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Documents secured by Oklahoma City Republican Representative Mike Reynolds reveal ACORN tactics to help defeat Republican legislators.

Today, Congressman John Sullivan issued the following statement announcing his cosponsorship of H.R. 3571, the Defund ACORN Act.  This legislation, introduced by House Republican Leader John Boehner, would terminate all federal funding to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and its affiliates. “Like many Americans, I am furious about the recent reports [...]

The Pittsburg Tribune Review reports that Pennsylvania Senior District Judge Richard H. Zoller, who held another ACORN worker for trial Monday on election law violations urged prosecutors to go after ACORN, the organization that employed him. “Somebody has to go after ACORN,” Judge Zoller said about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. “It’s [...]

Why do photo ID laws actually encourage higher voter turnout? Because it increases the public’s confidence in the election system by assuring them that their votes will count and not be trumped by fraud. Perhaps this is why former President Jimmy Carter, who co-chaired the Commission on Federal Election Reform, acknowledged the benefits of a photo ID. That Commission reported that “(v)oters in nearly 100 democracies use a photo identification card without fear of infringement on their rights.”