ACORN to Address Fraud Allegations
Filed Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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 noon today in front of the St. Louis Board of Elections to address recent allegations made by election officials in St. Louis City, County, and Kansas City.
Check back later for details…
And as we predicted over the weekend, a letter sent last week from the Board of Elections to thousands of people that were registered to vote by ACORN workers has indeed sparked criticism from civil rights groups.
Denise Lieberman, the former legal director for the ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the current voter protection coordinator for the Advancement Project, a DC-based civil rights organization, told KSDK yesterday, “The cards that were subject of this letter were based on a registration that was targeted to the African-American community.”
She told Channel 5 reporter Rebecca Wu, “Our concern was the letter was suggestive to voters was that if they failed to place a phone call to the election board and to sign the bottom of that letter, in fact their application would not be processed.”
The Board has drafted a second letter, with the help of the Advancement Project, that aims to clear up the confusion. It will be mailed out today.
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