Former ACORN Las Vegas field director Christopher Edwards cut a deal with prosecutors and has pleaded guilty to “two gross misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit the crime of compensation for registration of voters,” the Las Vegas Sunreports. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto andSecretary of State Ross Miller, both Democrats, unveiled the charges in May. (Previous blog post; article in Human Events) As part of the deal Edwards will testify against the other two defendants in the case — ACORN and its former regional director, Amy Busefink. [...] State investigators consider Edwards the mastermind of an illegal incentive program at the local ACORN office that, with the approval of Busefink and national ACORN officials, encouraged the collection of fraudulent voter registration forms during the 2008 campaign season. [...] In the plea agreement Edwards said that from Aug. 1 to Oct. 31, 2008, he unlawfully conspired with ACORN and Busefink to create a local bonus incentive program, known as ‘Blackjack,’ giving ACORN canvassers an additional $5 for turning in 21 or more registration cards per shift. ACORN allegedly required its workers to submit at least 20 voter registration forms a day to keep their jobs. This is only the tip of the iceberg. ACORN is corrupt on so many levels. Source: Capital Research Center Matthew can be reached at: mvadum@capitalresearch.orgFormer ACORN Las Vegas field director Christopher Edwards
ACORN Ex-Official To Testify Against ACORN
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By Matthew Vadum Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Matthew Vadum is Editor of Organization Trends and Foundation Watch, two monthly newsletters published by Capital Research Center, a Washington D.C.-based think tank that focuses on the politics of philanthropy. He has appeared on “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,” “O’Reilly Factor,” “America’s Nightly Scoreboard,” “G. Gordon Liddy Show,” “Michael Reagan Show,” “Janet Parshall’s America,” “The Lars Larson Show,” “Greg Knapp Experience,” “Politics of Money,” “Glenn Beck” and has been published in the Washington Times, Boston Herald, Las Vegas Review Journal, American Spectator, Human Events.
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