicious, but that's all they can do. As for their hiring practices- I agree with what you are saying, I think, which is that there are obvious problems that need to be addressed.

To: Neeka who wrote (91611)	10/23/2008 7:46:18 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541344

>>I guess it isn't illegal to submit thousands and thousands of false registrations? But I just can't come up with a reason for ACORN to continue to submit them anyway. Do they enjoy causing registrars this kind of problem? Are these "voters" asking for absentee ballots? Does ACORN exist simply to employ people regardless of their background because they are "poor" and need a job, and who cares whether thousands of registrations are bogus, and they get money from various foundations AND the U.S. govt? Who are these incompetent people running this program? And I'll reiterate.......why do they continue to submit false registration? And it isn't illegal to register the same person more than once. Do you mean it is legal to register more than once in your state? That is illegal in Washington State.<< Neeka - To take your points in reverse order. No, it is not illegal in most states, I believe, to register more than once. It might happen quite frequently. Let's say I move more than once between elections. I might well register to vote more than once. Or I might simply forget that I have already registered, and when I'm at the DMV renewing my license and they shove the form in my face, I go ahead and fill it out. But only the most recent registration counts, so I'll only be on the voter rolls in one place, and can cast only one vote. You might want to check the Washington State law. The question of why ACORN submits the clearly phony registration applications is that they are required to do so by law. This is to prevent organizations from running around registering voters, then discarding all the cards from one party or the other, so that people who think they have registered show up on election day to vote, only to find they can't. Only the Election Boards have the authority to disqualify a registration application. Makes sense, doesn't it? - Allen