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Michael Winship, Truthout: "You see, the ACORN 'election fraud' story is one of those urban legends, like fake moon landings and alligators in the sewers, and it appears three or four weeks before every recent national election with the regularity of the swallows returning to Capistrano."

https://www.truthout.org/article/101808A



Justice Department Targets ACORN but Ignores GOP Voter Suppression

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: "Partisan considerations still appear to be contributing to the Department of Justice's actions when it comes to enforcing the nation's voting rights laws. With Election Day less than two weeks away, proponents of more tightly regulating the voting process - this time led by congressional Republicans - have gotten their desired response from the nation's guardian of civil rights' laws: a FBI investigation into ACORN, the low-income advocacy coalition that registered 1.3 million new voters in 2008."

https://www.truthout.org/102408B

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Behind The Attack Against ACORN

BRAVE NEW FILMS

The right-wing attack against ACORN and its voter registration drive is based on clear falsehoods and is the latest chapter in a history of deliberate voter suppression orchestrated by the right, according to this video released by Brave New Films.

https://ga3.org/ct/K720pgF1-Yjm/

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The GOP's Blame-ACORN Game
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/24-0

ACORN Statement on New York Times Article Oct. 24
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/10/24-6

Many Voters Caught Unawares by Florida's 'No-Match' ID Law
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/31-5

GOP Continues Voter Suppression Campaign While Accusing ACORN of Irregularity
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/31-8



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