ACORN scandal vs. the potential for vote-suppression.
Some say the ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) scandal has the potential to mess up the voting. According to cnn.com "Experts who have examined the allegations against ACORN have concluded that there is no significant threat of voter fraud." This organization is the nations largest community organization for low and average income families. They work together for social justice and to build stronger communities. Although this is what they are set out to do people are saying different. Rottenacorn.com says "ACORN sued the state of California to get out of paying its own employees the state minimum wage." In many states their is a high percentage of voter fraud from ACORN employee's. This could potentially affect our voting system.
Vote Suppression: As i understand it vote suppression is not very known, but happens all over the US. In some colleges, people would not let certain people vote. They said that since they were living in dorms it was illegal for them to vote because it is not an actual residence. But surprisingly this was a total lie. The students had all the right to vote and were lied to by a certain group of people. This discouraged or stopped people from voting. Does America have a history of vote suppression? America has a definite history of voter suppression.
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