His institute had also received European Union money to carry out a voter-registration campaign.

ECONOMIST: Egypt

Rally organisers say Malaysia's electoral system is plagued with fraud - they want longer campaign periods, automatic voter registration and equality of access to the largely government-linked mainstream media.

BBC: Malaysia: Police fire tear gas at banned rally

The group is under investigation in 10 states for voter registration fraud, and Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign has accused ACORN of trying to rig the election for Democrats.

CNN: Ex-ACORN worker: 'I paid the price' for voter registration fraud

"Rest assured that, despite these threats, the McCain-Palin campaign will continue to address the serious issue of voter registration fraud by ACORN and other partisan groups, and compliance by states with the Help America Vote Act's requirement of matching new voter registrations with state data bases to prevent voter fraud, " Porritt added.

CNN: Obama camp calls for special prosecutor in fraud investigation

At Fairfield University in Connecticut, the University's College Democrats kicked off its "dorm storm" campaign, an effort in which students go door-to-door on campus with voter registration forms.

CNN: Campus Politics: From storming dorms to abject apathy