ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is the latest hate shorthand for the right. Right wing email to me now calls Obama, the "Senator from ACORN." This is part of the wide voter suppression effort now underway in response to the unprecedented new voter registration this year. To the right, ACORN = Weathermen.
And now, Nevada state authorities are raiding the Las Vegas headquarters of an organization that works to get low-income people to vote.
UPDATE: The comments inform me that the AG and Sec. of State in Nevada are both Dems. Whether they are acting under Gibbons orders, or whether there are other factors at play remains to be seen.
But the point remains that, to the right, ACORN is the George Soros of organizations.
A Nevada secretary of state's office spokesman said Tuesday that investigators are looking for evidence of voter fraud at the office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also called ACORN.
The raid comes two months after state and federal authorities formed a task force to pursue election-fraud allegations in Nevada.
They are accusing ACORN of submitting multiple voter registrations with false and duplicate names.
70,000 new voters have registered in Nevada this year, causing panic among the GOP. Now Republican Governor Gibbons, with Federal help, has called out the goons.
This occurs just after the Justice Dep't report that validated the charges about US Attorney firings for not bringing bogus voter fraud cases.
We cannot let them get away with this.