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.
I can’t believe you people. You act like the dictatorship is already in place.
Where are the fighters, the workers, those that make a difference.
Or, are some just sitting on the sidelines and moaning and griping - like always.
Oh quit it.
Is your life pleasure to demean Bush.
Don’t you think that is a little wornout.
The man did protect your family for the last 8 years, which will not be the case with Obama.
None.
Then - you - you, start firing off the emails and faxes to the White HOuse.
Or, are you going to sit by and watch an election stolen on TV?
Our military men are fighting wars for our freedom and all you can do is moan and groan how something here as simple as sending a fax is too much to ask?
Give me a break!
GO CORNYN!! ALWAYS PROUD OF YOU DOWN HERE IN TEXAS!!
Call and fax the White House and beg for forgiveness for never supporting him, trashing him. Then nicely ask if he will get behind this action to try and save our country.
Good grief.
Will your rage never end?
No I’m not a troll. I’m not a RINO either. His party is too weak to do anything now. It should have been done in 2001 but people like McCain said we needed to share committee chairmanships just to be fair.
No blackmail. The man just got tired of carrying the whole United States on his shoulders with nobody - I mean nobody supporting him.
Why should he do anything but keep quiet? At least the media likes him that way. He can’t please any of his party. No support, nothing.
If he did anything - you and all here would immediately tear it apart. You get what you sow.
GASP! That’s RACIST!
The double edged sword of civility.
Yes, because it’s not as if I’ve supported ANYTHING he has done... You should be careful not to make assumptions about people and their beliefs.
It ain't over YET!
Agree, it is NEVER TOO Late to fight the good fight - and our great country depends on it.
ACORN and OBAMA’s alliances to socialism and Muslims are anti-Christian, and everything else that is wrong with America today. FIGHT PEOPLE, FIGHT!! OBAMA is clearly a FRAUD! Remember this tonight: Obama’s ACORN HAS registered dead people, thousands of ILLEGAL aliens, felons, and Mickey Mouse. We can’t afford to give up on McCain - ever!
GO MCcain/Palin!
Good to know, thanks! Will be sure to send my comments to express my disgust.
When it comes to politics, Chicago is now “America’s Team”. Hussein has spread the filth and corruption that has been the trademark of Chicago.
Classic Chicago sayings are now national:
“Just because someone has passed away should deny them the right to vote.”
“Vote early and often.”
“Thank You, Senator Cornyn!!”
“Still won’t make up for his voting for the bailout. “
My thoughts, too.
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