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Article: ACORN Statement on AP's Voter Registration Article

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October 3, 2006
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To: National Desk

Contact: Kevin Whelan of ACORN, 651-642-9639, ext. 111 or communications@acorn.org

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday Oct. 2, the Associated Press distributed an inaccurate and misleading news story ("Allegations trip up voting rights group") regarding ACORN's national voter registration program, which has helped enfranchise more than 1.6 million voters since 2004.

Maude Hurd, ACORN's national president, said: "ACORN does not commit voter fraud. We work hard to bring new people into the democratic process and work to maintain good quality control. We have even gone to court to overturn regulations that would prevent us from checking registration cards ...

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