Voter Fraud

GOP Election Official Defends Voter ID

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Election Administration, Ann Mah, Kansas Voter Id Laws, Voter ID, Video, Election Laws, Voter Identification, Kansas Politics, Kris Kobach, Voting Rights, State and Local Government, Sam Brownback, Steve Morris, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Kris Kobach Voter Id, Kansas Elections, Voting, Politics News

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) defended the state's new voter identification law as a way to prevent election fraud during a stop in Wichit...

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Wolves at the Polls

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Political Cartoon, Polls, Credentials, Voting, Intimidation, Voter Intimidation, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Politics News

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Republicans Are Using the Democratic Process to Curtail Democracy

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Voting Requirements, Jim Crow, Voter Fraud, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voting Legislation, Brennan Center for Justice, Voting Rights, Voter Qualifications, Poll Tax, Voter ID, Politics News

The fraud that actually exists is not in voter identification but rather in the alleged justification for legislation that requires it. There is no epidemic of voters misrepresenting their identity at the polls.

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Voter ID Laws: Silencing the American People

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Brennan Center, Jim Crow, Voter ID Laws, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Voter ID, Politics News

Voter ID laws are the icing on the cake when it comes to public officials shutting Americans out of the decision-making process, silencing dissent, and making sure that those in power stay in power.

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James O'Keefe Fail

ThinkProgress | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: North Carolina Voter Fraud, Project Veritas, James O'keefe, Project Veritas Voter Fraud, James O'keefe Voter Fraud Video, James O'keefe Voter Fraud, Voter Fraud, Project Veritas Video, North Carolina, Politics News

Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe released a new video today supposedly exposing voter fraud in North Carolina by highlighting non-citizens like ...

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How to Predict Political Crisis With Your News Feed

Philip N. Howard | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Globalization, Social Media, News Feed, Twitter, Facebook, Voter Fraud, Rigged Votes, Social Networking, Prison Statistics, Social Media Trends, World News

If you want to start anticipating changes in international politics, watch the news for items about prisons, dig into a particular country's politics when its government is rigging an election, and keep track of the use and censorship of social media.

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Was Romney Truly a Massachusetts Resident When He Voted For Scott Brown?

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Carried-Interest, Capital Gains Tax, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Voter Fraud, New Hampshire, Politics News

To release his 2010 and 2009 returns would raise the real possibility that he committed voter fraud. And, we all know how deeply concerned Republicans are about voter fraud, don't we?

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Should This Blogger Stop Writing About CO Secretary of State's Misinformation and Innuendo?

Jason Salzman | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Khow, Scott Gessler, Craig Silverman, Voter Fraud, Acorn, Denver Post, Inactive Voters, KHOW's Craig Silverman, Voter Fraud Colorado, State Senator Scott Gessler, Denver News

What about our basic trust in government, which rests to some degree on faith in elections? How seriously should take it, or should we ignore it, when our Secretary of State is on the radio making accusations of very recent election fraud?

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Democrats Benefit From Illegal Immigrant Voting

Howard Foster | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Voter Fraud, Illegal Immigration, Politics News

Why are Democrats so uniformly opposed to proof of citizenship in order to vote? They and their interest group surrogates insist there is no problem with voter security.

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Democracy Under Attack

David Morris | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Photo ID, Elections, Voter Fraud, Democracy, Same Day Registration, Voter Registration, Politics News

The 2011 Florida law is perhaps the purest distillation of the Republican effort to making voting more difficult.

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New Republican-Sponsored Voter Suppression Bills

John Blumenthal | Posted 06.03.2012

Read More: Voter Fraud, Jewish Deli, Michigan, Absentee Ballots, Gop Legislation, Gop Bills Satire, Gop Legislation Satire, Gop Bills, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Satire, Election 2012, Comedy News

In their eternal crusade to ensure that all Americans have a fair and equal right to vote, Republican legislators throughout the nation have recently proposed the following new bills.

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Mandatory Voter ID Disenfranchises Poor, Students, Elderly

The Daily Nebraskan | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Politics, New Mexico, Illegal Immigration, Voter ID Laws, Nebraska, Voter Fraud, Poll Tax, Barack Obama, Voting, Voter ID, Voter Impersonation, College News

Requiring photo ID cards to vote seems logical. Obviously, we want citizens at the polls to be legal and not misrepresent themselves. And mandating a photo ID is the best way to do this, right? Wrong.

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Birther Queen Teams Up With Sharron Angle

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Orly Taitz Birther, Sharon Angle, Video, Orly Taitz, Obama Birthers, President Barack Obama, Birther, Obama, Barack Obama 2012, Voter Fraud, Barack Obama, Politics News

Self-proclaimed queen of the birther movement Orly Taitz appears to be teaming up with former Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-Nev.) to combat "rigge...

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Voter ID Laws Protect the Integrity of the Ballot Box

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Voter ID, 2012 Election, Voters, Voting, Indiana Voter ID Law, South Carolina Voter Id Law, Attorney General Eric Holder, Voting Rights Act, Eric Holder, Politics News

America's focus on having free and fair elections is one of the reasons the United States is the oldest democratic republic on earth. Failing to ensure the integrity of the democratic process in elections is a mistake a free people often makes only once.

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High Super Tuesday Turnout May Not Prove That Voter ID Laws Are Harmless

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Voter Disenfranchisement, 2012 Election, Voter Turnout, Elections 2012, Super Tuesday, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Super Tuesday 2012, Video, Black Voices News

Some election officials are pointing to high turnout in Super Tuesday states as proof that controversial voter identification laws, which require citi...

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Voter Suppression: A Real and Enduring American Issue

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Voters, Civil Rights Act, Voter ID Laws, Voter ID, Voter Suppression, Voting, Civil Rights Movement, Black Voters, Civil Rights, Minority Voters, Voter Fraud, Politics News

This is no time to drop our guard. Here we are in the year 2012 still requiring blacks, the poor and other minorities to jump through hoops to vote.

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U.S. Must Expand, Not Suppress, Voting Rights

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Al Sharpton, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration, Voting Rights Act, Bloody Sunday, Republicans, Wisconsin Voter ID, Gop Voter Id Polls, Voter ID Laws, Voter ID, Politics News

Will Americans reward a party that is systematically seeking to make it harder to vote? Will they accept routine harassment of minorities because of their fears about immigration? Will the politics of division once more be effective?

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The Colorado Secretary of State's Problem with Numbers

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Scott Gessler, Sterling Journal-Advocate, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, Denver News

Since day one in office, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has had a number of problems as well a problem with numbers, as in figures.

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Republican Faces Investigation After Registering Dog To Vote

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 03.01.2012

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Voter registration fraud is no laughing matter. That is, unless you're registering a dog. Thomas Tolbert, an Albuquerque man, received the registra...

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Republican Lawmakers Quietly Push For Illinois Voter ID Bill

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Kyle Mccarter Voter Id, Illinois Voter Id Proposal, Video, Kyle McCarter, Illinois Voter Id Bill, Voter ID Laws, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Voter Fraud, Illinois Voter Id Measure, Eric Holder, Voter ID, Dwight Kays, Chicago News

A group of nearly 20 Republican state senators in Illinois have quietly thrown their support behind legislation that would require the state's voters ...

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Vote? The Michigan GOP.

Patricia Lesko | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Voter Fraud, Voter ID Laws, Michigan Voting Laws, Michigan Voter Laws, Michigan Elections, Michigan Voting Legislation, Detroit News

Judging from the bills Michigan GOP members pushed through the state Senate recently, one could believe that voter fraud in Michigan is a problem of epidemic proportions. However, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Indiana Election Chief Found Guilty Of Voter Fraud

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Video, Indiana Elections, Indiana, Republican Charlie White, Mitch Daniels, Indiana Election Chief, Charlie White, Voter Fraud, Gov. Mitch Daniels, Secretary of State Charlie White, Voting, Politics News

INDIANAPOLIS — While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convict...

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Silence Is Not an Option

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Voter Fraud, Romney Racism, Newt Gingrich Food Stamps, Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich 2012, Voter ID, Voter ID Laws, Food Stamp President, Romney Food Stamps, Al Sharpton 2012, Newt Gingrich, Romney 2012, Newt Gingrich Racism, National Action Network, Black Voices News

You'd think Romney would be more careful in his approach towards serious subject matters, but somehow the self-proclaimed rich guy still manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Candidates Worried About Voter Fraud In Nevada

AP | By CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Nevada Caucus, Nevada Primary, Nevada Caucus 2012, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Mitt Romney 2012, Nevada Voter Fraud, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Ron Paul 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Newt Gingrich, Voter Fraud, Politics News

LAS VEGAS -- This was supposed to be the Nevada GOP's year of redemption, a chance for Republicans to have a prominent role in picking a challenger fo...

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GOP Official Faces Voter Fraud Charge

AP | KEN KUSMER | Posted 04.01.2012

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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Indiana's top elections official signed documents showing he was living at an address different than one he listed on voting...

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