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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChart: Voter Fraud is Rare
From the DNC's Protecting the Vote site.
This week in the War on Voting: New Hampshire target of right-wing voter fraud conspiracy
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/14/1054544/-This-week-in-the-War-on-Voting:-New-Hampshire-target-of-right-wing-voter-fraud
yardwork
(61,418 posts)The Republicans know that they can't win if a majority of ordinary people actually vote. Keeping as many people from voting as possible is their #1 reelection strategy.
That and outright theft of elections, as happened in 2000, 2002, and 2004, at least.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Chart says it's for 2000-2007. O'Keefe and his band of criminals have probably doubled the count...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)This is another little item the Corporate media do scant reporting on. the tiny amount of voter fraud vs the multi-state vote- suppression - voter intimidation campaign being prosecuted by the Red State Brigade.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)I contend that intimidating qualified voters into not voting, denying citizens the ability to register to vote and so forth is fraud-because an election where some citizens are not allowed to vote is FRAUD.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"Actually it's not rare-well that kind is...I contend that intimidating qualified voters into not voting, denying citizens the ability to register to vote and so forth is fraud-because an election where some citizens are not allowed to vote is FRAUD. "
...not voter fraud, which implies that voters are doing something illegal. Election fraud is intimidating voters and using other illegal tactics to suppress the vote.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)Suppressing the vote of citizens makes for a fraudulent election. The only people I know of that work hard to suppress voters are r'pukes.