[JWBear]

For the record, I have no illusions that Democrats have not committed voter fraud. However, it it plain that the shear volume of voter fraud committed by Republicans makes the Democratic efforts pale in comparison.

There was voter suppression in Florida in 2000. Because of it, Bush "won" the state, and therefore the election. This served to embolden the likes of Rove to greater feats in 2004. (Though I do believe that Bush won that election fair and square, despite the fraud.)

There were some ACORN employees that are accused of fraud, but that was an isolated instance in just one office. They were terminated from ACORN for violating ACORN's rules. This, in no way. reflects on ACORN as a whole.

The main complaint by Republicans seems to be that some of the voter registrations they have collected were illegitimate. ACORN doesn't fill them out, but merely collects them from the potential voters who do. ACORN (and any like organization) is required by law to turn all voter registrations it collects over to local election officials. They do not vet the registrations, and can hardly be blamed for the ones that are illegitimate.

At my work, we are required by state law to give voter registration forms to everyone who applies. We are not allowed to tell anyone that they can not fill them out - even if they are non-citizens. We do not have the authority to determine if someone is eligible to vote; that power rests with the Registrar of Voters Office. We are also required by law to turn in any completed voter registrations our clients give us. By the very same reasoning used by those who attack ACORN, the County of Orange is guilty of voter fraud because some of those registrations are illegitimate.