{"id":34487,"date":"2018-10-14T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T23:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34487"},"modified":"2018-10-14T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T23:27:18","slug":"does-voter-fraud-exist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34487","title":{"rendered":"Does Voter Fraud Exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federalist<\/a> posted an article yesterday with the following headline, “Voter Fraud Is Real. Here\u2019s The Proof.”<\/a><\/p>\n

The article cites the following examples:<\/p>\n

This week, liberals have been repeating their frequent claim that voter fraud doesn\u2019t exist. A recent Salon article<\/a> argues that \u201cvoter fraud just isn\u2019t a problem in Pennsylvania,\u201d despite evidence to the contrary<\/a>. Another article argues<\/a> that voter fraud is entirely in the imagination of those who use voter ID laws to deny minorities the right to vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet as the election approaches, more and more cases of voter fraud are beginning to surface. In Colorado, multiple instances were found<\/a> of dead people attempting to vote. Stunningly, \u201ca woman named Sara Sosa who died in 2009 cast ballots in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.\u201d In Virginia, it was found that<\/a> nearly 20 voter applications were turned in under the names of dead people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Texas, authorities are investigating criminals who are using the technique<\/a> of \u201cvote harvesting\u201d to illegally procure votes for their candidates. \u201cHarvesting\u201d is the practice of illegally obtaining the signatures of valid voters in order to vote in their name without their consent for the candidate(s) the criminal supports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are just some instances of voter fraud we know about. It would be silly to assume cases that have been discovered are the only cases of fraud. Indeed according to a Pew Charitable Trust\u00a0report from February 2012<\/a>, one in eight voter registrations are \u201csignificantly inaccurate or no longer valid.\u201d Since there are 146 million Americans registered to vote, this translates to a stunning 18 million invalid voter registrations on the books. Further, \u201cMore than 1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters, and approximately 2.75 million people have registrations in more than one state.\u201d Numbers of this scale obviously provide ripe opportunity for fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our elections need to be above board and trusted by the voters. Voter fraud has always been part of the game, but in some ways electronic voting machines have made it easier. Voter identification will solve some of the problems, but the ultimate answer may be paper ballots.<\/p>\n

The article included some suggestions on how the limit voter fraud:<\/p>\n

So now that we know voter fraud is a serious issue, what are some solutions to this problem? States like Michigan have Poll Challenger programs<\/a>, where observers from both parties may be present at voter check-in tables at precincts. They check each voter\u2019s ID against a database of registered voters for that precinct to ensure the person attempting to vote is actually legally qualified to vote in that precinct. If there\u2019s a discrepancy, the poll challenger may officially challenge the ballot. Other states should implement similar programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

States should sponsor initiatives to remove dead voters and correct the registrations of people registered in multiple states (make them choose just one state). Since many local jurisdictions are reluctant to clean their voter rolls<\/a>, federal or state oversight with teeth may be necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Further, voter ID laws, such as the one implemented by North Carolina, but (wrongly<\/a>) struck down by three liberal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit\u2014 one appointed by Bill Clinton and the other two appointed by President Obama\u2014are needed to ensure there\u2019s no cheating with votes. States should continue to press the issue regardless of recent setbacks by liberal activist judges.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, some have claimed that strong voter ID laws are racist, because they disproportionately impact minorities and would prevent minorities from voting. As a black person<\/a>, I\u2019m naturally interested in this claim. Thankfully, it turns out to be false. The Heritage Foundation has shown that<\/a> black voter turnout actually increased<\/em> after North Carolina passed its voter ID law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An illegal vote cancels the vote of a legal voter. Let’s work together to make all legal votes count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federalist posted an article yesterday with the following headline, “Voter Fraud Is Real. Here\u2019s The Proof.” The article cites the following examples: This week, liberals have been repeating their frequent claim that voter fraud doesn\u2019t exist. A recent Salon … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2093,163,11815,1413,488,371,3568,3075,9367],"class_list":["post-34487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-texas","tag-the-federalist","tag-virginia","tag-voter-fraud","tag-voter-identification","tag-voter-registration","tag-voter-rolls","tag-voter-turnout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34488,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34487\/revisions\/34488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}