Sam Gejdenson: “I think one of the great frustrations here, of course, is that not only have we violated all the traditions of the House…”

“I think one of the great frustrations here, of course, is that not only have we violated all the traditions of the House in the Sanchez case, changing the rules, having the committee kind of being the adversary for an elected Member of Congress, but we have focused in on a community that the majority Republican Party has made a serious effort trying to intimidate away from the polls. Not just in this instance, going as far back as races in New Jersey in the early 1980's, when we had polling security people show up trying to intimidate new Americans from voting. The reality is we cannot use the Sanchez situation to try to review every piece of legislation on the books. We remember from when motor-voter was passed, the Republicans did not want to have poor people register. They wanted to keep it out of places where poor people went. They did not want to do it at welfare offices. We think everybody ought to vote. Frankly, I think it is too hard to get people in this country to vote. If someone is an American they ought to vote. If there is something wrong with the Sanchez race, then under the law it is Mr. Dornan's responsibility to come forward and show that. He has come forward so many times with so many accusations, he just keeps stretching the process, and now the committee has taken over.”