GOP's Gleason to Cortés:
Stop Grandstanding
HARRISBURG – Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Robert A. Gleason, Jr. was shocked and amazed that Gov. Ed Rendell and Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortés have not held a press conference or issued a press release about the scores of duplicate and fraudulent registrations that ACORN submitted this year.
“The U.S. District Attorney’s office is investigating fraudulent voter registrations in Philadelphia and local law enforcement officials and agencies are investigating issues in several other Pennsylvania counties,” Gleason said. “Why aren’t Governor Rendell and Secretary Cortés questioning the activities of a group that has burdened county election officials with potentially bogus registrations which will prevent legitimate registrations from being cast on Election Day?
“If Secretary Cortés was spending his time working harder to ensure our elections were open and fair and less time congratulating groups like ACORN for submitting duplicate and fraudulent registrations, our lawsuit wouldn’t have been necessary.
“I again would call on Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortés to stop congratulating ACORN and these groups for submitting bad registrations and address the serious concerns Pennsylvanians have about the integrity of the process.”
Apparently Barack Obama is not the only one with close ties to ACORN, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortés has also been a faithful supporter of the group ACORN, which has come under attack in numerous states, including Pennsylvania, for election fraud. In fact, in March of 2005, Secretary Cortes praised ACORN for the work they did to register voters.
According to the transcript from the Pennsylvania Reform Task Force Meeting on March 31, 2005 in Harrisburg, PA, Cortés said:
“And thank you kindly on behalf of the Department and on behalf of the Administration for all of the good work that ACORN, as well as Project Vote, has conducted through the years, particularly ACORN. I work very closely with some of your members on a national level, and appreciate your dedication and commitment to enfranchising all of the eligible voters.” (Secretary Pedro Cortés, Transcript of Proceedings from Pennsylvania’s Election Reform Task Force, 3/31/2005, Page 188.)
“I would call on Gov. Ed Rendell and Secretary Cortés to formally denounce ACORN’s activities. They shouldn’t be wasting their time with press conferences, especially when they have so much work to do with regards to keeping this election fair and honest
“The U.S. District Attorney’s office is investigating fraudulent voter registrations in Philadelphia and local law enforcement officials and agencies are investigating issues in several other Pennsylvania counties,” Gleason said. “Why aren’t Governor Rendell and Secretary Cortés questioning the activities of a group that has burdened county election officials with potentially bogus registrations which will prevent legitimate registrations from being cast on Election Day?
“If Secretary Cortés was spending his time working harder to ensure our elections were open and fair and less time congratulating groups like ACORN for submitting duplicate and fraudulent registrations, our lawsuit wouldn’t have been necessary.
“I again would call on Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortés to stop congratulating ACORN and these groups for submitting bad registrations and address the serious concerns Pennsylvanians have about the integrity of the process.”
Apparently Barack Obama is not the only one with close ties to ACORN, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortés has also been a faithful supporter of the group ACORN, which has come under attack in numerous states, including Pennsylvania, for election fraud. In fact, in March of 2005, Secretary Cortes praised ACORN for the work they did to register voters.
According to the transcript from the Pennsylvania Reform Task Force Meeting on March 31, 2005 in Harrisburg, PA, Cortés said:
“And thank you kindly on behalf of the Department and on behalf of the Administration for all of the good work that ACORN, as well as Project Vote, has conducted through the years, particularly ACORN. I work very closely with some of your members on a national level, and appreciate your dedication and commitment to enfranchising all of the eligible voters.” (Secretary Pedro Cortés, Transcript of Proceedings from Pennsylvania’s Election Reform Task Force, 3/31/2005, Page 188.)
“I would call on Gov. Ed Rendell and Secretary Cortés to formally denounce ACORN’s activities. They shouldn’t be wasting their time with press conferences, especially when they have so much work to do with regards to keeping this election fair and honest
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