Vernon Ehlers: “just to clarify a few points and respond to a few items mentioned by the last two speakers, the two gentlemen from…”

“just to clarify a few points and respond to a few items mentioned by the last two speakers, the two gentlemen from California on the minority side. First of all, the statement was made that they have not seen one shred of evidence. Apparently they did not hear my comment that, independent of our work, there are 305 illegal voters identified by the Secretary of State, and 124 illegal absentee ballots identified by the Registrar of Elections in Orange County. That is a substantial number right there, certainly more than a shred. In addition to that, of course, we have the other areas we are investigating. I also want to respond to the repeated comments, both on the floor and off the floor, about the length of time this is taking. Let us get a little reality in here. I would hope that the Members of this House would look back in history and look at what has happened in the past. I have in my hands a chart, which I will be happy to share with anyone, going back to approximately 1930, of all the contested elections that had real substance to them, such as this one, where an investigation was required. The first one was 22.75 months duration; then we have a series of over 12 months duration; two of 16 months duration; several more of 12 months duration; 13\1/2\ months; 16\1/2\ months; 19, 22, 16\1/2\, 18\1/2\, 19\1/2\. And you think this one is too long? Look at the history. Look at what we have had in the past. This case has not taken too long.”