Fannie Mae pumped funds into voter fraud specialists ACORN. That organization pressed for the grant of mortgages to unqualified buyers, leading to the subprime mortgage mess and Fannie Mae collapse.
The organization are also linked to Chicago politician and "post-partisan" nominee for President, Senator Barack Obama:
ACORN is a former legal client of Senator Obama's, as the Sun-Times reported in 2006:
As lawyer, Obama was strong, silent type :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama
In 1995, former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar refused to implement the federal "Motor Voter" law, which Republicans argued could invite fraud and which some Republicans feared could swell the ranks of Democratic voters.
The law-mandated people be allowed to register to vote in government offices such as driver's license renewal centers.
Obama sued on behalf of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The League of Women Voters and other public-interest groups joined in.
"He and his client were the ones who filed the original case -- they blazed the trail," said Paul Mollica, who represented the League.