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4 ACORN Workers Indicted in KC

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

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PUB DEF has confirmed that four ACORN workers have been indicted today in Kansas City in a case of voter registration fraud similar to those currently being investigated by the U.S. Attorney in St. Louis. More details to come… UPDATE: The four indicted workers are Kwaim A. Stenson, age 19; Stephanie L. Davis (aka Latisha Reed), age [...]

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ACORN to Address Fraud Allegations

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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UPDATE: ACORN representatives tell us today’s press conference has been cancelled because of “new information” regarding a possible agreement between the group and the Board of Elections on the recent letters mailed to voters registered by ACORN workers. Representatives from the embattled Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) will hold a press conference at [...]

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VIDEO: ACORN Workers Remain Unpaid, Make More GOTV Allegations

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Dozens of ACORN workers were disappointed Tuesday to find that the paychecks they were promised were still not available. And some gave even more details about the organization’s GOTV activities which have recently drawn a formal complaint from the state’s Republican Party and, according to one source, a visit last week from the [...]

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GOP Files FEC Complaint Against ACORN

Thursday, October 12, 2006

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The Missouri Republican Party filed a complaint yesterday with the Federal Elections Commission against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) citing reports by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and PubDef.net of problems with the organization’s voter registration activities. “The complaint against ACORN filed yesterday with the Federal Elections Commission alleges that the radical non-profit [...]

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ACORN Under Fire

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

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The Post-Dispatch’s Jo Mannies is reporting that nearly 1,500 voter registration cards turned in recently by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) have been flagged as “potentially fraudulent” by the St. Louis Board of Elections. This latest controversy comes just a week after we reported that several ACORN employees claimed they were instructed [...]

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SPECIAL REPORT: ACORN Workers Claim Minimum Wage Funds Helping McCaskill

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

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PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT Several former and current workers demonstrated today in front of the St. Louis office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) demanding to be paid for work they had performed and alleging that they were instructed to tell people to vote for U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill while [...]

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Help Wanted: Communications Director

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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John Cross, of The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (A.C.O.R.N.), has been acting as a psuedo Director of Communications for the El-Amin for State Senate campaign, writing and faxing press releases and getting the word out to “the community” about various campaign events. Today, Team El-Amin’s need for a real D.O.C. was once [...]

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