Democrat Campaign Manager: 'ACORN-style groups' Lied About Voter Contacts in Connecticut

Democrat Campaign Manager: 'ACORN-style groups' Lied About Voter Contacts in Connecticut: What to do if you’re running an election campaign and could be inviting scrutiny by having paid ACORN-like groups helping you with your Get Out the Vote efforts? Fortunately, there is some professional advice from an experienced campaign manager, on how to cope, now that ACORN is no longer…um… popular.

Dan Kelly, who managed the 2010 election campaign of Democrat and Working Families Party Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut, admitted recently, inCampaigns and Elections magazine, that “Connecticut has a long tradition of running horrific paid GOTV programs.” Mr. Kelly describes “mutinous canvassers, ACORN-style groups lying about voter contacts, and local activists demanding cash to pay ‘their people’ on Election Day.”

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