The New York Post takes a look at why ACORN hands in so many fraudulent registrations:
Desperate canvassers sometimes resorted to trading cigarettes, cash and food in exchange for registrations, according to Elder and two other former ACORN workers, Jaymes Sanford, 18, and Selvin Cunningham, 23. Some voters were signed up more than once, and said that worried – or lazy – canvassers sometimes filled out bogus cards… “It was just little stuff – a dollar, a cigarette – given to people so that they’d register,” said Sanford, a former team leader. “People are scared of not making their quotas,” he said. “I didn’t do it, but it’s the way it worked.” Elder added, “I’ve got no money to give out. I don’t smoke, so I had no cigarettes to offer. But other people did, and the pressure you were under forced you to.” Cunningham, who also had been a team leader, said, “They’re pretty lenient if you’re off [quota] by just a few names. But if you’re repeatedly missing your quota, if you only had three or four [people signed up], then you might start paying people.” Anyone caught offering bribes, Cunningham said, was supposed to be fired. But a woman with Cunningham who identified herself as a current ACORN director said not all rogue canvassers are shown the door.
This is no surprise. It’s been clear that ACORN is a political racket that puts a priority on delivering Democratic votes over following the rules. That became clear when we learned that ACORN ignored labor laws in the process of doing business.
