According to the New York Times, parents voting for a student child away at college, signatures on absentee ballots that don’t match the signature on file, ineligible voters that register to vote and voting are examples of “honest mistakes” and do not qualify as voter fraud.  Tell that to the candidate that loses by 10 votes because 20 non-eligible felons, non-citizens, and dead people vote in an election.  Not a lot until you are on the losing end and the will of the people is thwarted.  Voting illegally for another person disenfranchises legitimate votes and is a felony, punishable by prison.  Of course, prosecutors need to understand the importance of such disenfranchisement.  However, if the New York Times had its way, such impersonation voting would be a common practice explainable by “honest mistakes.”

Of course, the New York Times also believes that the verification of the citizenship of voters is a suppression tool of the Republicans.  It is a current requirement that only citizens vote, but the left apparently doesn’t want to actually check databases to see if that the voter is a citizen because it might suppress those not qualified to vote from voting.  You see if there are a lot of “honest mistakes,” it could turn a close election in a fraudulent victory.  And we wonder why election law litigation has mushroomed since 2000.  The myth of voter fraud becomes the myth of fair elections.