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Liberal Group Files Fake Voter Forms

ACORN under scrutiny in several states; used names of the dead

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2008 8:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Authorities have discovered more than 2,000 phony registration forms filled in by a liberal activist group in an Indiana county, CNN reports. The forms from ACORN—already being probed for alleged fraud in Nevada and Missouri—included the names of dead people and sandwich... Read full story »

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Liberal Group Files Fake Voter Forms

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