What the New York Times Gets Right and Wrong About ACORN

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans       P.T. Barnum, the famous 19th century impresario and huckster from Bridgeport, Connecticut is often quoted as saying, “Any kind of publicity is good publicity as long as they spell your name right.”  In that sense, I have read with interest Jim Rutenberg’s piece …

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Database Voter Suppression Strategy

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10062020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      We all know it’s bad, and then we find out that it’s even worse than we imagined.  Sharing the Voter Purge Project’s recently released report on consistent errors in the voter purge lists in states, red and blue, it is clear that this whole …

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Stopping Purges as Voter Registration Deadlines Hit

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10052020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       We’re on the countdown to the election now.  October 5th marks the last voter registration day for the majority of states.  The flipping of pages on the calendar from now until Election Day on November 5th is a march towards the end of registration …

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