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October 8, 2009… I do believe the work it has done over the years has been a good, solid attempt to level the playing field and bring poor people into some level of participation in our society, and Lord knows we need that,” he said. “So I hope the result is not the complete demise of the organization. I think the system works better when poor people have advocates at the table.”
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, runs voter-registration drives and provides low-income people with home-foreclosure advice, free tax preparation and other services.
Fallout from video
The organization has been embarrassed by a video, recorded on a hidden camera, showing ACORN workers offering tax advice to people posing as pimps and prostitutes. ACORN has also been accused of voter-registration fraud in several states.