Since mid-September, when it had become apparent that ACORN workers had committed extensive voter registration fraud in at least eleven states, ACORN has issued a series of statements defending itself.
Organizations whose donors, in some cases, overlap ACORN’s have similarly issued a series of statements defending ACORN.
The main legal claim made by ACORN and its supporters is that the organization had no legal choice but to turn in deficient forms. As one group puts it in many states, laws require the submission of the registration forms — faulty or not.
The Los Angeles Times paraphrases an ACORN spokesperson, but does factcheck the claim: “The group is barred by law from destroying such applications, but flags them and notifies local election officials in every case, he said.”
The ACORN defense on this question is weak. The facts are that:
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