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Boston GlobeACORN, the community activist group under assault by Republicans for alleged voter registration fraud, is fighting back.
It announced today that it will launch a 30-second ad calling on GOP presidential candidate John McCain to end what it calls "voter suppression" activities. At a press conference Wednesday, ACORN also plans to detail several lawsuits that it and allied groups are filing against voter suppression.
ACORN is under investigation by the FBI and several states for submitting false voter registration applications. McCain and Republicans have used that to warn of possible widespread fraud on Nov. 4 and to note that Democratic rival Barack Obama's campaign gave ACORN $800,000 to help get out the vote during the Democratic primaries.
Obama's campaign has retaliated by asserting that McCain, the Bush administration, and political operatives are in cahoots to go after ACORN and discourage voters.
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