ACORN Update, Evidentiary Hearing Set For Sept. 29, 2009

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The Associated Press
Posted: 07/16/2009 11:11:07 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS—A Las Vegas judge set an evidentiary hearing Sept. 29 in a criminal case against the advocacy group ACORN and two former employees accused of illegally paying canvassers to sign up voters in Nevada.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace William Jansen will then decide whether to bind the felony case against the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now and defendants Christopher Edwards and Amy Busefink over for trial.

Edwards is the group's former Las Vegas field director. Busefink was the regional voter registration director. She lives in Seminole, Fla.

The state attorney general accuses Edwards, Busefink and ACORN of setting voter registration quotas and paying bonuses to canvassers who exceeded them during last year's presidential campaign.

Defense lawyers call the charges politically motivated and without merit.
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