More Voter Fraud Than I Thought...

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More Voter Fraud Than I Thought, 31 credible incidents since 2000 - that's a lot more incidents of voter fraud than I thought they'd find but-----but I defer to the expert.

A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast

By Justin Levitt
August 6

Note: This is a guest post by Justin Levitt, a professor at the Loyola University Law School and an expert in constitutional law and the law of democracy, with a particular focus on election administration and redistricting.

Voter ID laws are back in the news once again, with two new opinions from the Wisconsin Supreme Court late last week dealing with the state's ID requirement, which would allow people to vote only if they provide certain forms of government-issued ID. The Court made some minor changes to the law but otherwise upheld it. However, the ID requirement is still on hold pending a federal lawsuit.

Part of this litigation — and any rational debate about the issue generally — hinges on two things: costs and benefits. The costs of these sorts of laws vary, because the laws themselves differ from state to state (some are far more burdensome than others). The ostensible benefits, though, are all the same. And in addressing these purported benefits, the Wisconsin Supreme Court blew it. Twice.

First, the court cited the idea that ID laws could enhance public confidence--that is, in theory, the laws might make us feel better about elections in that they might provide some security theater. It turns out, though, that this effect is hard to spot. People in states with more restrictive ID laws don’t generally feel better about their elections than people in more permissive states. People who think elections are being stolen, and people who think they’re not, each hold on to that opinion no matter what the governing ID rules in their area. The factor that really influences whether people think the elections are fair? Whether their preferred candidates win.

Second, the court said that ID laws can help stop fraud. It then cited an example of recent fraud … that ID laws aren’t designed to stop. Specifically, it mentioned a case in which a supporter of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was charged with 13 counts of election fraud, including "registering to vote in more than one place, voting where he didn't live, voting more than once in the same election, and providing false information to election officials," according to an account by Talking Points Memo. Wisconsin's ID law would not likely have prevented any of the alleged violations.

This sort of misdirection is pretty common, actually. Election fraud happens. But ID laws are not aimed at the fraud you’ll actually hear about...

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Myth of Voter Fraud


It is important to protect the integrity of our elections. But we must be careful not to undermine free and fair access to the ballot in the name of preventing voter fraud.

The Brennan Center’s ongoing examination of voter fraud claims reveal that voter fraud is very rare, voter impersonation is nearly non-existent, and much of the problems associated with alleged fraud in elections relates to unintentional mistakes by voters or election administrators. Our report "The Truth About Voter Fraud" reveals most allegations of fraud turn out to be baseless — and that of the few allegations remaining, most reveal election irregularities and other forms of election misconduct.

Voter fraud is not acceptable in our elections, but we must find a balance and not impose solutions that make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to participate in our democracy. ~ Brennan Center for Justice

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[Kosh]

The Us is one of handful of countries that does not have voter ID laws, even many countries in Europe have them. The far left wants to regulate everything to death except for voting or pot.

Things that make you go . Hummm...

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast

Consequently 'voter ID' laws are un-Constitutional, as there is no evidence that the burden placed on the fundamental right to vote is justified.

 

[Kosh]

A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast

Consequently 'voter ID' laws are un-Constitutional, as there is no evidence that the burden placed on the fundamental right to vote is justified.

And the far left comes in with their "illegal" talk when Obama is doing illegal things in Iraq and when it applies to those come across the border in an illegal manner.

So if neither are those illegal, how can voter id laws be illegal?

Once again the far left claims something to be "illegal" without any real proof other than talking points and propaganda.

 

[DriftingSand]

Let's eliminate all the "known" cases as well as the unknown cases by requiring IDs from this moment forward. That way the issue will be resolved once and for all and we won't have to bring up the subject every 5 days.