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Reader Patty O. writes from Colorado, where the left-wing organization ACORN has been implicated in voter registration fraud:
Here in Colorado at least three groups are involved in registration fraud. ACORN, the New Voters Project and Colorado Progressive Coalition.
ACORN is headed by Wade Rathke. He helped found the United Labor Union in 1979, founded Local 100 of the Service Employees International in New Orleans (affiliated with the AFL-CIO) and sits on the board of both the Tides Foundation and Tides Center. The Tides Foundation receives money from the HEINZ FOUNDATION.
The New Voters Project lists on its' website one of it's main supporters, THE TIDES FOUNDATION.
The Colorado Progressive Coalition has on its' board of directors, Lena Potyondy. She is the Political Director for the Denver Local #105 Service Employees International.
I found all of this information within minutes of searching the internet. I would love for people in other states where ACORN has surfaced or any other group associated with voter registration fraud to search those groups for similar links. If you recall the AFL-CIO was involved with the Oct. 5th "Day of Protests" where several Republican campaign offices were stormed and some people injured. I suspect they may be more involved in a lot of this than many would care to believe. The smell of collusion is almost unavoidable.
Start a blog, Patty. You're good at this.
If you spot a news story about suspected voter fraud in your part of the country, please send me the link and a brief summary to voterfraud-at-gmail.com.
I used to be a Community Organizer for A.C.O.R.N in Patterson N.J and Waco TX. In both locations I was required to
'Bring in" new members through various methods such as lying to low income communities. "We can help you change how your child's school is funded", "we can help you revitalize your community" "We can sway your Council Representative's point of view". These were ALL lies and folks are required to pay a $10.00 monthly "membership fee" but when someone requests to have membership fee drafts stopped, it takes many certified letters, threats and angry phone calls before this happens. One supervisor in Waco TX even told me that this organization is listed in the Government's list of top 10 suspected terrorist organizations. Also, A.C.O.R.N claims to be non-profit but this is totally false. They are fully for profit. They hide under the umbrella of another Organization that really is non-profit which steps up and accepts grants on behalf of ACORN. This organization needs to be brought to a halt.
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