Title: A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud | News/Talk 1130 WISN | Dan O'Donnell
Headings: A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud
A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud
Content: Because of this widespread fraud, the primary was re-run and Pastrick lost. Five years later, community activist group ACORN engaged in what Washington's Secretary of State called "the worst case of voter registration fraud in the history of the state" by submitting nearly 2,000 fake voter registration forms. According to CNN, the group "took addresses from homeless shelters, used fake birthdays and Social Security numbers and took names from baby books to create voters out of thin air." Clifton Mitchell, the ringleader of the scheme, spent three months in prison, and four of his co-conspirators were sentenced to jail time. ACORN itself was fined $25,000. The group was under investigation for fraud in 10 different states for its activities ahead of the 2008 presidential election. The following year, The Wall Street Journal reported: Nevada officials charged ACORN, its regional director and its Las Vegas field director with submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms last year. Larry Lomax, the registrar of voters in Las Vegas, says he believes 48% of ACORN's forms "are clearly fraudulent." Prosecutors in Pittsburgh, Pa., also charged seven Acorn employees with filing hundreds of fraudulent voter registrations before last year's general election.