[PAA-Discuss] Urgent: Stop Voter Suppression!

[Juli3 at aol.com]

Dear Friends,  
Thank you for standing  with ACORN in the face of vicious attacks from the 
McCain campaign, FOX  news, and others. It means the world to us.  
Right now, we're focused on what we do best: educating and  turning out 
voters on election day. This is no easy task, even in a good  year, and this year 
is one tough year. We are deeply concerned about  reports of partisan-driven 
voter suppression in New Mexico,  Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, and Virginia. 
Can you help us fight  back? We've created ACORN's first-ever TV commercial to 
take the fight  to the airwaves as part of our comprehensive offensive 
against voter  suppression. It starts airing Thursday, October 30 on national cable  
TV.  
_Click  here to watch a copy of the TV commercial on YouTube. _ 
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kjir/X1eQ3pbC5q0HwCosW3FaOZCPKbU)  
Here's what's happening: 
…  In Philadelphia, fliers  were distributed in a predominantly African 
American neighborhood which  suggested that people with legal troubles or unpaid 
traffic violations  will be arrested by undercover cops when they show up to  
vote. 
…In Hamilton County, Ohio,  Prosecutor Joe Deters - who is also the local 
chair of the McCain-Palin  campaign - requested via subpoena personal information 
for 40% of voters  who participated in same-day registration. 
…In Montgomery County, Virginia, a  registrar issued a memo giving incorrect 
and intimidating information to  students at Virginia Tech University about 
the consequences of  registering to vote, including possible loss of financial 
aid and tax  dependence status. 
…In Ontario, California, the owner  of a firm that the California Republican 
Party hired to register tens of  thousands of voters was arrested on suspicion 
of voter registration  fraud after dozens of voters reported that the firm 
tricked them into  registering with the GOP by asking them to sign a petition 
they believed  to be aimed at toughening penalties against child  molesters. 
Our commercial highlights these  attacks - educating voters about what 
suppression looks like - and asks  the McCain campaign to stop the suppression 
happening on his behalf.  As you can  see, this is happening all over the country. 
We need your help to fight  back and ensure that all the voters ACORN helped 
register can cast a  ballot and have that ballot counted. _Please  contribute 
what you can - any amount helps._ 
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9+x5lwF1lwU11HGoZ9Wn4m3FaOZCPKbU)    
Nothing is more important to the  fabric of our democracy than protecting the 
rights of American voters.  Senator McCain should instead join us in trying 
to make it  easier for voters to exercise their rights, by calling for measures 
 such as extending early voting hours, to facilitate the greatest  possible 
participation in this historic election. 
One more thing - please know that we are so grateful and honored  by your 
support today. It's good to know that you and so many others are  doing as much 
as you can during this final week. Thank  you. 
Sincerely, 
Bertha Lewis, Chief Organizer 
Jon Kest, Executive Director 
P.S. If you haven't already,  please do _sign  our petition_ 
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=I3yJ8ET7iagLFJcOHZMsbllc2tbcqID3)  to the 
McCain campaign to stop  the attacks on ACORN and the people we serve, and 
then  spread  the truth to your friends and family. 
ACORN  is the nation's largest community organization of low- and  
moderate-income families, with over 400,000 member families organized  into neighborhood 
chapters in 100 cities across the country. Since 1970  ACORN has taken action 
and won victories on issues of concern to our  members. Our priorities 
include: better housing for first time  homebuyers and tenants, living wages for 
low-wage workers, more  investment in our communities from banks and governments, 
and better  public schools. ACORN is an acronym, and each letter should be  
capitalized. ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations  for 
Reform Now.  
ACORN's  website is at _http://www.acorn.org_ 
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HQvX3m+6ujlhnDYONs+EIG3FaOZCPKbU) . 
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