Pittsburgh, Pa. - A sixth former ACORN workers has been ordered to stand trial on charges of illegally filling out voter registration cards in the months before the 2008 general election.

Allegheny County prosecutors say 20-year-old Eric Jordan, of North Braddock, tried to meet an alleged quota by submitting his own registration three times, changing his address or party affiliation.

But District Judge Richard Zoller told prosecutors at Jordan's preliminary hearing Monday that they should be prosecuting local ACORN officials, not the workers.

ACORN officials have denied using quotas to motivate registration workers, who were paid about $8 to $10 an hour, since its workers were charged in May.

The district attorney's office says its investigation of local ACORN officials "remains open and active."


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