Rigged Elections and Voter Fraud - how common is fraud? Not very.

Has anyone figured out how the Dems are going to rig the election given that most of the states election processes are controlled by Republicans? :dunno:

I'm thinkin' tiny tiny little robots implanted in their brains.

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It's well known election fraud is not very common. Unfortunately paranoia and self-delusion are all too.
 
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How many verified cases of voter fraud have their been in the last several elections?

I have a whole folder on them.

Funny thing is that when Republicans pushed for Voter-ID, it's the Democrats who said that every single vote counts. They point to people that have no identification (like who?) and then go on to say that even if it's a few in every state, that's enough to allow fraud to continue.

Yet when it comes to proven cases of voter fraud, there's simply not enough of them to put any effort into stopping it.

If I go to vote for Trump this election, and somebody scamming the system votes for Hillary, they canceled my vote out.

There is only one reason to put a halt to Voter-ID, and that is people wanting the fraud to continue.

How many verified cases of voter fraud?

Courts have found that some of the new laws DO, in fact, disenfranchise voters and have struck them down - so we have evidence of that.
 
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Has anyone figured out how the Dems are going to rig the election given that most of the states election processes are controlled by Republicans? :dunno:

I'm thinkin' tiny tiny little robots implanted in their brains.

:dunno:

It's well known election fraud is not very common. Unfortunately paranoia and self-delusion are all too.

The thing is - if election fraud is going to happen, it won't be through voter fraud. There simply isn't enough "bang for the buck" in that level of fraud - it's unlikely to influence an election.
 
I said get an ID and vote, it's not rocket science. Is it? Oh but poor black people are too stupid to get an ID? Give me a break, they need ID to function

Right. But tell that same poor black there is a $1,000 check waiting for them at the other end of the state, and all they need is a government ID to claim it, they will have one in less than 24 hours.
 
How many verified cases of voter fraud?

Courts have found that some of the new laws DO, in fact, disenfranchise voters and have struck them down - so we have evidence of that.

And the Supreme Court upheld Voter-ID laws.

How does one law disenfranchise some people and not others?
 
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So attacks on schools are not that common so we should not prevent them? The twisted liberal logic is strong with this OP.

Comparing voter fraud (with almost no cases) to a school mass shooting with tremendous loss of lives is "twisted logic" at it's best.
 
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How many verified cases of voter fraud?

Courts have found that some of the new laws DO, in fact, disenfranchise voters and have struck them down - so we have evidence of that.

And the Supreme Court upheld Voter-ID laws.

How does one law disenfranchise some people and not others?

How many verified cases of voter fraud?
 
Before adding laws that in any way restrict access to voting for legitimate voters - we better be damn sure there is a problem.

So far the Republican attempts to alter voting laws: restrict early voting, limit hours, require id (particularly those that allow military or concealed carry permits but not student ID's) - all seem to be attempts to disenfranchise certain groups of voters.

How?

I work full-time plus some. At the end of work on election day, I stop by the voting place and vote. Now please explain, why can't others do the exact same thing I do every single election?
 
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Actually - it's the rigged election crap that is even more dangerous right now as it's a false claim that threatens to undermine the entire electoral process and it's not based on any evidence.
 
Two states vote solely by mail. Since absentee ballots are allegedly the "problem", someone should be able to dig up more "fraud" in CO and OR than the other 48, right? So where is it?
 
Tell ya what, let's require proof of citizenship and proper ID for one election and see what happens to the numbers showing up to vote. Deal?

You mean Republican efforts to disenfranchise legitimate voters?

Tell you what - let's have evidence that it's a serious problem first. The data so far says it isn't, and more to the point if someone was going to throw an election this would be the hardest way to do it - if not impossible.

Right, no problems in a system that is designed not to find problems, right? No need to give someone a drivers test, if the say they can drive and are old enough, right? No need for proof of insurance if someone says the have it, right? No need for a background check to buy a gun if a person says they are old enough and knows how to shoot and are eligible, right? Why is it you regressives don't need proof of voting eligibility but want it for everything else?
 
The nature of voter fraud makes it almost undiscoverable. It is the PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE POLLS who are mostly responsible, and they are the ones who would be in the best position to report it.

But for obvious reasons, it is not reported.

When my Dear Departed Mother was a polling place inspector in Pittsburgh, everyone who worked the polls was a Democrat. Some of them registered as Republicans so that they could volunteer for this duty because both parties had to be represented. At the end of the day, they had printouts of the voters' names, with the ones who voted checked off. They would then VOTE as many of the non-voters as possible in the time available, before the results had to be reported.

It didn't matter much in Pittsburgh because Republicans never won anything regardless (a pathetic situation which still applies), but I guarantee you there is no record of "voter fraud" in the seventh ward of Pittsburgh, even though it happened every election, without fail.

And by the way, is it not obvious to everyone with a three digit IQ that the Democrats are CONSTANTLY fighting for more and more OPPORTUNITIES for fraudulent registration and voting? Promoting absentee voting, extending time periods for ridiculous times before the election, fighting against reasonable voter ID laws, fighting for same-day registration...it's all intended to maximize the opportunity to steal close elections. There is no other rational explanation.

And what about bringing busloads of semi-coherent "seniors" to the polls so they can vote democrat? Ever heard of that?

The lie that voter fraud is "rare" is obviously untrue, which is why they have to keep repeating it.
I'm a bit confused here. Your mother was a polling space inspector? She was aware it happened every election cycle but she didn't report it? Doesn't that kind of invalidate you saying it's undiscoverable? Plus equally important, how does this anecdote prove their is widespread fraud before we are even past early voting?
 
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Before adding laws that in any way restrict access to voting for legitimate voters - we better be damn sure there is a problem.

So far the Republican attempts to alter voting laws: restrict early voting, limit hours, require id (particularly those that allow military or concealed carry permits but not student ID's) - all seem to be attempts to disenfranchise certain groups of voters.

How?

I work full-time plus some. At the end of work on election day, I stop by the voting place and vote. Now please explain, why can't others do the exact same thing I do every single election?

I'm sure there are a lot of reasons - people who work multiple jobs, who's employers might not let them off, who don't have transport and also disabled people.

And again - the proponents of less government are proposing more government in an effort to fix a problem that doesn't exist in any meaningful statistical sense.

How many voters are prevented from committing intended fraud?
How many voters are prevented from voting?

Is it worth it?
 
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Here's an interesting comparison....brought about by the school shooting analogy earlier.

Voting is a right.
So is gun ownership.

Think about that in terms of adding layers of laws that restrict those rights.
 
So attacks on schools are not that common so we should not prevent them? The twisted liberal logic is strong with this OP.

Comparing voter fraud (with almost no cases) to a school mass shooting with tremendous loss of lives is "twisted logic" at it's best.

By all means tell us which criminal activity we should ignore? How about jury tampering that rarely happens.
 
We have Donald Trump and his zealots already paving the way for allegations of mass fraud and rigged elections.

Based on what evidence? Almost none.

Everytime Trump drops in the polls, he pulls out the fraud card. It's never his own doing -

  • the Media is against him (never mind the fact that they never pressed him very hard on his lies);

  • the Clintons are rigging it (never mind the fact that there is no evidence of that happening and rigging a national election is next to impossible in this country).

  • Voter fraud - this, based on a handful of allegations, a lack of actual evidence, and over the years precious few convictions.
So somehow all this - not the man's character, not his lack of any sort of filter, not his policies or actions - are losing him the election. It's utter madness and logic


Comprehensive 10-Year Voter Fraud Study Found: It’s a GOP Myth


These warnings are not new and not supported by evidence; they defy numerous studies that have found that voter fraud is minimal.

They also invite a question: If the election is rigged, who is doing the rigging?

Presidential elections are conducted on a state-by-state basis, not nationally. And in most of the states seen as presidential battlegrounds, the chief elections officers are Republicans — most directly accountable to their state's voters.

  • In Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Utah, the chief elections officer of the state is a Republican, elected by voters of the state. Most are secretary of state; Utah’s lieutenant governor oversees elections there.
  • In Florida, the secretary of state is appointed by the state’s Republican governor, Rick Scott — a Trump supporter.
  • In North Carolina, the state board of elections has five members, appointed by the governor — currently a Republican. Its current chairman and three out of five members are Republicans.
There are states with some measure of Democratic control over the process.
  • In Minnesota and Missouri, the chief elections officer is a Democrat elected by the voters of the state.
  • Pennsylvania’s secretary of state was appointed by the state’s Democratic governor.
  • New Hampshire’s longtime secretary of state was once a Democrat, but was reelected to his post by the Republican-led state legislature.
  • Virginia’s Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe — a longtime Clinton ally — appointed each member of that state’s three-person elections board.


Comprehensive 10-Year Voter Fraud Study Found: It’s a GOP Myth

...The Washington Post’s “Wonkblog” offers a summary of studies and investigations that have examined the issue of voter fraud. These studies have been conducted by academic researchers, news organizations, and state governments. They all produced similar results: The massive “in person” voter fraud that Republicans claim is helping Democrats steal elections simply does not exist.


Out of all of the research cited in the story, the investigations conducted by various states are the most interesting, because they were conducted by states that are currently controlled by Republicans. For example, the Kansas secretary of state took a look at 84 million votes cast in 22 states, trying to find duplicate registrations. The result? They referred 14 cases to prosecutors. Fourteen. Out of 84 million votes.



North Carolina also participated in the multi-state voter “cross check” program. Their survey of 28 states turned up 765 people with the same names, birth dates, and whose Social Security numbers ended with the same four digits, who voted in North Carolina and another state, according to the Charlotte News and Observer. There is no word on how many, if any, of those people will be prosecuted. Even if all 765 were guilty of voter fraud, it is still a tiny percentage of the nearly seven million votes cast in North Carolina in 2012, and certainly not enough to sway the outcome of an election.


Iowa’s Republican secretary of state Matt Schultz spent two years, and over a quarter of a million taxpayer dollars, to find 117 possibly fraudulent votes, leading to only six convictions. Of those who were convicted, three were felons who believed that their right to vote had been restored.


Even though voter fraud does not exist on the level that Republicans claim that it does, there are instances of possible voter fraud in almost every election. Here are a few examples:


NO ONE claims it doesn't occur (despite misleading claims by some) - but it's very uncommon. Why is it uncommon? It's not a very successful way of throwing an election. People will always find examples to throw in as "proof" but so what? A handful out of millions of votes? And that is sufficient excuse to try and undermine our entire electoral integrity with this infectious madness?

Hell, the Democrats could have flown that flag with Gore vs Bush, called for violence and armed poll watchers. But this madness is new and the source is Trump. Everyone is "against him" - everyone is "biased" - the Dems, the media, the Republican establishment. Maybe it's not "Them" - maybe it's Trump himself who causing people to turn away. Ever think of that? :dunno:
I acted as a "voting Rights" Attorney in Florida a few years ago, people being turned away for no good reason and other ways to make things hard for voters to actually vote were rampant.
 
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So attacks on schools are not that common so we should not prevent them? The twisted liberal logic is strong with this OP.

Comparing voter fraud (with almost no cases) to a school mass shooting with tremendous loss of lives is "twisted logic" at it's best.

By all means tell us which criminal activity we should ignore?

Who's ignoring voter fraud? Have you seen the sentences and fines if caught? We have laws for voter fraud already.
 
I'm sure there are a lot of reasons - people who work multiple jobs, who's employers might not let them off, who don't have transport and also disabled people.

And again - the proponents of less government are proposing more government in an effort to fix a problem that doesn't exist in any meaningful statistical sense.

How many voters are prevented from committing intended fraud?
How many voters are prevented from voting?

Is it worth it?

To my knowledge, it's against the law for your employer not allowing an employee reasonable time to vote. If people don't have transportation, how is that our problem? If people are disabled,then they have way more time to vote than us working people.

Being for less government doesn't mean a lawless government. You will find Republicans against big government, but none against a society with rules and regulations.
 
So attacks on schools are not that common so we should not prevent them? The twisted liberal logic is strong with this OP.

Comparing voter fraud (with almost no cases) to a school mass shooting with tremendous loss of lives is "twisted logic" at it's best.

By all means tell us which criminal activity we should ignore?

Who's ignoring voter fraud? Have you seen the sentences and fines if caught? We have laws for voter fraud already.

LOL you are the one who posted a whole manifesto arguing voter fraud is so rare Republicans should shut up about it.
 

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