Democrat Al Franken's emergence as the victor of the marathon
Minnesota election battle triggered growing complaints from those who
blame former Sen. Norm Coleman's defeat on the Association of Community
Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN).
Matthew Vadum, senior editor for the Capital Research Center
think tank, stops just short of saying ACORN grabbed the election away
from Coleman, although he doesn't rule out that possibility.
He points out that ACORN registers voters who are expected to
vote Democratic in overwhelming numbers, based on demographics. In the
year leading up to the election, ACORN tallied 43,000 new registrations
in Minnesota. That probably was a decisive factor in a contest decided
by 312 votes out of nearly 3 million ballots cast. MORE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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courtesy of an activist union and its close allies in the nation’s most
controversial liberal non-profit advocacy group.