ACORN Scandal vs. Vote-Suppression

Before I go into depth about the ACORN scandal vs. voter suppression, it's very important that we know what they are. The ACORN scandal starts with a non-profit organization that register people to vote. The people who work there are paid from $8.00 and $13.00 an hour for collecting registration forms. There is a problem though, with this freedom, it is quite possible for these people, depending on their views when it comes to elections, could choose not to register some forms or vice versa. It is stated in The New York Times that according to Project Vote, in 2006, 71 percent of eligible whites were registered compared to 61 percent blacks, 54 Latinos and Asian Americans. So this raises questions for us Americans, " Are ACORN's employees trustworthy? Do they take any actions to avoid voter fraud? and "Who does ACORN benefit the most." Well, I got answers for you. Yes, some employees can be trusted while others cannot. According to Factcheck, Obama has "long and deep" connections with this organization so that would lead me to believe that Democrats are the main people ACORN touches base with meaning the Republicans don't have connections with this organization. Washington Post says, ACORN itself has acknowledged problems, noting that in Nevada "there have been several times over the past ten months that our Las Vegas Quality Control program has identified a canvasser who appears to have knowingly submitted a fake or duplicate application in order to pad his or her hours." ACORN says it phones those who sign voter registration cards to verify that the applications are valid and flags the questionable registrations for election officials. Which has me thinking that ACORN rarely avoids voter fraud.

On the otherhand, Voter Suppression is when the government or any other organization discourages or stop citizens from voting. A recent story that took place in Georgia talks about a girl who was going to vote for the first time, however, she received a letter from the mail saying that she was not a citizen of the United States and therefore not able to vote. She later realized that a computer mismatch was made in their personal identification information. This is a scenario that is constantly being repeated across the nation meaning that voting supression grows that way.