ACT Update
From the Guardian:
A Democratic group crucial to John Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons - some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary - to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states.
America Coming Together, contending that convicted criminals deserve a second chance in society, employs felons as voter canvassers in major metropolitan areas in Missouri, Florida, Ohio and perhaps in other states among the 17 it is targeting in its drive. Some of the felons lived in halfway houses, and at least four returned to prison.
ACT canvassers ask residents which issues are important to them and, if they are not registered, sign them up as voters. They gather telephone numbers and other personal information, such as driver's license numbers or partial Social Security numbers, depending on what a state requires for voter registration.
Matt's Chat
This is who the Left has to rely on these days... I'm all for giving ex-cons a second chance and all, at least the ones who paid their debt to society and have reformed, but there are limits to what I think these folks should be doing. Gathering personal information by sex offenders isn't one of them. Way to go Lefties...endangering our communities again...Oh, yeah, I almost forgot: those ACT folks are "non-partisan." Uh-huh.
