Author Archives: J Christian Adams

Wisconsin Voter Fraud Billboards Didn’t Work

Remember the absurd controversy last year in Wisconsin and Ohio about the billboards informing voters about the simple fact voter fraud is a crime? In 2013, law abiding citizens are criticized for citing the law by those who aid lawlessness – like the lawlessness of Leonard Brown – the Milwaukee voter who voted five times for President.


Maybe if there had been more billboards in Milwaukee, 4 Wisconsin citizens who did not share Brown’s choice for President (whatever it was) would not have had their votes cancelled out.  Maybe if there were more billboards where Leonard Brown might have read them, the votes of 4 law abiding voters would not have been cancelled.  Maybe next time, those who would aid the lawless won’t be as brazen as to criticize constitutionally protected speech.  Somehow I am not optimistic.

How did Leonard Brown Vote 5 Times in Milwaukee for President?

This AP story describes Leonard Brown’s guilty plea for voting five times  in Milwaukee for President in November 2012.  What it fails to mention is how he did it.  One would think that the mechanics of such a scheme are a public issue so that it can be prevented in the future. Did voter ID, or the lack thereof, in Wisconsin contribute to the crime?  Did some aspect of Wisconsin’s registration law?  These are the sorts of answers that the AP never provides.  Could it be that the answers might impact the larger narrative about election integrity laws, laws such as advance registration or voter ID?

Hopefully some Credible Academics can look into the question.

Jimmy Carter’s Change of Heart

Bob Knight at the Washington Times

“In June 2012, the Justice Department also sued Florida for purging its rolls of noncitizens. The suit was spearheaded by Thomas E. Perez, the radical assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, who went on to become secretary of labor. . . .

The Carter-Baker report is well worth a read. It is chockfull of ways to discourage vote fraud and to expand access. In theory, that should please liberals as well as conservatives. In fact, it should please everyone but vote fraudsters and their enablers.”

Milwaukee man pleads guilty to five counts of felony voter fraud


Multiple convictions for ‘non-existent’ voter fraud in Milwaukee:


A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Monday to illegally voting five times last year in West Milwaukee, when in fact he did not have residency there.


Leonard K. Brown, 56, still faces a charge of voting twice in the November presidential election and making a false statement to an election official on election day…

Brown was among 10 people charged in March with a variety of charges related to voter fraud.

The
Journal Sentinel has more.