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.
God Bless you Senator! Please General Mukasey! Investigate immediately, and shut down ACORN completely! RIGHT NOW! File the injunctions, DO IT!
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Feds to bring RICO case against ACORN (Merry[“Patrick” Fitzgerald] Fitzmas!)
Thank you. But, it will be too little too late as Justice with W’s collusion will not interfere since they want to seem FAIR.
An injunction should be issued requiring states to immediately cease accepting 'registrations' submitted by ACORN hustlers. Cross-examination should commence of all current voter rolls against ACORN lists of 'registrations' submitted and the exposition of ACORN voter frauds, filing false documents, and ACORN ID theft.
ACORN'S "profiling" of potential voters (registering only Dem-certified voters, violates ACORN'S non-profit status as a non-partisan, non-political tax-exempt organzation).
Anyone with first-hand experience of profiling---being denied voter registration based on political party--- should contact Sen Cornyn at once.
ACORN fraud is so pervasive that only strong L/E action can restore confidence in a fair election.
Oh,...bet you are referring to the FBI raiding the ACORN offices in Las Vegas, Nev....
~Yeah, I remember reading how Washington at Valley Forge said, “Mother of God, it’s freezing! I’m outta here.”~
How many men/women of George Washington’s conviction are in government today?
>>>No additional ACORN forms should be accepted, as of now.
FYI, they have spinoff affiliates that work under their leadership; but, separate of course for the ‘it wasn’t us’.
It is going to take more than the FBI - it is going to be US frustrated conservatives, republicans and Independents to make sure these liberal frauds are prosecuted to the fullest extent of te law. This needs follow through. Dems MUST NOT cheat their way into White House by illegal alien, Mickey Mouse or dead people’s votes. We are in clear and presrnt danger if Obama wins due to fraud. ((We can no longer BE compacent — Contact the media, Free Republic folks!))
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Not really. The real danger is not the registration, but the fraudulent votes that are made on that registration. If there is a large LE spotlight placed on these registrations, potential fraudulent “voters” will be discouraged from taking that last step.
Yeah—— ACORN INSTITUTE is how they’re gonna get to collect 4% on every mortgage (written into the rescue bill).
Fox has a specific email for voter fraud, just FYI.
Liz, you wrote: ACORN may have employed money-laundering schemes.....
Could this have been used to boost Obama’s campaign funds which have, to all, seemed extremely out of the ordinary?
Maybe Mr. Good Will is a little acorn nut????????
Then the state of NJ rents [or leases?] them back to the owner (that was foreclosed).
So, the non profit (ACORN) isn't stuck holding the mortgage; they flip it to the state.
But, how is the state getting monies to hold the property?
THAT may be where another loop hole was. There was something in this bailout where you earned monies from it per foreclosure held.
So if ACORN has them first, then the state has them; they may be getting paid twice on the same property.
Oh yeah----his FEC reports should be examined very carefully.
Yeah, a little late there, Cornyn. I’m afraid your party doesn’t have the power or the resources to do anything now. Maybe that’s why you’re calling for this. You got nothing to lose.
Capo Corzine announced he was going to have the state buy the mortgages and cut "loans"...... however, these are probably the same "loans" that the Dept of Community Affairs cut a few years back.
That scheme gave owners some $50,000 for (ahem) home improvements. The owner didn't have to start "payments" on the "loan" for three years.
Now here's the kicker-----the loan was "forgiven" if the homeowner lived in the home for three years.
At LAST! THANK you Senator Cornyn! THANK you!
bump for later............
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