New York Department of Investigation - the real story
Did not read the original op-ed, but this letter is in today's WSJ:
Larry Levy’s “Voter Fraud a Myth? That’s Not What New York Investigators Found” (op-ed, Feb. 2) claims that a 2013 investigation by the City of New York Department of Investigation (DOI) found a real problem with potential voter fraud in this city.
Although the DOI appreciates when the work of our office is highlighted, it is a concern when a report we prepared is used to suggest something beyond what the study was intended to do. We did not substantiate a single instance of actual illegal voting. Rather, we found various systemic vulnerabilities including the failure to purge voters who had died from the rolls. However, our report expressly stated that the evidence collected by the investigation was “not a finding of actual voter fraud.”
Unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud not only distract from our work, they hinder law-enforcement activities needed to keep all of us safe.
Mark G. Peters
Commissioner
Department of Investigation
New York
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voter-fraud-myth-and-the-big-unlocked-gate-1486597770?tesla=y