Crying ACORN in NY-23?
Posted by Tom Bevan | Email This | Permalink | Email Author
The Watertown Daily reports:
With his prospect of winning the 23rd Congressional District race now almost zero, Conservative Party candidate Douglas L. Hoffman suggested Wednesday in a letter that “ACORN, the unions and the Democratic Party” “tampered” with results to deny him victory.
Mr. Hoffman provided no evidence to support his claims, but asked fellow conservatives to send donations his way to “ensure every vote is counted.”
This strikes me as a fairly transparent ploy on Hoffman's part to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the results. If he's got proof fraud occurred, then by all means bring it forward. But to cry fraud without proof is irresponsible, not least because will undermine future cases where fraud may actually have occurred.
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