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Could Voter Fraud Steal the 2008 Election?
Hans A. von Spakovsky
Heritage Foundation
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Should we be concerned over voter fraud in the upcoming election? If history is any guide, then the emphatic answer is “yes!” There are numerous cases, just in the last decade or so, in which elections were stolen and races were decided by a handful of votes.
An investigation of 5,000 fraudulent absentee ballots in Miami in 1997 resulted in the election results being overturned. In addition to votes by fictitious individuals and persons using false addresses (persons who didn’t actually live in Miami), votes were also bought. And vote buying is a federal crime that the Department of Justice has prosecuted repeatedly.
In 2003, the Indiana Supreme Court threw out the results of a mayoral election because of absentee ballot fraud. The results of a state senate race in Tennessee in 2005 decided by only 13 votes were declared invalid because of votes by felons, the dead, people who didn’t live in the district, and individuals whose registered addresses were vacant lots. The photographs of those vacant lots, taken by an investigator, starkly illustrate the kind of voter fraud that unfortunately still goes on in our elections.
Today, there are investigations in more than a dozen states over tens of thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms submitted by ACORN. How many of those fraudulent registrations have not been caught by election officials? How many will result in fraudulent votes? If we have a very close election, fraudulent votes may well end up deciding the results, damaging our democracy and our confidence in our election process.
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Hans A. von Spakovsky is a visiting legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation. His Special Report on “Democracy in Danger: Case Studies of Election Fraud,” is available at www.heritage.org.
Voter Discrimination is the Real Fraud
Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP Washington Bureau
According to those chanting the disturbing chorus of “voter fraud,” elections are being influenced and sometimes determined by people ineligible to cast a ballot impersonating eligible voters.
To be sure, the NAACP sees disenfranchising, disturbing instances of “voter fraud” every election cycle. However, the “fraud” we witness is different. We know of deceptive practices, misinformation and lies that are used to keep registered, legitimate voters away from the polls. Sadly, we also still find ourselves fighting attempts by unscrupulous election officials to disenfranchise the people in communities we represent.
It is our experience that “voter impersonation” is actually quite rare. Nationwide, between 2002 and 2006, when a crackdown on voter fraud was one of the U.S. Justice Department’s top priorities, more than 400 million votes were cast, but an average of only 30 federal cases per year were prosecuted.
Regardless of the questionable prevalence of this type of voter fraud, several states have passed discriminatory photo ID laws. Sadly, rather than addressing real voter fraud, the true effect of these laws is to disenfranchise the estimated 20 million Americans who have not purchased IDs. Disproportionately these people are minorities, elderly and low-income Americans.
Yet, malicious voter fraud continues. In Virginia, registered voters received robotic calls stating that they could vote by telephone by pressing a number for the candidate of their choice. The call ended by stating that they had now voted and didn’t need to go to the polls.
In 2006 in Orange County, Calif., 14,000 Latino voters got letters in Spanish saying it was a crime for immigrants to vote in a federal election. It didn’t say that immigrants who are citizens have the right to vote.
The NAACP has also seen a dramatic increase in erroneous purging of voting rolls, as well as eligible voters mistakenly not added. These are voters believing or having been told that they have done everything correctly, only to be turned away from the voting booth on Election Day.
We know from Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 that erroneous purging of the rolls, underestimating the number of needed functioning voting machines and ballots, the inadequate number and under-trained poll workers, intimidation of voters and the misuse of photo ID requirements, especially in neighborhoods with heavy concentrations of racial and ethnic minorities, along with blocked access to polling sites and intentional deception and voter intimidation, lead to disenfranchisement of eligible voters. These problems are more than just “voter fraud.” These problems are a national travesty.
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November 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
They are still using electronic voting machines so it will always be possible.
I posted the video of Clinton Curtis’ testimony from 2004 where he testifies that he was hired by Tom Feeney (Florida) to create vote-rigging software…
http://www.libertyvideos.com/2.....-election/
So, yeah…it can happen.
November 4th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
stealing an election ??????? their both out of the same nwo mold !!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7vb1ZtmMIE
goldieshouse.piczo.com
November 4th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Rig the Votes? It doesn’t matter one bit after the media black out against Dr. Ron Paul. Both of these idiots answer to the same scums. This is probally the only part of the election process that hasent been rigged. Dr. Ron Paul absolutely beat the shit out of every other candidate that took the stage and yet somehow John McCain ( a guy who’s I.Q. doesnt even match his age) somehow is the republican nominee, the friggin guy wasn’t even born in the U.S. and don’t give me that panima bullshit.. PANIMA IS NOT AMERICAN SOIL! and the constitution reads very clearly unless you’re a complete tard.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Does a bear go potty in the woods?
November 4th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
We need to reform the whole system to proportioal representation. We are locked into this two party, electoral college charade. Even if we were to get to the point where we could get an honest vote count we would still have this phony two party thing where you select from two people who both reresent the illuminati. McCain was picked by them, because they wanted a Democrat chump this time.
Please prove me wrong Obama.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Thank you SecretCivilian I have been saying that since I first read his bio nearly two years ago.
There are two court challenges to Obama and his eligibility to nominate. As these have been lodged for some time there cannot be a claim that it is an attempt to steal the election.
Now that raises an interesting question. If both the majority party candidates are rules as being ineligible what happens do we have to go through with all this bullshit again?
As an Australian I have no direct interest in these elections other than what happens in America has an effect the entire planet.
Maybe it is time for the people of the USA to start lobbying there “elected” representatives for a change of the system where there are the same rules in all the States and it matters not where you actually live but if you wish to vote you can. Also the removal of this discriminative eligibility to nominate that is built into the system at present. To be a true democracy anyone who meets the eligibility requirements of the Constitution and can find the nomination fee should be able to nominate.
Incidentally why is it a requirement to nominate a party when enrolling to vote? To my way of thinking that is your business and there should be a no requirement to disclose your preference unless you wish to. What happens if you are a registered supporter of one party or the other and change you mind at some time?
I believe that only those who are registered paid up members of the various parties should be the only one who can vote at the primaries.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
‘Voter’ fraud is when a ‘voter’ committs the fraud…i.e using multiple ID’s to cast more than one vote. ELECTION fraud is when the election is rigged. Call it what it is.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
read the book stupid white men by micheal moore about boy george and his 2004 election fraud.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Voter Fraud? Is a non-issue – just like all the other “Newspeak” words and expressions Republicans throw at you to create a diversion away from the real important issues.
When they can’t argue the facts they erect a “Strawman”.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Oh!…….Heritage Foundation! Isn’t that an ultra-right wing think tank with a stable of about
100 columnists [like Michelle Malkin, Dennis Prager, Star Parker, & David Limbaugh] hellbent on spreading lies and propaganda?
November 5th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I have not been impressed with McCain from the beginning. If you follow politics at all, it was plain to see who really cared about what he said he did. I hope ALL elected officials could see that “we the people” are quite fed up with the ugly personal attacks. WE THE PEOPLE care about issues! GO FIGURE!
With that said, I was very impressed with the last leg of the race. How could I not be!
McCain could have stolen this election the same as Bush! Just ask Michael Connell. Yet he did not!
You SIR, have earned respect you did not have yesterday. You SIR, brought the true hope in the democratic system back to America! You SIR, lost with dignity!
I thank you as a citizen that voted for Ron Paul and later Obama.
God speed!
November 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
There are far too many, well documented, cases of Election Fraud to ever deny the validity of a concern. Remember Al Gore and Florida? The endless discussions over chads? Unfortunately, this is a reality of our flawed election system. All one needs to do is look at who is running the polls – we had teenagers running ours. I believe Obama won the “race” using the same bag of tricks as any other politician. To say differently smacks of “sour grapes”.
I did not vote for Obama because I did not and still do not have a clue about who he is, where he comes from, and what his plans are for our country. In his speech last night, I was apalled to think he and his toadies NOW believe this country is great.