Voter Fraud News
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The Only Misleading Claim About Voter Fraud: ‘It Doesn’t Exist’
At the heart of democracy lies not just the right to vote, but the right to vote in a free and fair election. After all, what incentive do voters have to cast ballots if they have no faith in the integrity of the process or the accuracy of the outcome? That is why, last year,…Jason Snead -
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Why Dissolving the Election Fraud Commission Is a True Loss for the Nation
This week, the White House announced the sudden, disappointing news that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity was being dissolved. Liberal advocacy groups, which for months have worked to obstruct the group’s efforts to examine the integrity and security of the ballot box, ecstatically declared victory. But their win is a loss for the…Jason Snead -
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How Trump Administration Will Fight Voter Fraud After Shutting Down Panel
After issuing an executive order late Wednesday closing his commission to investigate voter fraud, President Donald Trump now stresses the need for more voter identification and has tasked the Department of Homeland Security with ensuring the integrity of elections. The White House so far is not saying that the president will call for a national…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Ends His Voter Fraud Commission, Asks Homeland Security to ‘Review the Issues’
President Donald Trump decided to dissolve his commission on voter fraud Wednesday, citing refusal from states to cooperate with the commission. Trump, who created the commission in order to investigate possible instances of voter fraud in the 2016 election, is instead asking the Department of Homeland Security to review the matter, the White House said in…Amber Randall -
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Supreme Court Postpones Hearing in Case That Could Have Significant Implications for Voter Fraud
The U.S. Supreme Court postponed a hearing originally scheduled for Wednesday on a potential landmark case regarding Ohio’s policy of purging its voter registration rolls of people no longer living in the state—and people no longer living, period. “We’ve discovered noncitizens on the voter rolls … people who tried to vote multiple times,” @OhioSOSHusted says….Fred Lucas -
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Voter Fraud Is Real. This Searchable Database Proves It.
The Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database just got a major upgrade. With the addition of powerful new search functions, Heritage is giving Americans a quick and easy way to sort through 1,088 documented instances of fraud, to see how nefarious election activity has affected their own states and communities. Anyone who uses the database will…Jason Snead -
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How the Electoral College Helps Protect Against Voter Fraud
“Our new Constitution is now established,” Benjamin Franklin wrote to a French physicist in 1789, “and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Perhaps Franklin should have added one more item to his list of certainties: dishonest people will always exist—and…Tara Ross -
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More Cases of Voter Fraud Pile Up as Liberals Look the Other Way
The Heritage Foundation added another round of cases this week to its ever-growing Voter Fraud Database. Accounting for these new additions, the database now documents 1,088 proven instances of election fraud, including 949 cases that have resulted in criminal convictions, 48 that have ended in civil penalties, and 75 that have seen defendants enter diversion…Jason Snead -
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As Evidence of Election Fraud Emerges, the Media Wants to Keep You in the Dark
If you have no idea what happened at the second meeting of President Donald Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in New Hampshire on Sept. 12, I’m not surprised. Though a horde of reporters attended the meeting, almost all of the media stories that emerged from it simply repeated the progressive left’s mantra that the…Hans von Spakovsky -
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We Hear You: Electing to Investigate Voter Fraud
Editor's note: Our coverage of the voter fraud issue, much of it by Fred Lucas, spurs a strong turnout among The Daily Signal's audience. Today we feature some of those comments. Don't forget to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I'm a reader from western Pennsylvania expressing my thanks for Fred Lucas' report on…Ken McIntyre -
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Economist Calls for Adapting Gun Background Checks to Prevent Voter Fraud
GOFFSTOWN, N.H.—Republicans and Democrats could achieve a bipartisan compromise in preventing voter fraud by applying a Justice Department background check system already in place for gun buyers, a noted economist told the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity meeting here Tuesday. The commission met at St. Anselm College, its second public gathering since President Donald…Fred Lucas -
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Brennan Center’s Attacks on Heritage Voter Fraud Database Are Baseless
On Sept. 8, the Brennan Center for Justice released a misleading report purporting to debunk The Heritage Foundation Voter Fraud Database. Needless to say, the report is filled with inaccuracies and its claims are wildly off base. Given the Brennan Center’s apparent goal of misleading the public into leaving our nation vulnerable to election fraud,…Jason Snead -
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Spewing Outrage at Voter Fraud Commission, Judge and Media Miss Facts
Once you know the facts, the latest narrative painting President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Advisory Commission as a shady group refusing to make its documents public falls apart. Let me backtrack. Here is the key section from a Washington Post article published Aug. 30: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of Washington said the Election Integrity…Katrina Trinko -
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Election Fraud Is a Nonpartisan Issue. These Cases From Florida Prove It.
One of the most important swing states in the nation, Florida, was hit with election fraud in 2016, harming voters on both sides of the political aisle. This is the latest example of why election fraud is a nonpartisan issue, and one that must be addressed in a serious and thoughtful manner. Consider a recent…Jason Snead -
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Voter Fraud Database Tops 1,000 Proven Cases
As the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity convenes its first meeting on Wednesday, the issue of voter fraud in American elections has become even more contentious and hyperbolic. One of the left’s main arguments against reform is that voter fraud simply does not occur. How liberals arrive at this conclusion, we cannot say. Time…Jason Snead -
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Trump Assembles Federal Commission to Investigate Voter Fraud
Note: The following is based on remarks made at the White House by Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky. I want to thank President Donald Trump for the honor of having appointed me to the Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. I come at this issue of election integrity from very personal history. My…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Meet the Elected Democrat Who Wants to Fight Voter Fraud
Mark Rhodes, the Wood County, West Virginia, clerk, has seen both sides of the argument over enhancing voter access and enhancing election security, first when he was found to be deceased, and later when he won an election. “Every time voter fraud occurs; it cancels out the vote of a lawful citizen,” @POTUS says. Rhodes,…Fred Lucas -
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White House Panel on Voter Fraud Begins Work
A presidential commission to examine voter fraud and the soundness of election systems across the country has a big job ahead as it convenes Wednesday for the first time. Not only is the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity charged with investigating what to do about voter fraud cases and establishing best practices, it must…Fred Lucas -
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Some States Have No Interest in Fighting Voter Fraud
It was a simple request—hardly one to stir up controversy. Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state and vice chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, recently sent letters to his fellow secretaries of state requesting “publicly-available voter roll data” and soliciting feedback on ways to secure America’s electoral system against fraud. Yet the…John G. Malcolm -
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Some States Resisting Trump Voter Fraud Commission Probe
An odd assortment of states are taking varying positions on whether to cooperate with the Trump administration’s investigation into potential voter fraud. Some red states—whose voters solidly backed the president—are declining to collaborate and some solidly blue states are participating in the investigation. As of early Thursday, at least 20 states have agreed to provide…Fred Lucas