Voting scandals

Since votes have been tapered with in past elections, and 2008 elections right around the corner, the issue of voting and voting rights are much more of a concern that usual. Two voting scandals in particular are the Acorn scandal and voter suppression. Acorn is a group that helps people in the lower class and minorities register to vote, and making voting easier for them. The scandal started when John McCain mentioned in a debate that most of the new registrations were bogus. The voter suppression scandal has been occurring recently in many states. It is happening because people are being taken off the voter rolls and are made unable to register again, and in rigged voting machines that will automatically cast the vote for a certain candidate even when the voter is voting for the other. The differences between the two are that the Acorn scandal was just an exaggeration of the truth and really not a serious scandal at all, because only a tiny percentage of the registrations were false and it is not Acorn's job to discard votes in the first place. The Voter suppression is the real problem and it will make voting more difficult for minorities in America, and will prevent people from voting for who they want to.



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