Letter to the Editor: Ignoring election fraud perpetrated by the left in Maryland

From Ballotpedia

October 5, 2008

Republican William J. FrankLutherville, a member of the House of Delegates, recently wrote an editorial to the Balitmore Sun about their staff editorial titled "Voter beware," on Oct. 1 2008.

He wrote:^[1]

I was appalled at the selective outrage of The Baltimore Sun's recent editorial about alleged voter intimidation ("Voter beware," Oct. 1). Conspicuously absent from the hard-hitting editorial was any reference to the electoral misconduct of the ultra-leftist Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, commonly known as ACORN.

Let's quickly review ACORN's recent history related to voter fraud: In July 2007, ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington state. Seven ACORN volunteers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter registration forms.

Three ACORN hoaxers pleaded guilty to voter fraud last October. A King County, Wash., prosecutor called the group's behavior "an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls."

The group's activity in Washington state is not isolated. ACORN has been implicated in similar voter fraud schemes in 14 other states.

In March, Philadelphia elections officials accused the leftist pressure group of filing fraudulent voter registrations in advance of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. The charges are pending before the city district attorney's office.