Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

1 Stephanie Moore, a national ACORN employee, and also given a raise to $10 per
hour. He said that she told him if he got the numbers up, she would pay him
2 $25,000 per year plus benefits. Brian Mellor, ACORN general counsel, stated
the Mitchell was elevated to PO. According to Latch, he was promoted to Team
3 Leader). There is no documentation, nor are there any statements, that
Mitchell received any additional training after being promoted, whether
4 officially or unofficially, to the position of PO.
5 Also following the departure of Latch, Ryan Olson, who was hired as a VRW,
was promoted to TL. Documentation shows that the promotion was made by
6 Mitchell.
7 B. Pierce County
8 The employees of the Tacoma ACORN office got people to register to vote by
soliciting persons to complete a voter registration application (Card).
9 Cards were collected and submitted to the Elections Division of the Pierce
County Auditor's Office. It appears that the Cards were submitted in a
10 timely manner.
11 C. King County
12 Towards the end of the voter registration drive, the above-named Tacoma ACORN
office employees (Johnson, Greene, Mitchell, Olson, Thill and Woods) began
13 going to Seattle, King County, WA to gather Cards. Records indicate that
they were in King Co'unty in or around September 28, 2006 to October 4, 2006.
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The Cards collected by the employees were submitted to REALS, in bulk, on
15 October 9, 2006. The state deadline for submission of Cards was October 8,
2006.
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17 V.
18 A. Submission of Voter Registration Applications
19 On October 9, 2006, REALS received a box of voter registration applications
(Cards) from Tacoma office of ACORN. This was one day past the state
20 deadline on which the Cards were due. The box was received by a parcel
delivery service, although it is not clear which service. (Lisa Moore, a
21 REALS employee at the time, recalled that was a service like UPS, but
definitely not the United States Postal Service).
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The box was opened by a REALS employee (that employee has not been identified
23 in this investigation) and found to contain Cards. On top of the stacks of
cards was an ACORN form entitled "Election Official Verification Sheet." The
24 form lists, among many things, the following details: the county to which the
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Certification for Determination
of Probable Cause
Norm Maleng
Prosecuting Attorney
W 554 King County Courthouse
Seattle, Washington 98104-2312
(206) 296-9000