State Investigation of ACORN

WE, the undersigned citizens of the state of Illinois, do hereby petition and demand the following:

WHEREAS it is known that criminal charges have been filed against employees of ACORN for voter registration fraud in 14 states, including 26 charges of compensation for registration of voters and 13 charges of being a principal in the incident in Nevada.

WHEREAS it is publicly known that employees and members of ACORN are not paid a living wage;

WHEREAS it is publicly known that employees and members of ACORN have been fired or terminated after making inquiries into where the financial contributions, state and federal funds have gone;

WHEREAS it is also publicly known Wade and Dale Rathke, former members or employees of ACORN, were caught embezzling millions of dollars from the coffers of the ACORN organization and have to date never been criminally charged with doing so;

WHEREAS there is clear and convincing evidence that the allegations of embezzlement and voter registration fraud are not contained to any one county or state within these United States, we the citizens of the state of Illinois hereby demand the following:


1. That immediate action be taken to audit the financial books of the organization known as ACORN - Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, as well as any group that falls under the umbrella of the ACORN organization;

2. That immediate action be taken by the Attorney General for the state of Illinois to begin a criminal investigation into the allegations of voter fraud and embezzlement within the ACORN organization;

3. That the State of Illinois immediately ceases and desists the funding of any chapter of ACORN, and any group that falls under the umbrella of the ACORN association, within the state of Illinois with any state or federal tax payer dollars until the criminal investigation is complete;

4. That immediate steps be taken to ensure that all ACORN employees who act as registrants for voter registration be stopped from registering any further potential voters within the state of Illinois until the audit and criminal investigation are complete;

5. That immediate steps be taken to stop and block any financial contributions made by the state through the Illinois state budget or any other means to ACORN and any group that falls under the umbrella of the ACORN organization;

6. That immediate steps be taken to ensure that no member or employee of ACORN or of any group or association that falls under the umbrella of ACORN be allowed to participate in the taking of the United States Census until an audit of the financial books and the criminal investigation is complete.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned