The mainstream media doesn’t talk about it. The left wants you to believe it doesn’t happen, but it’s part of US history. Remember the story of how elections were won in south Texas in the 40s, documented in Robert Caro’s biography of Lyndon Johnson. It worked this way: count the votes, while holding back the returns from a couple of precincts. Once you know how many votes you need, stuff the ballot boxes as needed, then turn in the votes from those last few precincts. Presto, you win. Also remember the dead voters in the 1960 Presidential vote in Illinois that put JFK over the top.
That’s all ancient history, and we’ve reformed since then, right? ‘We don’t do that kind of stuff anymore.’ Well, I actually don’t see what’s changed. If voter fraud was a popular tactic fifty or sixty years ago, why not now? I don’t know of new laws, new law enforcement programs, nothing. What’s changed?
The left of course mocks the whole idea that voter fraud is a real issue. A recent article in the New York Times is a good example. In Voter Fraud Is Rare, but Myth Is Widespread read about a Wisconsin judge who found ‘virtually no voter impersonation occurs’ in Wisconsin state, and went on to say ‘no evidence suggests that voter-impersonation fraud will become a problem at any time in the foreseeable future.’ However, the article’s author writes, ‘many voters there believed voter impersonation and other kinds of vote fraud were widespread’.
The Times article continues by noting that the partisan worries about voter fraud do not occur among election officials. Surprised? It makes sense for two reasons. First, election workers are government employees, and thus likely to generally echo left wing views, including that voter fraud is mythological. Second, they’re self-interested. Since they’re election workers they have a career interest in the system, and are reasonably likely to testify their system is fraud-proof.
What evidence can I show that voter fraud is common? No absolute evidence, but persuasive anecdotal evidence. I did a web search for each of the fifty states, and in 45 of the 50 found recent news articles covering accusations, charges, or convictions for election fraud. My favorite headline is ‘WOMAN CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD HONORED BY OHIO DEMOCRATS’. In four of the other five states I found no news stories, but there were records for those four states (DE, UT, SC, KS) in the Election Fraud database, meaning that there were at least charges filed. Vermont came up absolutely clean. Congratulations, Vermont!
Alabama Three Alabama women accused of felony voter fraud
Alaska State of Alaska Ignores Voter Fraud…Again: Illegal Alien Cop Skates on 41 Felonies
Arizona Bennett: Nine new cases of voter fraud in Arizona
Arkansas Vodka for votes: Arkansas rep, operatives await sentencing in fraud scheme
California California state senator gets jail time in voter fraud case
Colorado Arapahoe DA charges four after voter-fraud investigation in Colorado
Connecticut Connecticut Democrat Rep Faces 19 Voter Fraud Felonies
Delaware Election Fraud database
Florida Fraud: Local NBC Investigation Discovers Dozens of Illegal Voters in Florida
Georgia 12 former officials indicted for voter fraud
Hawaii Hawaii’s voter fraud troubles
Idaho Illegal voters fined, sentenced
Illinois Cicero candidates accuse each other of voter fraud
Indiana Election Fraud in the 2008 Indiana Presidential Campaign: A Case Study in Corruption
Iowa Final report: 117 fraudulent votes found in investigation
Kansas Election Fraud database
Kentucky Drug money funds voter fraud in Kentucky
Louisiana New allegations of Port Allen voter fraud
Maine Maine election-fraud probe to move forward
Maryland Maryland Democrat quits congressional race amid vote fraud allegations
Massachusetts Mass. lawmaker will plead guilty to voter fraud
Michigan Four GOP House Staffers From Michigan Indicted for Election Fraud
Minnesota Voter fraud probe in Minnesota state legislature (Democratic) primary
Mississippi Massive voter fraud in Cochran-McDaniel primary
Missouri Missouri Rep. John Joseph Rizzo’s relatives admit to voter fraud
Montana Media Trackers Uncovers Massive Ballot Irregularities in Montana
Nebraska NE: Special report — Some counties have more registered voters than adults
Nevada Illegal immigrant arrested for Nevada voter fraud
New Hampshire AG probes voter fraud in NH after activists get ballots as dead people because they weren’t ID’ed
New Jersey Judge charged with voter fraud for improper voting in Middlesex County, prosecutor says
New Mexico Voter-fraud inquiry now involves 64,000 cases
New York Officials Plead Guilty in New York Voter Fraud Case
North Carolina Election Audit Reveals Thousands of Cases of Voter Fraud in North Carolina
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Voter Fraud in North Dakota
Ohio WOMAN CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD HONORED BY OHIO DEMOCRATS
Oklahoma Election fraud allegation in District 2 Commission Race
Oregon Clackamas election worker gets jail time for election fraud
Pennsylvania Philly Election Board Worker Arrested for Voter Fraud
Rhode Island Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Cicilline Accused in Massive Voter Fraud Scandal (Video)
South Carolina Election Fraud database
South Dakota Ex-Senate candidates charged with perjury, election fraud
Tennessee Tennessee Voter Fraud Conviction
Texas Texas Vote-Buying Case Casts Glare on Tradition of Election Day Goads
Utah Election Fraud database
Vermont No listing
Virginia Evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud Found in Virginia Governor’s Race
Washington Seven charged in vote-fraud scheme
West Virginia Men sentenced in Lincoln County voter fraud case
Wisconsin Prosecutors in Wisconsin charge 10 people with voter fraud
Wyoming Six accused of voter fraud
The bottom line
Common sense says that if voter fraud existed in the past, it exists today. Scanning recent news articles confirms the suspicion. Remember this smell test, and be skeptical of claims that trying to secure the electoral process is inappropriate, unneeded, or some kind of racist witch-hunt.