Voter Fraud News
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opinion
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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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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New Voter Fraud Cases Show Need to Secure Our Elections
The midterm elections are less than a week away, and that means that ensuring the integrity of the electoral process is more important than ever. If Americans cannot say with certainty that their votes will be counted, that the process is free of fraud, and the outcome is valid, what incentive do they have to… -
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Voter Fraud Undermines the Votes of Black Americans
We often hear people complain that their votes don’t count, and recent election results have many questioning our voting process. Indeed, without effective safeguards, the civil rights movement’s goal of making everybody’s vote count may never be achieved. White authorities in the Jim Crow South used tactics ranging from poll taxes to ballot destruction to… -
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MSNBC Is Wrong. There Is Voter Fraud, and Here’s Evidence.
“Nobody has found any widespread instances of voter fraud.” That’s MSNBC host Katy Tur, expressing what passes for conventional wisdom on the left. They constantly tell us that efforts to pursue voter ID and similar measures are aimed not at election security, but at suppressing the vote. But those who peddle such a view probably… -
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We Hear You: Voter Fraud, Russian Meddling, American Women, and More
Editor's note: What's worse, the Russians messing with our elections or us letting our guard down on the right to vote? Your thoughts follow. Don't forget to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: A person who loses a local election by a few votes may never become the next mayor, then governor, then… -
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Instances of Voter Fraud Continue to Mount, Further Compromising Our Elections
Recent voter fraud cases show the growing importance of upholding election integrity. Last year, Cassandra Amber Marie Ritter was convicted of heroin distribution in Winchester, Virginia. Two weeks later, Ritter voted at a local fire department even though she knew she had lost her right to vote as a consequence of her conviction. She received a… -
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Right Side of History: Voter Fraud and Attempts to Steal Elections as Old as the Republic
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events of America’s past. On this week’s episode, hosts Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal, and Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, discuss the history of voter… -
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Add These Voter Fraud Cases to the Growing List
Despite the lack of media coverage, evidence of election fraud continues to mount. This week, The Heritage Foundation added 26 new entries to its election fraud database, bringing the searchable ledger to a total of 1,132 proven instances of election fraud. That includes 983 cases that ended in a criminal conviction, 48 that led to… -
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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,… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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…