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The indictment of Darnell Nash -- who address was unknown -- was the first by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office from a seven-month investigation of voter registration practices. Assistant prosecutor Rick Bell said detectives with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office continue to investigate.

The inquiry started when workers at the Board of Elections flagged dozens of registration cards turned in by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which tries to get low- and moderate-income people to register.

Meanwhile the Associated Press reported that four former Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers this week were ordered to stand trial on charges they forged or otherwise illegally solicited voter registration cards before the election, a St. Louis ACORN worker awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to mail fraud for submitting false voter registrations, and the Nevada attorney general has charged ACORN and two of its supervisors with requiring illegal quotas of 20 cards per shift and firing workers who didn't meet them.

He was charged with 19 counts.

Minnesota Republican, Michele Bachmann, has introduced the Taxpayer Protection and Anti-Fraud Act, which would bar any organization that has been indicted for violating federal or state election laws, or employs someone indicted for violating those laws, from receiving taxpayer funds.

That would cut off federal funds for ACORN, which has been accused of paying its voter registration recruiters based on the number of people they sign up.

"The act is based on some very common sense principles that I think resonate with a lot of Americans right now," Bachmann said.

"What we're trying to do is raise the bar a little bit higher for accessing taxpayer funds than to be indicted for voter fraud. My opinion is that receiving taxpayer funds is a privilege. It's not a right.

"They've been indicted and in some cases convicted in over a dozen states. It certainly seems at this point that the taxpayers can do a little bit better with this money."

Bachmann’s bill faces bleak prospects in the House where more than 200 House members voted recently or are on record for supporting a measure introduced by Barney Frank(D) to assure ACORN’s ability to keep getting federal tax dollars.

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Moncrief said she also did a three-tape interview with CNN in November 2008. It never aired.

She has worked with the press to get her story out and has faced opposition from several mainstream media outlets.

Meanwhile, ACORN has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Moncrief.

While calls for an investigation of ACORN have been met with opposition in Congress, Moncrief told Fox News' Megan Kelly that more must be done to purge the organization of its corrupt leaders.

"ACORN needs to be investigated and almost everyone at the top level needs to be removed," she said. "The ACORN local offices do a lot of good work, but ACORN national has become corrupt and almost like a cancer on American society."

Bingo!