October 17, 2008

ACORN and its questionable voter registration methods are merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to disreputable and possibly illegal election tactics. They include arguably illegal and possibly rigged–with winners selected before the entry deadline, misuse of tax exempt church resources for electioneering, and foreign contributions. Here is a convenient list of links for further details.

1. Acceptance of contributions from foreign sources, and in excess of the $2300 individual contribution limit
• Obama’s Illegal Foreign Contributions and (Possibly Rigged) Lotteries
• Gazan contributions flagged by Federal Election Commission, Obama Never Reported
• Obama Received Illegal Contributions from Palestinians
• Why is Barack Obama Taking–& Lying About–Illegal Campaign Contributions from Gaza’s HAMAS Muslims?
• Obama’s Gazan Contributions
• Obama’s Contributions: Foreign and Domestic
• Arabs deny Obama camp returned illegal donations: Candidate’s staffers insist Gaza brothers refunded, but men say, ‘We did not receive any money back’
• Illegal cash to Obama: WND stands accused
• Illegal Obama donors: Middle Eastern Arabs:
  
  Gazan brothers’ illicit contributions listed in government campaign filings
2. Fundraising through potentially illegal (and possibly rigged, with predetermined winners) “Dinner with Barack lotteries”
• Obama’s Illegal Foreign Contributions and (Possibly Rigged) Lotteries
• Were Obama’s Lottery Winners Picked in Advance?
• Obama camp’s illegal lottery modified:

  Campaign’s promotion strayed into definition of banned gambling

• Giving to Obama ‘lottery’ called illegal gambling:

  
  ‘Is he licensed by the state to do that? In 37 states this is a misdemeanor’

3. Misuse of tax exempt church resources for electioneering:
   “A Politics of Conscience” at the United Church of Christ’s 2007 Annual
   Synod

• Did Obama’s Campaign Misuse 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Resources?

• IRS Implies Obama, not Church, to Blame for Misuse of Tax Exempt Resources
• Complaint to IRS alleging Obama campaign’s misuse of tax exempt church resources for electioneering (This
  is the complaint that prompted the IRS investigation. It includes
  screen shots of Obama campaign workers or volunteers using the United
  Church of Christ annual synod to promote Obama’s candidacy)
• Obama’s Alleged Misuse of Church Resources could End Campaign
• Obama’s General Synod speech prompts IRS to investigate UCC’s tax-exempt status

• An Open Letter to Barack Obama By Jeffrey Lord. “
  Dear Senator Obama: Our
  common denomination, the United Church of Christ, has a suddenly
  serious legal and financial problem with the Internal Revenue Service.
  You, personally, are the cause of this problem.”
• IRS Investigating Obama’s Church
4. Other questionable campaign financing practices
• 25,000 donations fail to include donor’s employer

• Possible coordination with a 527 organization (MoveOn.org), which would be illegal
• “Obama Response to FEC: Chicago Style ‘Plausible’ Deniability?”
5. Allegations of Election Fraud and Voter Intimidation (Nevada Caucuses)
• Obama Campaign Accused of Voter Intimidation and Election Misconduct 
  Clinton campaign alleges, “a premeditated and predesigned plan by the
  Obama campaign to engage in systematic corruption of the Party’s caucus
  procedures.”
• Clinton Campaign Alleges “Voter Suppression and Intimidation” by Obama Campaign. “An egregious effort by the Obama campaign to manipulate the
  voter registration process in its own favor, thereby disenfranchising
  countless voters”
• Clinton Campaign: Obama Campaign Intimidated Voters in Nevada. “Voter suppression, intimidation and harassment systematically engaged in by the Obama campaign, its allies and supporters.”
• “The Audacity of Democracy” (YouTube) alleges campaign fraud in Texas