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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A former ACORN official has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against former community organizing colleagues in a Nevada voter registration fraud case.
Christopher Edwards, 33, former Las Vegas field director for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, pleaded guilty Monday to two conspiracy counts involving paying for voter registrations, the Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday. He said he was involved in a scheme to pay canvassers who were told they had to register at least 20 voters a day to keep their jobs and given an additional $5 for getting 21 or more.
Paying canvassers for registering voters is illegal in Nevada.
Edwards agreed to testify against ACORN and Kathy Busefink, the former legal director. In return, prosecutors said they would recommend a probationary sentence.
Republicans charged in 2008 that ACORN was involved in massive voter fraud across the country, but there have been few prosecutions.
In Pittsburgh, half a dozen people face charges. The case is on hold and the organization has not been charged.
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