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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

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Project Vote Pulling the Plug When Its Work is So Badly Needed

ACORN Organizing May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 by digital

New Orleans  Mike Slater, the executive director of Project Vote since about 2008, announced that the voter registration and voter accountability organization was going to close its doors on May 31st, largely because of a lack of financial support. He thanked longtime donors and supporters, but indicated there just was enough in the bank to …

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Hating on ACORN as Election Countdown Nears in USA

ACORN ACORN International DC Politics Voting Rights October 28, 2012 by digital

Victoria   We are hardly more than a week until the USA Presidential election and predictably the conservative rightwing is pulling out the big guns and narrowing their sights for the kill, but surprisingly many are still aimed at ACORN, now almost two years gone.  Sure, it’s not as bad as it was four years ago.  One …

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Palin, Assange, Project Vote, Toronto, and Foreclosures

ACORN Foreclosure Ideas and Issues Voting Rights October 27, 2010 by wade

New Orleans I’m on the predawn patrol to Phoenix to check again on foreclosure ground zero and how it can be possible with tens of thousands of people losing their homes that this is not a central issue in the Governor’s election?   When even the New York Times realizes from their lofty perch that the …

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Missing ACORN with Mid-Term Elections Coming

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Voting Rights July 20, 2010 by wade

Portland A meeting is on the horizon this week with the Toronto elections commissioner and ACORN Canada to discuss how to meet ACORN’s demand that more voting stations be provided for city elections in the numerous high rise apartment buildings throughout the working districts of the city.  ACORN Canada in its “Tenants Vote” campaign had …

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