ACORN Las Vegas Offices Raided
ACORN, the low-income advocacy group, had it's Las Vegas office raided on Tuesday as police searched for evidence of voter fraud. The group claims to have just finished it's 2008 voter registration drive after signing up more than 80,000 Clark County Nevada voters.
Ironically, ACORN had scheduled the announcement of the close of it's successful voter drive on Tuesday. Michael Slater, Project Vote director, said the raid was nothing more than a stunt. He further stated that the group has been cooperating with local law enforcement agencies for the past six months and have voluntarily handed over questionable registration documents realized from strict quality controls applied to in-house vetting. A Nevada Secretary of State spokesperson confirmed that ACORN had been providing information that could be used in their criminal investigation.
Project Vote officials claim the raid was politically motivated considering the timing and ACORN's complete cooperation with authorities. Nevada Secretary of State Spokesman Bob Walsh said the raid was conducted because the problems could have been more widespread than what ACORN reported to their office.
