Congressmen ask Justice Department to investigate ACORN

Republican Congressional leaders want the Justice Department to investigate allegations of widespread voter fraud by ACORN on behalf of the Democratic Party and the Obama campaign.

With the election a few weeks away, tens of thousands of cases of voter fraud have been documented across the country.

All have a common link: ACORN, a left-wing advocacy group that received $800,000 this year from the Obama campaign to recruit new voters.

The "new voters" ACORN has registered on behalf of the Obama campaign include dead people, illegal aliens and homeless people who have registered repeatedly using various phony addresses.

Here's a portion of the letter:

Voter registration fraud is a serious problem that endangers the security of our elections and puts legitimate voters at risk of having their ballots devalued or stolen. To combat this issue, Congress made such fraud a serious federal crime. It is therefore deeply troubling to read continued reports of alleged voter registration fraud in many of the states that are considered to be "battleground states" and where the margin of victory or loss could be small. Even the bipartisan Commission noted there is no doubt that voter fraud occurs and that "[i]n close or disputed elections, and there are many, a small amount of fraud could make the margin of difference."

Specifically, we bring to your attention one organization - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN - that had their offices raided in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 7, 2008, and admitted on October 8, 2008, to submitting fraudulent voter registrations among the 65,000 forms it submitted in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

To read the full text of the letter sent to the Justice Department, follow the link below:

Members of Congress Urge Justice Department to Investigate Alleged ACORN Voter Fraud