Hispanic Voter Group Surrenders Documents

Fri., Nov. 28, 1997

Associated Press

A Hispanic rights organization accused of registering noncitizens to vote and tainting a 1996 election has surrendered documents subpoenaed by an investigating congressional panel.

Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, which is at the center of the probe into noncitizen voting in the election of Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., shipped the documents to the House Oversight Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Hermandad attorneys said.

Sanchez’s opponent in the 1996 election, former Rep. Robert K. Dornan, R-Calif., alleges voting by noncitizens and other illegal voters lifted Sanchez to a 984-vote victory in the race. Dornan is now demanding a new election in the Southern California district.

The house committee has investigated Dornan’s claims for nearly a year. GOP members refer to evidence of widespread illegal voting, although the panel has not concluded it was enough to change the election results.

Democrats accuse Republicans of targeting Sanchez because she is Hispanic and have demanded an end to the investigation.

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