your republican hypocracy at work.
WASHINGTON -- If Republicans had an acronym for their aggressive voter outreach in North Dakota's oil fields, it could be ACORN'D: Association of Conservative Oilworkers For a Republican North Dakota.
That's because Republican operatives deployed in the western part of the state where the oil industry is booming are using the same tactics that conservatives have often complained the defunct ACORN used to help Democrats: signing up transient and recent arrivals, such as colleges students, as voters. But in this case, the prospective voters are oil workers.The main effort is getting people who are drawn to the oil patch from far and wide to sign up as North Dakota residents, which automatically allows them to vote. The state has no voter registrationprocess, and out-of-staters can vote legally in North Dakota as long as they have lived there for at least 30 days.In the western part of the state, though, the effort has gotten so agressive that it's now targeting people in bars, temporary housing and even in RV parks and pop-up "skid shack" towns.
again, they do the dirt then try and kick it on the Pres.'s shoes
Most recently, the North Dakota Petroleum Council sent out an email telling oil and drilling companies to persuade their workers to vote, in spite of what could be viewed as temporary residencies."For skid shack parks, RV parks, and mobile home communities where you have no physical address for your unit, but have a nearby park office, we suggest [providing] the following: Name, Address of park office, Your specific lot/room number, City/State/Zip Code," says the email, which was obtained by The Huffington Post.The reason for a voter drive that would make ACORN proud is clear in a state like North Dakota: Only about 310,000 votes were cast in the last presidential election, and in 2010, Sen. John Hoeven (R) won his office with only 182,000 votes.
where is the rght wing when a Acorn like (in their minds) entity arises maybe in those very ranks would be my first guess
i'm still waiting for the outrage of the right wings skulduggery... tick..tick..tick.
