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The GOP’s Blame-ACORN Game
Graphic by Christopher Serra / The Nation.‘Since the 1970s ACORN, which has 400,000 low- and moderate-income “member families,” has been warning Congress to protect borrowers from the banking industry’s irresponsible, risky and predatory practices.’By Peter Dreier & John Atlas / … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Banking, Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, Finance, Racism, Republican Party, Social Action, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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McCain Operative Makes ACORN Seem Like Peanuts
McCain campaign paid Republican operative accused of voter fraud By Hannah Strange | October 22, 2008 See Keating law firm donates $50,000 to McCain campaign,’ Below. John McCain paid $175,000 of campaign money to a Republican operative accused of massive … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Campaign Tactics, Charles Keating, Keating Five, McCain, McCain Campaign, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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ACORN and ‘Voter Fraud’ : Bogus Issue Missreported
Top: ACORN voter registrar in New Mexico. Photo by Clayton Kennedy / ACORN. Above: Nevada investigators raid Las Vegas ACORN office looking for evidence of ‘voter fraud.’ Photo by J.C. Hong / AP.Media revive pattern of reporting on alleged “voter … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, Media, Media Distortion, November Election, Republican Party, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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Fighting Against Disenfranchisement in Michigan
ACLU sues state over voter purging programsBy David Ashenfelter / September 18, 2008 The ACLU and a national student group have sued Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land to halt two statewide voter purging programs that they say could … Continue reading
It’s Just Like the Election in 2004 All Over Again
If you haven’t yet read Greg Palast’s Armed Madhouse, you might want to do it before November 4 to educate and amuse yourself. There are a lot of reasons to believe that John McCain and his class act from Alaska … Continue reading
Threats to Voting Rights Of Low-Income Women
In 2006, only 63 percent of women in households making $25,000 or less were registered to vote compared to 81 percent of women in households making $75,000 or more. Photograph by Guido Alvarez.88 Years Later: A Promise Unfulfilled for Millions … Continue reading
One Reason John McCain Will Win in November
This is James Carabelli if you feel likehaving a chat with him about this issue.Project Vote Denounces GOP Plans to Foreclose on the Voting Rights of Low-Income Michigan ResidentsSeptember 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Michigan GOP has announced plans to … Continue reading
Feds Have Erected Barriers : Help Our Veterans Vote
Veterans Affairs has banned nonpartisan voter registration at federally financed facilitiesBy Susan Bysiewicz / August 10, 2008 WHAT is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the department led by James B. Peake issued a directive that bans … Continue reading
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Tagged Presidential Campaign, Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Voter Registration
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