Sep

More ACORN News

ACORN sure is busy.

They’re tied to massive voter fraud here in New York. Big Government reports:

The Working Families Party and local Democratic Party Officials are at the center of a massive voter fraud scandal in Troy, NY.

According to the Times Union:

Dozens of forged and fraudulent absentee ballots from people registered to vote on the Working Families Party line were filed in the Sept. 15 primary elections in Troy.

Documents at the county Board of Elections show the fraudulent ballots were handled by or prepared on behalf of various elected officials and leaders and operatives for the Democratic and Working Families parties.

There may be as many as 50 absentee ballots that were forged, according to people close to the case. Countywide, there were 126 absentee ballots applied for on the Working Families Party line.

What isn’t mentioned is that WFP is nothing more than a front group for ACORN. Or as Roger Stone put it: …

And Meredith Jessup at Townhall brings us the news that Citigroup, no stranger to taxpayer funding, continues to bankroll ACORN.

Now that we, the American taxpayers, own the majority of stocks in Citigroup, it might be time for the bailed-out bank to end its relationship with ACORN. You’ll remember that Citigroup has received $45 billion in taxpayer TARP funds, and we’re on the hook for a good portion of the losses on company’s $335 billion loan portfolio.

The National Legal and Policy Center reports:

According to the 2008 annual tax return of the Citi Foundation, it provided the ACORN Institute, Inc. with grants of $500,000 for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, for a total of $1.5 million.According to the ACORN Institute website:

The ACORN Institute operates a countrywide network of ACORN Centers which (sic) provide free tax preparation, benefits enrollment, and foreclosure prevention services. In partnership with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)…

It continues:

Working in conjunction with major national partners such as Citigroup, H&R Block, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program and others, ACORN Centers have an undeniable track record.

Citigroup is currently marketing a mortgage product through ACORN targeted at illegal aliens. According to a June 10, 2009 press release: …..