Seattle (Seattle Times) [1]King and Pierce County prosecutors filed felony charges today against seven people who allegedly committed the biggest voter-registration fraud in state history.
The defendants, who were paid employees and supervisors of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, concocted the scheme as an easy way to get paid, not as an attempt to influence the outcome of elections, King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said.
“This was an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls of King County,” Satterberg said.
In addition to filing criminal charges, Satterberg said state and local officials had signed a five-year agreement with ACORN that requires the organization to beef up its training and procedures for detecting and reporting fraud.
ACORN agreed to pay King County $25,000 for its investigative costs and acknowledged that the national organization could be subject to criminal prosecution if fraud occurs again.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the worst case of voter-registration fraud in the history of the state of Washington. There has been nothing comparable to this,” state Secretary of State Sam Reed said at a news conference with Satterberg, King County Executive Ron Sims and Acting U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan.
Were a Republican group involved, I can’t help but assume that instead of signing a five year agreement with the group, all contracts would be null and void with such a group As a result of such a breach. Documented as the worst case of voter fraud in the history of the state, and the group ends up with a slap on the wrist, by their fellow Democrats. Just ponder that one for a while. Now, consider the idea that this group is been involved with fraudulent activity, in other states, where investigations have also ensued.
Update:(Bit) Michelle Malkin’s [2]doing a good job in keeping up with this one.