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ACORN has been very active in challenging the
2006 New Orleans elections and trying to get voter participation among
black voters. ACORN has arranged for buses to transport voters from
several Texas cities to the satellite voting locations in Louisiana.
Notice the code words they use on their website as quoted below:
"ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low
and moderate-income families, with over 175,000 member families
organized into 850 neighborhood chapters in 80 cities across the
country. Since 1970 ACORN has taken action and won victories on issues
of concern to our members. Our priorities include: better housing for
first time homebuyers and tenants, living wages for low-wage workers,
more investment in our communities from banks and governments, and
better public schools. We achieve these goals by building community
organizations that have the power to win changes -- through direct
action, negotiation, legislation, and voter participation."
click here to see www.acorn.org
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