ACORN disbanding because of money woes, scandal

[5thGenTexan]

Haven't seen anything about this but BHO's fantastic grass roots network is dismantling itself, watch for it's new reincarnation.

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Brooklyn has already reinvented itself as New York Communities for Change, has many of the same board members as ACORN, shares similar goals of the troubled activist group, and will take over its lease on Nevins Street, an ACORN spokesman said.

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Same song 2nd verse more of the same, but now the Dems can claim they aren't involved with the boy's and girls of Acorn. Truth is an awesome thing, but what is the meaning of the word?

[Bob Landry]

All that Chairman Obama has to do is sign an Executive Order and funds will be restored.

[bdickens]

ACORN isn't going away. They are just rebranding.

[The Annoyed Man]

ACORN isn't going away. They are just rebranding.

[Mike1951]

California and New York rebranded. It appears the other state associations disbanded.

[AEA]

Federal (your) money will again flow to these scumbags as soon as they apply to the current administration under new business names. Typical with the current administration. What a crock!

[boomerang]

Haven't seen anything about this but BHO's fantastic grass roots network is dismantling itself, watch for it's new reincarnation.

It's like whack-a-mole.

[PSLOwner]

Yup, voter registration antics have been around forever, by both parties.

Because of all these idiots, the odds of us ever getting internet voting is nill



CA GOP Vote Registration Contractor Arrested for Registration Fraud, Perjury
Now Updated Many Times at Bottom of Article...
This just in as Brad is headed over to the FOX News studios. Yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported on the Republican voter registration outfit who had allegedly been illegally changing thousands of registrations from Democratic to Republican.

Last night the head of that GOP backed group, Mark Anthony Jacoby of Young Political Majors (YPM), was arrested by the California State Election Fraud Taskforce and Oxnard, CA Police.

According to CA SoS Debra Bowen's press release, Jacoby himself had committed voter registration fraud and perjury by lying on his own voter registration form. (That's similar to what Ann Coulter did, though she not only committed felony voter registration fraud, she also committed actual voter fraud, as well, even though such fraud is exceedingly rare.)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2008
CONTACT: Kate Folmar (916) 208-6521


Secretary of State Debra Bowen Announces Arrest
of Man Charged with Voter Registration Fraud

SACRAMENTO – The owner of a signature-gathering firm that works across California was arrested in Ontario today on suspicion of committing voter registration fraud, Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced.

Mark Anthony Jacoby, who owns the firm known as Young Political Majors (YPM), was arrested after allegedly registering himself to vote, once in 2006 and again in 2007, at an address where did not live. An investigation by the Secretary of State’s Election Fraud Investigation Unit revealed that Jacoby twice registered to vote at the address of a childhood home in Los Angeles although he no longer lived there.

The Secretary of State’s fraud unit and the Ontario Police Department arrested Jacoby near an Ontario hotel just before midnight Saturday. An arraignment date has not been scheduled yet.

“Voter registration fraud is a serious issue, which is why I vigorously investigate all allegations of elections fraud,” said Secretary Bowen, California’s chief elections officer. “Where there’s a case to be made, I will forward it to law enforcement for criminal prosecution.”

For his business, Jacoby traveled California and a number of other states collecting petition signatures and registering voters. Under state law, signature-gatherers must sign a declaration stating that they are either registered to vote in California or that they are eligible to do so. Jacoby allegedly registered to vote at his childhood address to meet this legal requirement.

Under California law, it is a felony punishable by up to three years in prison to register yourself when you are not entitled to vote and it is perjury to provide false information on a voter registration card.

On October 3, the Public Integrity Unit of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged Jacoby with four felonies: two counts of voter registration fraud and two counts of perjury. A warrant was issued for his arrest and bail was set at $50,000.

“This arrest wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of the Ontario Police Department and Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley’s office,” Secretary Bowen said. “I thank them both.”

The Secretary of State’s Election Fraud Investigation Unit helps maintain the integrity of the electoral process by investigating allegations of election and voter fraud in California. Potential Elections Code violations brought to the unit’s attention are thoroughly investigated and referred to law enforcement officials for prosecution when there is sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. The Secretary of State’s office does not disclose information about the status of ongoing criminal investigations, but the information from a case that results in a criminal complaint filed by a county or state prosecutor is a public record.

[The Annoyed Man]

PSLOwner, I spent most of my life living in SoCal until just 4 years ago (I'm 57). Take what you read about "Eeee-vul" republicans in California with a large piece of rock salt. Democrats have ruined the state and made it ungovernable. Businesses are fleeing California, which is what brought me to Texas, because democrats in Sacto think profit is evil and must be punished. (The year I moved here, Schwarzenegger boasted that California had gained 400,000 new residents, but he failed to mention that the state had lost 500,000 residents, for a net loss of 100,000.) Kate Folmar, named in your press release, is a democrat operative and is currently press secretary to Senator Barbara Boxer (source) — the queen of brain damage. Yes, there are some idiot republicans there, the Governator being one of them, but understand that anything spouting from the maw of Kate Folmar is not exactly accurate or unbiased reporting.

The reason you won't have Internet voting in California is that there will be no accountability at the voting place if it is allowed. California is corrupt enough without adding Internet voting to the list of methods by which the democrat machine there can corrupt the process. The only thing separating California politics from Chicago politics is that California pols carry their brass knuckles in little Gucci bags.

I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could.

[PSLOwner]

My point wasnt that republicans are evil (neither are democrats for that matter), just that voter registration "games" are played by everyone. They penalties for these kind of games need to be stiffened.

[SQLGeek]

Businesses are fleeing California, which is what brought me to Texas, because democrats in Sacto think profit is evil and must be punished. (The year I moved here, Schwarzenegger boasted that California had gained 400,000 new residents, but he failed to mention that the state had lost 500,000 residents, for a net loss of 100,000.)

with your entire post but this one really hits home for me. It is one of the major reasons I took the job transfer out here. That extra money in my pocket from no state income tax sure has been nice. There were discussing raising the income tax again when we moved. I am so glad to be living in a state that doesn't punitively punish those that are successful.

[TxDrifter]

ACORN isn't going away. They are just rebranding.

and they are going international. In most every instance they are the same people running it and they are operating out of the same office. Here is Representative Steve King discussing the rebranding on FBN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o08I_sJNNk There are multiple news articles covering it in a plethora of papers and online sites, just search for it.