Former LV Canvasser Claims ACORN & CWA Have Quotas

On Saturday, I told you that I told you state Republicans are getting a little nutty over ACORN. They seek a statewide investigation into voter fraud even though this grass roots organizer ended its registration efforts last May, at least in the Lehigh Valley.

Then I heard from a fellow, a left-leaning commenter who would rather stay below the radar. He spent a few days working for Allentown's Clean Water Action, an organization that by its own admission runs "muscular and effective grassroots campaigns to defeat anti-environment candidates, and support candidates who are committed to protecting our waters, our health, and our future."

Here's what he tells me. Remember, this is just one person's perspective.

We had a kid work one day with us who use to work for ACORN. Apparently ACORN in Allentown would pull people off the street and ask, 'Would you like to make $10 a hour?' Needless to say, this is not the most crafty way to get good canvassers. A ad in the Treasure Hunt would be better. Many ACORN canvassers/community organizers, may very well be poorly educated and desperate to make quotas.

I was cut loose from Clean Water Action after three days for not meeting fundraising quotas. Had I maybe made up names, I could have stayed. All these non-profits that go door to door have crazy quotas. These groups are rather shady and are definitely pro-Democrat.

Clean Water Action will be hired (I sat in the meeting my last day) by a still unknown but Democratic campaign to do the GOTV. CWA is a non-profit. This sounds like a for profit venture. They have really been stumping for Bennett and may most likely do her GOTV.

Clean Water has a PAC that is permitted to engage in political activity. My concern is that groups like Clean Water and ACORN are sloppy when they canvass. I don't buy the theory that there is some deep, dark conspiracy to steal the election. I do believe, however, that paying people to canvass for registrations, should probably be illegal.