Falling ACORNs
The Opinion Journal weighs in on voter IDs and the recent indictment of some of the folks working for ACORN on voter fraud charges. Despite the screech and spin from the people who oppose voter ID requirements, there is enough widespread evidence of voter fraud to undermine confidence in the election system. That alone is reason enough to justify the requirement for IDs.
So, less than a week before the midterm elections, four workers from Acorn, the liberal activist group that has registered millions of voters, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for submitting false voter registration forms to the Kansas City, Missouri, election board. But hey, who needs voter ID laws?
We wish this were an aberration, but allegations of fraud have tainted Acorn voter drives across the country. Acorn workers have been convicted in Wisconsin and Colorado, and investigations are still under way in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
The good news for anyone who cares about voter integrity is that the Justice Department finally seems poised to connect these dots instead of dismissing such revelations as the work of a few yahoos. After the federal indictments were handed up in Kansas City this week, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement that "This national investigation is very much ongoing."
Let's hope so. Acorn officials bill themselves as nonpartisan community organizers merely interested in giving a voice to minorities and the poor. In reality, Acorn is a union-backed, multimillion-dollar outfit that uses intimidation and other tactics to push for higher minimum wage mandates and to trash Wal-Mart and other non-union companies.
Read the whole thing. It is quite hard on ACORN. The bipartisan National Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford strongly recommended voter ID requirements be enacted. There are real problems and a real undermining of confidence in the system. That has got to stop. IDs will help.
Opposition to voter IDs is support for voter fraud. Period.
UPDATE: More from the National Association of Manufacturers. They have a link to this site.
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By mokus, Friday, 3 November , 2006 @ 11:28 am
“Opposition to voter IDs is support for voter fraud. Period.”
Well said, and may I add that defending the Democrat Party’s opposition to IDs based on the claim that some voters don’t possess appropriate personal identification is pure cockamamie nonsense.
Anyone who would swallow such idiocy is stupid enough to belive John Kerry supports the troops.