Voter Fraud? Humorist Makes Nasty Allegations of His Own

Just when Rep. Robert K. Dornan thought he had his hands full with Democratic challenger Loretta Sanchez comes word of another opponent coming to town, irreverent humorist Michael Moore.

The creator of “TV Nation” and “Roger and Me” plans to stop by the county registrar of voters office today and file a complaint Moore hopes will invalidate the votes cast for Dornan in the 46th Congressional District race.

“I’m doing it because of a lifelong commitment to remove Bob Dornan from office,” Moore said Monday in an interview from his New York office. “There are some things in life that supersede entertainment. This is one of them.”

He said he came up with the idea of filing a complaint to challenge the pro-Dornan votes in the Nov. 5 election after hearing the nine-term incumbent claim the results are invalid because illegal voters cast ballots for Sanchez. The Democratic challenger currently leads Dornan by 665 votes, with about 1,000 ballots yet to be counted.

“While he’s filing his complaint that there was voter fraud and that illegals voted for her, I’m also going to file a complaint that people who voted for Dornan are not sane,” Moore explained.

“And as proof that they are not sane, I’m going to show they voted for Dornan,” Moore said, citing a California election law that prohibits mentally incompetent or certifiably insane people from voting.

“If he’s there, he will provide living proof,” Moore said.

Sanchez, who was in Washington on Monday continuing her congressional orientation sessions for incoming freshmen, had little to say about Moore’s visit to Santa Ana.

“Michael Moore always has a creative approach. It will be interesting to see what happens,” Sanchez said.

In his book “Downsize This,” Moore has a chapter entitled, “I Try To Commit Bob Dornan,” in which he tells of his efforts to have Dornan, who is known for his conservative stands and fiery rhetoric, checked into a mental facility.

The humorist said he has not heard directly from Dornan since the book was released, but he read a New York newspaper story in which Dornan refused to comment on a book that he expected to fail.

Moore, occasionally mixing his comments with a chuckle, insisted his visit is not a publicity stunt for his book or for a documentary he has been filming across the country on this year’s national elections.