Posted on 10/14/2008 1:00:01 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
WASHINGTON— In the wake of numerous reports of widespread election fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting that the Department of Justice immediately launch a nationwide criminal probe into ACORN’s voter registration activities and investigate ACORN as a “criminal enterprise.”
In his letter, Sen. Cornyn, a former State Attorney General and Texas Supreme Court Justice, said, “Election fraud imposes a real cost on our system, beyond the obvious consequence of subverting a free and fair election. Fraudulent voter registration on this scale seriously strains state and local elections resources and distracts elections officials from preparing to conduct an orderly election. Of course, ACORN’s nationwide voter registration fraud provides an opportunity for individuals to vote who should not, or for some to vote more than once.”
Sen. Cornyn closed his letter highlighting the various aspects of federal law that may have been violated by ACORN and said “because the violations of federal voting laws by ACORN employees appear to be so widespread, ACORN and its affiliates should be investigated as a criminal enterprise.”
The full text of Senator Cornyn’s letter to the Attorney General today is below. In addition, a .pdf copy of the letter is available here: http://cornyn.senate.gov/doc_archive/Mukasey-ACORN-letter.pdf
The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Dear General Mukasey:
I am increasingly concerned by reports of widespread election fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”), which seem to emerge on a daily basis.
Specifically, I call your attention to state and local investigations into potentially hundreds of thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications filed by ACORN in North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, Michigan, Florida, New Mexico, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Washington, Connecticut, Wisconsin, and my home state of Texas. In Harris County, Texas, which includes the City of Houston, election officials either rejected or discovered serious deficiencies with nearly 40 percent of the 27,000 registration cards filed by ACORN from January through July of this year.
Most recently, election officials in Lake County, Indiana, found more than 2,100 fraudulent voter registration applications that were filed at the deadline by ACORN. According to a CNN report, at least one of ACORN’s applications in Lake County attempted to register a dead man. In addition, The St. Petersburg Times (FL) reported today that Mickey Mouse tried to register to vote in Florida this summer. Although Orange County elections officials rejected his application, it is notable that Mickey Mouse’s application had an ACORN stamp on it. In addition, The [Raleigh, NC] News & Observer also reported today that ACORN conducted a voter drive that registered nearly 28,000 people in North Carolina. But according to local election officials some of the forms it filed had information that may have been copied from phone books.
Election fraud imposes a real cost on our system, beyond the obvious consequence of subverting a free and fair election. Fraudulent voter registration on this scale seriously strains state and local elections resources and distracts elections officials from preparing to conduct an orderly election. Of course, ACORN’s nationwide voter registration fraud provides an opportunity for individuals to vote who should not, or for some to vote more than once.
Given these allegations, as well as the well-documented fraud convictions in recent years of ACORN employees, I urge you to launch a nationwide criminal probe into ACORN’s voter registration activities. As you know, federal law prohibits an individual from (1) providing fraudulent voter registration information; (2) conspiring to encourage false registration or illegal voting; and (3) paying or offering to pay another individual for registering or voting. It is also a crime to knowingly procure or submit false, fictitious, or fraudulent voter registration applications. Finally, I must add that, because the violations of federal voting laws by ACORN employees appear to be so widespread, ACORN and its affiliates should be investigated as a criminal enterprise.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
JOHN CORNYN
United States Senator
Sen. Cornyn serves on the Armed Services, Judiciary and Budget Committees. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee’s Airland subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.
Well, get ready to be happy with Obama.
His civility was the respect for the Office of President of the United States.
And, what is the point of disrespecting the office when it is to no purpose? A president usually leaves office gracefully - especially since he has no power.
“Yawn... Yeah, we’ll get to it next week after the debates. We don’t want to look like we are interfereing wiht the election. Besides, the American people are so dumb they won’t even notice.”
If they don't prosecute or seek a court order ala 6th Circuit, it won't matter.
Is there an audio link to Obama denying ties to ACORN? I think it is time for episode 4 of OBAMA STORIES FOR KIDS on YouTube. Is there audio of Tony Folkes saying she hired him as a trainer? Thanks for the help.
At the risk of getting flamed off this site forever... I wish Bobby Kennedy were still alive. Seems like he'd be the kind of guy who'd go ballistic over this issue and actually use the AG job to stop this nonsense. Or... maybe I'm just being a bit nostalgic.
No assumptions. When I see critical statements against Bush - I react because FR has been merely a complaint dept.
No support of the party or our President.
The conservatives(?) railing against the failure of any elected to complete their individual missions designated by each poster. Destroying their leaders while democrats march against us winning battle after battle. We are a pitiful lot, never able to be cohesive, supportive, or stand together and fight.
Our efforts do not lead to conservatism - they lead to the destruction of our democracy. Which is what we face.
And, many of the Bush complainers will willingly cave to the onslaught of an Obama presidency without a fight. Bet they will not treat him as they did Bush.
Voter fraud destroys the political system.
Bless you my child.
Hey, if the Federal election is a sham and the Federal government has just tossed the Constitution out the window to bail out Wall Street, do I still have to pay Federal income taxes? Why do I have to comply when they don't? That's not fair!
Well none of us get 100%, we don’t get even 75%.
What we want and what is possible in this Washington are never the same.
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Thanks potlatch
This thread is moving right along
New posters too.
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At last!!! Thank you, Senator, thank you!!!
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I guess ol’ Bill’s dad was a closet “fellow traveler”.
McPain, like Robert J. Dole before him, would much rather lose than “do what it takes” to win.
PROUD to say that John Cornyn is MY Senator !!!!
Phil Gramm would be PROUD, too!
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