SBW

The libs keep telling us voter fraud is not happening. That it is not real. Well they can lie to themselves but not to the rest of us.

Voter Fraud Is Real. Here Are 4 More Cases.
Peter Tapsak / Jason Snead

August 18, 2016

With this November’s election looming just over the horizon, the topic of voter fraud is popping up much more frequently in our news feeds.

Progressives insist that voter fraud is a myth, a charade meant to justify repressive voting laws. The facts, however, tell a different story: Voter fraud is real, and if we ignore it, we leave our ballot boxes open to fraudsters who would rather steal elections than risk losing in a fair and open contest.

The Heritage Foundation’s “Does Your Vote Count” report identifies reasonable measures states can take to protect the integrity of their electoral systems without disenfranchising voters.

Many states have adopted these measures. Nevertheless, these safeguards, including voter ID laws, have come under scrutiny in state and federal courts. In the past few weeks, courts have struck down election integrity laws in Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin, although some provisions of Texas’ challenged election laws will likely remain in effect this election and a stay has been entered against the order striking down Wisconsin’s law.

Many on the left may celebrate the results in these cases, but it is increasingly difficult for them to deny the basic fact that election fraud exists. In fact, Heritage’s voter fraud database catalogues over 400 examples of individuals convicted of numerous offenses, from impersonation fraud at the polls, to duplicate voting, to schemes to buy votes and steal elections.

Some recent additions to the database include:

Kentucky

Ruth Robinson, the former mayor of Martin, Kentucky, was sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment on a variety of charges that included vote buying, identity theft, and fraud.

With specific regard to the election charges, Robinson and co-conspirators James “Red” Robinson and James Steven Robinson threatened and intimidated residents of Martin in the run-up to the 2012 election, in which Robinson was seeking re-election.

The cabal targeted residents living in public housing or in properties Robinson owned, threatening them with eviction if they did not sign absentee ballots the Robinsons had already filled out. Robinson also targeted disabled residents, and offered to buy the votes of others. James “Red” Robinson was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and his son James Steven Robinson received a total of 31 months’ imprisonment.

Texas

Guadalupe Rivera and Graciela Sanchez illegally “assisted” absentee voters in Rivera’s 2013 re-election bid for city commissioner. Rivera won the election by 16 votes, but the result was invalidated after a judge determined that 30 absentee ballots had been submitted illegally.

Rivera pleaded guilty to one count of providing illegal assistance to a voter and was sentenced to one year of probation and a $500 fine. Sanchez also pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of violating Texas’ election code and was sentenced to two years’ probation.

Iowa

Erin Venessa Leeper registered and voted in a 2015 school board election. As a convicted felon, however, she was ineligible to do so, and pleaded guilty to perjury last May. She was ordered to pay a $750 fine, plus $240 in court costs, and was sentenced to a suspended five-year prison term and two years of probation.

Wisconsin

Robert Monroe pleaded no contest to 13 counts of voter fraud, making him the worst duplicate voter in state history, according to Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf.

The judge in the case rejected Monroe’s claim that he was insane at the time, concluding that Monroe’s mental state did not prevent him “from appreciating the wrongfulness of his votes or from conforming his actions to election laws.”

Monroe will serve up to a year in jail, in addition to a suspended three-year prison sentence, five years’ probation, 300 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine.

As the old adage goes, we are entitled to our own opinions, but not to our own facts. These cases—along with the hundreds of other convictions Heritage has documented—are the inconvenient facts many on the left choose simply to ignore. Reasonable Americans should not follow their lead.

Elections—our most direct means of political participation—should be fair and untainted by fraudsters. Every time a vote is cast illegally, it nullifies a legitimate vote and undermines the entire system by eroding public trust in our political institutions. It is imperative that this not be allowed to happen.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

JAHNA BERRY AND AJ VICENSMAR. 25, 2016 6:00 AM


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Among the conservative talking points that refuse to die is the idea that there is widespread voter fraud in America. The most recent warning about the scourge of illegal voting came from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who recently claimed "the fact is voter fraud is rampant."

That's simply not true, as many new outlets reported. (See here, here, and here). According to Politifact, there were just 85 prosecutions for voter fraud in Texas from 2002 to 2015, and not all of them led to convictions. That's a paltry number considering that more than 42 million ballots were cast in the state's general elections from 2002 to 2014.

The reality is that voter fraud—which includes a range of offenses from impersonating another voter to casting more than one vote—is extraordinarily rare. And the tsunami of voter ID laws, address requirements, and sloppy purges of voter rolls has made it much harder for Americans—particularly minorities and poor voters—to cast their ballots.

Here are some selections from our reporting on the voter fraud myth and the impact of anti-voter-fraud laws:

The rate of fraud in US elections is close to zero.
UFO sightings are more common than voter fraud.
So is getting struck by lightning.
Florida’s aggressive efforts to root out voter fraud before the 2000 election erroneously purged 12,000 names from the voter rolls—of the 12,000, 44 percent, more than 4,700 voters—were African American. That was more than enough votes to change the outcome of that year's presidential election.
Native Americans are fighting a slew of high-stakes legal battles over voting rights; many of the lawsuits are linked to rules that were designed to prevent voting fraud.
Voter ID laws are among a host of hurdles that minorities face when they cast a ballot.
A national voter ID card could end the debate on voter fraud, but both parties hate that idea.
GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz's Iowa chairman spent $250,000 to stop people from voting.
Interestingly, a conservative activist inadvertently demonstrated how hard it is to commit voter fraud.

SBW

Feeble try greenie. JUST ONE case of fraud would be too many. Peddle you version of facts somewhere else.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

better 1000 legal voters turned away, than a single illegal voter casting a ballot!

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

The fact that you would refuse to have a voter identify him or herself is questionable by itself. Only one reason you would refuse to let states ask for voter id, and that reason is you want to enable voter cheating.

tschmath Loc: Los Angeles

Of the four cases cited in the OP, Only one of them would have been possibly prevented by voter ID. Can someone please explain how reducing polling places and eliminating early voting will prevent a single case of voter fraud? Judge after judge after judge, from both sides of the political spectrum, have seen through this sham. Why is it so hard for people on this forum to see the truth?

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

where do you get that, everything isn't black and white... I have no problem with showing ID to vote, but many of the laws discriminate against certain classes of people such as students, poor people and people who do not drive.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

I have no problem with more polling places or early voting, if the voter has ID to prove that the person voting is indeed who they say they are and are eligible to cast a vote. Pretty basic stuff if you ask me. People don't seem to have a problem getting Id to collect welfare.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

State ID is attainable without being a driver. People don't seem to have a problem attaining ID to collect welfare.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

black and white

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

I don't get it. What does black and white have to do with the reasonable expectation that people prove that they are legitimate voters, unless you would benefit from non qualified people voting for your candidate.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

Voter fraud in the US is virtually non-existent because we have no way to identify those voting illegally. I can walk into my polling place, give my neighbors name and address, sign the book and vote. Believe me no one will ever know, unless of course the neighbor decides to vote later that day.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Between 70%-80% of the voting public support voter ID laws....this includes up to 72% of democrat voters....why do some of these Liberals on here reject that???

SBW

Clearly, it is you that does not see the truth. A picture ID is REQUIRED in many, many other functions in everyday life. Why don't you and your ilk understand that we should do everything we possibly can to protect that sacred right?

Not surprising, but you missed the entire point of the article. There is proof that voter fraud exist. Democrats deny that at every opportunity.

WNYShooter Loc: WNY

One just has to look at the last Dem Primary to see a prime example of voter fraud and manipulation. The party elite absolutely ass raped the majority of their constituents, they had Hillary elected before the voting even started, they let Bernie in only to play the roll of foil for Hillary.