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| ACORN Files Voting Rights Suit on Behalf of Imaginary-Americans |
| 2008-10-10 |
| Only Iowahawk can come up with something like this. Read the entire thing at the link. ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for the voting registration organizations ACORN and Project Vote filed an anti-discrimination voting rights suit in the U.S. Federal District court this morning, alleging the United States government is involved in "a widespread, systematic effort to disenfranchise Imaginary-Americans and deprive them of access to polls." "Participation in our electoral process is a fundamental right, and the foundation of our democracy," said ASDF ASDFG, a spokesperson for the National Association for the Advancement of Imaginary People, one of the groups named as plaintiffs in the class action. "We will not be silent when government denies people access to the polls on the basis of color, or sex, or existential status." The new suit was prompted by on a series of law enforcement raids of ACORN offices in 10 states over the past week, as well as a reported Justice Department investigation. Federal and state officials say they were acting on tips of fraudulent voter registration forms, after election officials reported a flood of unusual applications submitted by ACORN canvassers. In Las Vegas the Clarke County election commission reported thousands of registrations signed by the Dallas Cowboys, while in St. Louis officials discovered thousands of others signed by Power Rangers, Menudo, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In Cleveland, Ohio Republican officials complained to the Federal Election Commission after early-voting sites barred observers when thousands of Invisible-Ohioans arrived at the polls aboard hundreds of invisible ACORN buses. In Ida Grove, Iowa, Ida County Registrar Debby Ballard expressed concern when a convoy of Chicago ACORN semis submitted 4,000,000 provisional ballots, 17 seconds before a 5 pm deadline. "I'm proud that Ida County can boast of a 114,312% voter registration rate, but I'm not sure if I can get all of them processed by Monday," said Ballard. "I've got a pilates class in Sioux City." |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #5 Actually this can never happen in the Seattle area. Imaginary Americans (and even non-americans) have no problems registering to vote at least in Snohomish County (just north of seattle). Took my wife in to regiser to vote. They didn't even ask for **any** ID - never mind citizenship - not even a utility bill. Just said that they would send out a ballot on the 16th by mail (Snohomish County has mandatory vote-by-mail). ACORN *hearts* Washington State |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-10 17:30 |
| #4 lotp, i've read so much BS in the last few years i don't know the diff anymore |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-10 17:08 |
| #3 In the non-satire veain, even the Seattle papers are carrying articles about the increasing number of ACORN-related votoer fraud issues popping up all over the US. its almost like its planned..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-10 14:34 |
| #2 It's a satire. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-10 12:28 |
| #1 i can't even believe they would let this lawsuit into a court. A nd IF they lose they should be made too pay for every dime of it. Criminals are charged court cost so should civil suits |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-10 12:18 |