FBI Documents ACORN Election Day Confusion Plot, Multiple Voting, ID Theft, Threats

FBI investigation notes reveal ACORN was working for the Democratic Party and told employees not to talk to the FBI, to cause confusion on Election Day and to go "poverty pimpin'" for votes.

Judicial Watch, a corruption-fighting legal group, obtained the notes related to the 2007 investigation and arrest of eight St. Louis, Mo., ACORN workers for violating election laws and committing voter fraud.

The FBI investigators interviewed ACORN canvassers working with Project Vote, an ACORN affiliate. Among the documents obtained by Judicial Watch were handwritten notes by FBI officials outlining the group's fraudulent activities. The following are some highlights from the FBI notes:

* ACORN "told employees not to talk to the FBI," saying the FBI is "trying to intimidate you." Staff members were restricted on what they were allowed to say to the FBI.

* ACORN accepted "fraudulent cards" "to cause confusion on Election Day to keep polls open longer," "to allow people who can't vote to vote" and "to allow voters to vote multiple times."

* "Project Vote will pay them whether cards fake or not – whatever they had to do to get the cards was attitude."

* The FBI investigators noted that workers were constantly threatened.

* The FBI noted that ACORN had been "poverty pimpin.'"

* The notes stated that ACORN headquarters was "working for the Democratic Party."

* Project Vote "pays ACORN $6 per card" and said "you treat the cards like (cash)$."

* Some registrant names were collected from the phone book and workers made up the rest.

* Canvassers were often homeless, volatile, drug users, drunks, etc.

* "Anyone who was against PV (Project Vote) or ACORN's goals was 'right wing.'"

* Canvasser "thought if she used a completely fake name it would be less like ID theft." She said, "Yeah, it's against the law, I know," but "the fake cards would get her paid."

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