A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Community Organizations International (COI) to maintain the integrity of the United States' electoral process.

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    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Community Organizations International (COI) to maintain the integrity of the United States' electoral process.

    Whereas, Community Organizations International (COI) is an organization that advocates for low- and moderate- income families. One of its most well publicized efforts is registering voters;

    Whereas, COI has a longstanding history of voter fraud in its voter registration process going back to 1986, when 12 COI members were convicted of voter fraud;

    Whereas, In 2004, six COI volunteers pleaded guilty to election law violations after they filled out voter registration cards with the information of persons later determined to be deceased;
                
    Whereas, COI workers have been convicted of voter registration crimes in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington;

    Whereas, In Lake County, Indiana, over 2,000 voter registration forms filled out by COI employees were later determined to be erroneous;

    Whereas, Errors in the voter registration process may

lead to errors at the polling sites ; and

     Whereas, The electoral process is the basis upon which we maintain our democratic way of life. It is important to ensure that our electoral process retains the highest level of integrity: Therefore,

    SECTION 1. The Indiana General Assembly urges Community Organizations International (COI) to maintain the integrity of the electoral process.
    SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Community Organizations International (COI) and the members of the Indiana congressional delegation.