In the ‘there ought to be a law,’ and I don’t say that very often, category - the laws should be amended to REQUIRE ANYONE OBTAINING VOTER REGISTRANTS TO BE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS. If people are actually/truly interested in getting fellow citizens out to vote, they wouldn’t be expecting Pay! Because of the hiring practices of ACORN and the way they pay BONUSES (per registrant, and has quotas according to many reports)! This practices should be NOT ALLOWED BY CAMPAIGN ELECTION OR FINANCE LAW! An actual McCain/Feingold amendment that would have Value!

It seems like the number rises every day or two, so as soon as you include a number it gets topped.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election.
A senior law enforcement official confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press on Thursday. A second senior law enforcement official says the FBI was looking at results of recent raids on ACORN offices in several states for any evidence of a coordinated national scam.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Justice Department regulations forbid discussing ongoing investigations particularly so close to an election.

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, says it has registered 1.3 million young people, minorities and poor and working-class voters—most of whom tend to be Democrats.

Republican accusations about the group were raised during Wednesday’s presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama and GOP candidate John McCain.

Some ACORN employees have been accused of submitting false voter registration forms—including some signed `Mickey Mouse’ or other fictitious characters.

Those voter registration cards have become the focus of fraud investigations in Nevada, Connecticut, Missouri and at least five other states. Election officials in Ohio and North Carolina also recently questioned the group’s voter forms.

ACORN has said the “vast majority” of its workers are conscientious, but some might have turned in duplicate applications or provided fake information to pad their pay. Workers caught submitting false information have been fired, ACORN officials say.

ACORN says laws in a number of states require it to submit all registration cards it collects even dubious ones, so its workers segregate applications with missing, suspicious or false information and flag them so state election officials can quickly check them further.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93RNJOG2&show_article=1

”I think that there’s probably less [fraud] than is being discussed. As we’re coming into the closing days of any campaign, there are some who enjoy chaos,”

and this:

But Crist’s Republican Secretary of State, Kurt Browning, said he doesn’t think ACORN is committing systematic voter fraud. And Crist said that settles the matter because ”I have enormous confidence” in Browning.

All this while the RNC is hosting a call for reporters arguing that ACORN is involved in wide spread voter registration fraud and highlighting problems in Florida. I’d suggest in the future the RNC get their talking points straight with the folks in the state; getting your message walked on by your own side is is never fun and usually (although not always) avoidable.