Fostering an environment that led to voter registration fraud

Incentives, Quotas and Lies: ACORN’s Voter Registration Program Revealed

June 14, 2009
Filed Under ACORN, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Vote Fraud |

-By Anita MonCrief

An article released today by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review provides direct acknowledgment in ACORN’s own words of a quota system in ACORN’s voter registration drives. ACORN and senior staff were indicted early last month in Nevada amid charges of fostering an environment that led to voter registration fraud (among other things).

“Despite repeated denials of a quota system, a 2004 manual utilized by the activist community organization ACORN advises managers that workers who do not produce a set number of voter registrations per day should be fired.’If a person performs at less than standard have them come to another training, send them out with a team leader. If they still perform poorly then re-train once more, then fire,’ the 2004 management document states.

‘Anyone who performs at less than three voter registrations per hour SHOULD NOT BE ON THE STAFF,’ the directive states.

A quota system for voter registration drives is barred under state law and has been cited as a major factor in pending criminal cases in Pittsburgh. Seven people, all with ties to ACORN, have been charged by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., with violating state election laws and submitting fraudulent voter registration applications. Those cases are pending.â€