Nevada Update: Election Law Dies, ACORN plans to fight on
June 4, 2009
The Nevada Attorney General’s office rolled their eyes this week when they were forced to respond to ACORN’s claim that the charges being brought against illegally paid canvassers were “politically motivated.” The Modesto Bee reports that ACORN lawyer, Lisa Rasmussen, believes that the “charges…just highlight a voter registration system that is broken.”
Broken? Surely ACORN, the same organization that has been accused of filing fraudulent voter registrations in multiple states, can come up with a better defense of their shenanigans.
This news also comes on the heels of the failure of the Nevada Assembly to take up a major election law bill which Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller supported. The Las Vegas FOX affiliate describes the purpose of the bill:
The proposal included felony penalties for offenses such as intimidating voters and interfering in the conduct of an election. It also proposed to streamline the election process, in part by creating an electronic voter database to give people the option of registering to vote online.
Miller also had said the bill would combat election fraud, citing alleged election fraud abuses involving political advocacy group ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Whether or not the bill would have actually worked, it is good to see that some state governments are taking ACORN’s threat to their election system seriously.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Nevada, Secretary of State Watch
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