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We Hear You: Getting to the Bottom of Voter Fraud
Editor's note: Our coverage of evidence of voter fraud continues to register with The Daily Signal's audience, as you'll see below. Don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Get ready for a whole lot of this type of fraud in future elections, as described in your report by Fred Lucas, only… -
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California Audits DMV for 100,000 Voter Registration Errors
California’s secretary of state and Legislature have launched investigations of the state’s automatic voter registration system, which officials say enrolled noncitizens and minors and got addresses wrong. Democrats in Congress are promoting automatic voter registration nationally, as part of legislation dubbed the For the People Act, also known as HR 1. But a nonpartisan, nonprofit… -
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America Doesn’t Need Automatic Voter Registration. Just Look to California.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have held up California’s new, error-plagued automatic voter registration program as a model for the nation, and are now pushing for a nationalized version of the program in a bill called the For the People Act. The bill would require all states to implement automatic voter registration systems, which advocates claim… -
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North Carolina Election Fraud Should Be a Wake-Up Call for the Left
Widespread fraud by a political operative working for a Republican is forcing a redo of the 2018 midterm race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. The news confirms just how vulnerable our elections are to voter fraud, and how profound the consequences can be. That should be the takeaway. Yet many on the left and… -
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15 Things Conservatives Say Democrats’ Election Bill Would Do
House Democrats tentatively have set a vote this week on election legislation that conservatives say would inhibit states’ powers to set qualifications for voters, remove safeguards on voter registration rolls, and undermine the integrity of elections. “HR 1 is one of the worst bills introduced in Congress in recent memory,” Hans von Spakovsky, a senior… -
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Noncitizen Voting Called ‘Next Battle Space’ in Fight for Election Integrity
Americans willing to volunteer their time to ensure that only lawful votes are cast and counted in upcoming elections got a critical piece of advice during the Conservative Political Action Conference. “A lot of you know about voter ID,” former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams said Friday at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative… -
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New Study Confirms Voter ID Laws Don’t Hurt Election Turnout
Less than one week after Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams made inflammatory claims in her State of the Union response about an epidemic of “voter suppression” jeopardizing the character of our nation, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a study that demonstrates once again that voter ID laws have no measurable impact on voting behavior. In… -
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The Left Wants to Transform Our Election System. It’s a Recipe for 1-Party Rule.
Democrats intend to save “democracy” by putting themselves in charge of elections. As absurd as that sounds, it really is a part of the inappropriately named “For the People Act of 2019,” or H.R. 1, moving through the House of Representatives. The Heritage Foundation created a list of the law’s provisions, which you can read… -
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New Study: Voter ID Laws Don’t Deter Turnout or Fraud
Yet another study has found that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout, but the study also asserted such laws have no clear effect on stopping voter fraud. The study was compiled by two professors, Vincent Pons of Harvard University Business School and Enrico Cantoni of the economics department at the University of Bologna… -
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Stacey Abrams’ False Claims About Election Integrity
In her response on behalf of Democrats to the State of the Union address, Stacey Abrams employed more of the over-the-top rhetoric that has come to characterize political opposition in the age of Trump. After laying out her grievances against the president and offering few concrete policies, Abrams’s speech pivoted to a harangue intended to… -
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What a Registration Surprise in Texas Tells Us About Voter Fraud
The man in charge of elections in Texas made a surprise announcement last week: As many as 95,000 noncitizens had registered to vote, and 58,000 of them may have voted in at least one election between 1996 and 2018. The finding announced by Texas Secretary of State David Whitley is serious, and almost immediately the… -
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Podcast: Scott Rasmussen on Trump’s Poll Numbers and Some Surprising US Trends
On today’s show, we feature an interview with pollster Scott Rasmussen. We quiz him on his latest polling numbers, including the president’s approval numbers, and some surprising trends that you’ll want to hear about. Rasmussen is a renowned pollster, author, and co-founder of ESPN. He most recently wrote the book “The Sun is Still Rising:… -
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Voter Fraud Leads to Removal of Alabama Mayor
The mayor of Gordon, Alabama, was removed from office last week after a jury found him guilty on two felony counts of absentee ballot fraud. Both he and his one-time constituents are learning firsthand the high price of voter fraud. Of course, to hear many on the left tell the story, voter fraud isn’t real…. -
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Swing State Governor Aims to Repeal Voter ID Requirement
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday announced proposed legislation to repeal the state’s requirement that voters show photo ID. “Participation makes our democracy strong—we should encourage every eligible voter to exercise this fundamental right, rather than creating unnecessary barriers that make getting to the ballot box difficult,” Northam, a Democrat, said in a statement. Delegate Kaye… -
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Ruling Party Sweeps Bangladesh Elections, Faces Fraud Allegations
Bangladesh just held a national election that produced an overwhelming victory for the incumbent Awami League—but also allegations of rampant voter fraud, intimidation, and corruption. A large, Muslim-majority democracy situated between India and Myanmar, Bangladesh is the world’s eighth-largest country by population with 170 million people, and it has an outsized impact on South Asian… -
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Yes, What Happened in North Carolina Is Voter Fraud
More than a month after the November election, the details of an apparent voter fraud scandal orchestrated by a North Carolina Republican operative are still coming to light. A coordinated absentee ballot harvesting ring may have gathered, tampered with, or destroyed hundreds of ballots. The outcome of the House race in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional… -
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Amid Alleged Voter Fraud in NC, Left Celebrates California System Susceptible to Same Fraud
It’s time for progressives to make up their minds: either they’re concerned about voter fraud, or not. Right now, even as liberals fret over potential voter fraud in North Carolina, where vote irregularities favored the Republican candidate, they’re also celebrating Democratic victories in California—a state whose system could easily be susceptible to the same kind… -
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These Swing Elections May Not Really Be Wave Elections
BEAVER FALLS, Pa.—Mike Mikus speculates there are a fairly decent number of voters around here who have voted over the past 20 years in turn for Ron Klink, Melissa Hart, Jason Altmire, Mark Critz, Keith Rothfus, and Conor Lamb. That is, they’ve swung their congressional vote from Democratic to Republican to Democratic, and then Democratic… -
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Election Fraud Doesn’t Exist Until Liberals Want It to Exist
Something amazing is happening: Liberals have suddenly begun to believe in voter fraud. Almost overnight, years of constant denial and disbelief have melted away amid allegations that a congressional election in North Carolina may have been tainted by absentee ballot fraud. In North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, Republican Mark Harris beat his Democratic opponent, Dan… -
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The Left’s Election Day Analysis: If We Lost, They Must’ve Cheated
A disturbing trend is emerging from the political left: When their candidates lose elections, rather than accept lawful defeat, they denounce the election itself. In 2016, they explained away President Donald Trump’s victory as the product of Russian meddling. Now, they are blaming election losses in Florida and Georgia on “voter suppression” and other sinister…