10 Cases Of Voter Impersonation Since 2000. Is That A Lot

Of the 31 cases of voter fraud in the US, who did they vote for?

“Of the 31 cases of voter fraud in the US, who did they vote for?”Who knows, but it’s not 31 cases. It was 31 cases one researcher found where someone impersonated another voter and was caught. This research was done to show that few cases of fraud would be prevented by voter I.D. laws. There are many other ways vote fraud is committed. The author of the study makes this clear:“Most current ID laws (Wisconsin is a rare exception) aren’t designed to stop fraud with absentee ballots (indeed, laws requiring ID at the polls push more people into the absentee system, where there are plenty of real dangers). Or vote buying. Or coercion. Or fake registration forms. Or voting from the wrong address. Or ballot box stuffing by officials in on the scam.”A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots castSo let’s not pretend there have only been 31 cases of vote fraud. That’s absurd, as anyone who has ever picked up a newspaper (or lived in Chicago) will immediately recognize.Don't Believe Voter Fraud Happens? Here's Some Examples

If Democrats are concerned about the integrity of elections, why are they still opposing voter IDs?

Here’s the real reason: as implemented, they will disenfranchise many more legal voters than they will prevent illegal votes.If a voter ID law included provisions to provide valid ID to every legal voter without cost (including cost to procure copies of necessary documents and time off from work), extremely few Democrats would oppose them. But none of them have come particularly close to this.The type of in-person voter fraud that would be prevented by Voter ID laws is extremely rare. On the order of “a couple of dozen votes per billion votes cast” rare. No one has been able to show evidence that it’s more common. Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, was in a court case recently on this very subject. He was not able to demonstrate to the court that illegal voting was more common. All his “expert witnesses” remarkably were either unable to substantiate their claims or outright changed their stories once under oath.Voter ID wouldn’t even prevent all in person fraud. Let’s say I managed to get registered to vote in both the precinct I live in and in the next one over. I could just show up at both on election day, show my ID, and vote.Voter ID laws, as implemented, have been shown to intentionally be designed to prevent certain groups of people from voting. For instance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/l... which includes mention of a similar law being struck down in Wisconsin: “The evidence in this case casts doubt on the notion that voter ID laws foster integrity and confidence.

In the United States, does voter fraud exist?

Yes it exists, most proven cases are what is called ballot stuffing, in which those in charge of elections create fake votes.  Here is one example of Democratic officials creating absentee votes.  Officials Plead Guilty in New York Voter Fraud Case.   My late uncle was voted for in 1944 in Paterson, NJ (I have no documentation of course but he was on an extended walking tour of France at the time so I believe him).   In NJ you can usually see your previous signatures on the sign in book.   He saw his signature when he voted in either 1946 or 1948.  There are lots of well known individual cases of people voting improperly.  Thomas Gangemi was voted mayor of Jersey City but was discovered not to have been a citizen (I assume he voted too).  Thomas Gangemi The kind of voter fraud that is promoted as an important issue is rarely prosecuted.  Given that legal residents can get drivers licenses under some conditions, it may be possible for non-citizens to show up on election day in places with same day registration.  Still non-citizen voting seems rare.  In Colorado were some Republicans were claiming that 5,000 illegals voted, it appears that only 106 individuals were registered.  Gessler's office clarifies remarks about 5,000 illegals voting in last election There is no wide-spread prosecution of voter fraud even in Republican states that have passed voter ID laws. Democrats are skeptical of the GOP zeal for voter ID laws.

Should state ID be required for voting?

Only in states where there is a law requiring a photo ID., and where that law has been found constitutional (or not challenged).Every state has a constitutional requirement to qualify its electorate. There is no federal standard of how that qualification must happen. However, they must have a method of ensuring the voter is qualified. This means not an immigrant non-citizen, and not one disqualified under law. There are two methods we use: signature matching, and voter identification.Each has its limitations. If my medications are off, my signature is off. And how can I show voter ID if I am voting by mail? In these and other situations, including one where voter registration is not requiring an ID, people get on the voting rolls who are not qualified. To my knowledge, there are little purges of the voting registration base, so that LA was told to purge over 1 million names from their rolls by a judge. Evidently they let the problem pile up.Nobody is saying all 1 million were fraudulently voting. But the suit that caused this said there is ineffective qualification and it results in qualified voters being harmed. It is a valid point, according to the courts.So if your state requires an ID, I would have several forms that are acceptable, but each would be vetted. For example, a passport or a military ID should also work. If a state ID is required, it should be free to obtain. And I do not buy the excuse that the poor are harmed; everyone who cashes a check or uses a credit card carries photo ID. The argument is empty, to my eyes.

Is it an admission of guilt when a governor refuses to comply with a federal investigation over voter fraud in their state?

Well, let’s be clear. This is NOT a federal investigation. This is a Presidential Advisory Commission. It has no subpoena power. It has no law enforcement power. When it completes its work, it’s product will be a report. That’s it.It has been established by an executive order. This one, in fact:Presidential Executive Order on the Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election IntegrityIf this had been an actual federal investigation, it would been carried out by the Justice Department, specifically the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more specifically the public corruption program.Public CorruptionNow sometimes Commissions do good and necessary work (e.g. the 9/11 Commission). Sometimes, however, they are created and do work on an issue for which the President or Congress needs to appear to be “doing something” without actually doing something.In this case, given that the FBI isn’t investigating the claims of massive voter fraud, I would go with the latter explanation. The Commission is asking for a lot of very personal information, without adequate safeguards on that information that it collects. And, frankly, I don’t know what the Commission is going to do with all that data once it collects it. Unlike, say, the FBI, which is legally bound to protect such information and knows how to do it.But this isn’t an FBI case.If you, dear questioner, are willing to give this Commission your data that’s up to you. But don’t pretend that this isn’t the same as some random person doing a survey at the local mall — not actual law enforcement. If you’re willing to give that survey taker all your personal information, that’s on you. It makes you a grade-A moron who shouldn’t be let out of the house without a minder, in my book, but hey, it’s a free country.However, I’d rather keep my information in the hands of people who are legally required to protect it. Which also means they should tell people requesting such information to get a warrant laying out the legal basis for which they need the information, and failing that, to go away please. So far, 44 state governments have done exactly that.What are the other 6 waiting for?