Timeline

Additional Carnahan Staff Interactions with ACORN

  • ACORN to Carnahan re: rejection of likely fradulent ACORN voter registration cards

    In an e-mail to Carnahan’s Chief of Staff Mindy Mazur, Missouri ACORN’s political director Brian Monahan complains that St. Louis City is “rejecting VR applications” and asks Mazur to contact ACORN lawyer Brian Mellor, who later became a key player in ACORN’s 2008 lawsuit that resulted in a $450,000 settlement with the state. view the email
  • ACORN to Carnahan's office re: edits to a poll worker-training piece

    Project Vote’s Jo Anne Chasnow copied Carnahan staffer Kay Dinolfo in an e-mail seeking edits to a poll worker-training piece she had drafted. view the email
  • Carnahan's office and ACORN re: photo ID legislation

    Mazur and Project Vote ED Michael Slater exchange emails regarding outdated information on Project Vote’s website, the Secretary of State's post-election report, and pending photo ID legislation. view the emails
  • Carnahan's office introduces ACORN to their new political director

    Mazur introduces Slater’s to Ron Berry, "our new policy/gov’t affairs director" as "another point of contact for [him]." view the emails
  • ACORN to Carnahan's office, "We very much appreciate having the ability to share information with y’all."

    ACORN to Carnahan's office, "We very much appreciate having the ability to share information with y’all." view the emails
  • Carnahan's office helps with ACORN research

    ACORN asks for Carnahan's assistance with a "very quick research question." Carnahan's office happily obliges. view the emails
  • Carnahan's office sends ACORN a "friendly reminder"

    Mazur e-mails Slater and Missouri ACORN head organizer Jeff Ordower with a “friendly reminder” regarding compensation for those who register voters in Missouri. Mazur attached a relevant Jo Mannies Post-Dispatch story referencing ACORN’s new voter registration drive. view the emails
  • Another heads up from ACORN to Carnahan's office

    Slater e-mails Berry a link to a New York Times story on a state photo ID bill. view the email
  • ACORN thanks Carnahan staff for "a great team effort"

    ACORN thanks Carnahan staff for "a great team effort" after the defeat of photo ID legislation: "This was a great team effort. Thanks everyone for your help." view the email
  • ACORN and Carnahan's office discuss the timing of an event

    ACORN to Carnahan's office: “Again, we’ll do an event whenever Robin can make it to St. Louis, though book closing date is best.” view the email
  • ACORN sends press release to Carnahan's office: "don’t respond to this e-mail."

    ACORN sends Carnahan's office a news release questioning the activities of Jackson County’s election authority. Ordower instructs Berry, "Here is our release, don’t respond to this e-mail." view the email