The ACORN scandal is about a group called ACORN ( Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). The group according to The Washington Post was "accused of submitting phony or duplicate registrations."After review some articles I have come to realize the difference between ACORN and vote-suppression. In most of the articles that I have read they state that ACORN they state that this causation that ACORN has committed voting fraud is not true. In an article called I read called Commentary: ACORN issue not vote fraud, but vote suppression by Donna Brazile she discussed how ACORN wasn't vote fraud at all, but in fact, vote suppression. In her article she basically states that "The so-called ACORN scandal is no more than a few canvassers trying to meet their quota and make easy money by cheating the system".
The real issue that people seem to be discussing is vote-suppression. Vote-suppression can widely effect the outcome of the election. In a news article i was reading called Stealing the Vote: GOP Voter Suppression is McCain's Last Chance to Win the author ( Marc C. Eades) was discussing how the republican party has been using vote-suppression to sway the votes so that that McCain can win the election. The republicans were even caught committing these acts. In that same article it has proof of vote suppression. The article states "he Brennan Center also documents widespread cases of voter deception and intimidation by GOP operatives and even election officials. Election officials in Virginia and Colorado have provided incorrect and misleading voter information to students, and deceptive fliers have been distributed by GOP operatives to students and African Americans in Pennsylvania. In Bakersfield, California, conservative radio host Jaz McKay of station KNZR told listeners that Democrats should vote Nov. 5 instead of Nov. 4 because of expected heavy turnout - a favorite trick among Republicans trying to stop Democrats from voting."
So the main difference that I have caught here is that vote-suppression is the real scandal going on right now where as the ACORN scandal was based on false acussations and actually is not true.
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