ACORN: We're patriots, not frauds

More than 1.3 million voter registration applications: That's how many low-income people, persons of color and young people ACORN has helped register this election cycle, including almost 40,000 here in California. In a country in which one-third of the eligible voting-age population -- heavily concentrated in minority communities, urban areas and among young people -- is not registered, such a deeply patriotic act should be celebrated.

By Martha Sanchez

November 4, 2008