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rustydog

(9,186 posts)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 05:18 PM Jul 2012

voter fraud? really Republicans? a growing problem, really?

"...A major probe by the Justice Department between 2002 and 2007 failed to prosecute a single person for going to the polls and impersonating an eligible voter, which the anti-fraud laws are supposedly designed to stop. Out of the 300 million votes cast in that period, federal prosecutors convicted only 86 people for voter fraud – and many of the cases involved immigrants and former felons who were simply unaware of their ineligibility. A much-hyped investigation in Wisconsin, meanwhile, led to the prosecution of only .0007 percent of the local electorate for alleged voter fraud..."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gop-war-on-voting-20110830

Sorry, there is a larger threat of vote stealing by electronic balloting than 85 people in 6 years voting illegally NATIONWIDE!

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voter fraud? really Republicans? a growing problem, really? (Original Post) rustydog Jul 2012 OP
roving bands of voters are voting illegally across the country TeamPooka Jul 2012 #1
They create problems where they want to make changes chowder66 Jul 2012 #2

chowder66

(9,081 posts)
2. They create problems where they want to make changes
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 05:27 PM
Jul 2012

to the system that benefit them while hurting the rest of us.

Examples:

Create voter fraud
Create job losses
Create economic meltdowns
Create War
Create Conspiracies
Create Fights where there are none

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