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.
That is EXACTLY why ACORN is deluging local elections offices with tens of thousands of obviously forged votes. So the individuals who should not vote or who vote more than once can do so.
RICO !
RICO !
RICO !
PRONTO !
Leni
IIRC, the FBI is investigating ACORN fraud in Nevada...this call by Cornyn should expedite a national spread.
Criminal investigations and prosecutions, RICO charges, throw the book at these criminal ACORN scumbags!!
Time to draw all the linkages between ACORN and DEMOCRATS all over the country — Obama especially, but so many other Demagogues as well.
ACORN poses as a 501c3 in every state so that they can collect tax-free donations and loads of govt. grants — in reality they are a criminal activist arm of the Demagogic Party.
Obama promised just the other day to "loan" states money.
Once again there's the question of how they'll pay it back (I can guess: raise taxes)
While Bush is still President, much can be done. I think he is being Mr. Nice Guy until after the election.
I heard on the news last night that one of the top leaders in Acorn was found guilty of identity theft.
Some classy organization.
TEENAGER REGISTERS 73 TIMES WITH ACORN —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVapPVz0VG8
7-YEAR-OLD GIRL REGISTERED TO VOTE, PLUS THE OHIO TEENAGER REGSITERED 73
TIMES (interviewed by FOX News Channel) —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUZyRjxlBs
TEENAGE GIRL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO REGISTERED SEVERAL TIMES —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYtItWkUuQg
ANOTHER GOOD ONE —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kC9h9AeD4
I have come to the belief that Bush is being blackmailed in some way, shape or form. The last 2 years especially have left a lot of people scratching their heads...
Call his office and THANK HIM!!!!
I just did!!!
STOP THE ELECTION until the FRAUD HAS ENDED!!!!
Will somebody please make some arrests so we can make one of the perps sing!!!???!!!
For the love of God, don’t these imbeciles in Washington know corruption when they see it? Bush has had 8 years to deal with this...now, 15 days before an election.....they figure out acorn is a dirty, tax-payer funded democrat vote buying machine......sigh.
bttt
Excellent!
I am in full support of Cornyn. We can’t let this nonsense keep going.
What do you mean "your party"? Are you a troll?
Wonderful - another Texan giant.
Who cares.
That must have been some cash infusion for state coifers for all the dead. No wonder they are so party loyal.
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