Alabama state GOP leaders say voter fraud is alive and well

Top lawmakers in the Alabama Legislature said Thursday that more
people voting in the Uniontown municipal election than there are voting
age people is a prime example of why the state needs to fight voter
fraud.

…About
125 percent of the voting age population in the town voted on Tuesday
and 45 percent of those who voted did so through an absentee ballot,
although the state average for voting absentee is 3 percent to 5
percent, according to the News report. 

Waggoner,
R-Vestavia Hills, said he doubts the situation was an “isolated
mistake” and “serves as a glowing example to any naysayers that voter
fraud is real.” 

Link to full story.

Alabama state GOP leaders say voter fraud is alive and well

Top lawmakers in the Alabama Legislature said Thursday that more
people voting in the Uniontown municipal election than there are voting
age people is a prime example of why the state needs to fight voter
fraud.

…About
125 percent of the voting age population in the town voted on Tuesday
and 45 percent of those who voted did so through an absentee ballot,
although the state average for voting absentee is 3 percent to 5
percent, according to the News report. 

Waggoner,
R-Vestavia Hills, said he doubts the situation was an “isolated
mistake” and “serves as a glowing example to any naysayers that voter
fraud is real.” 

Link to full story.

Minnesota voter ID amendment heads to November ballot “as is”

The Republican-controlled state Legislature
enjoyed two major victories last week as the Minnesota Supreme Court
ruled to keep the Legislature’s titles and questions on the ballot for
the voter ID and marriage amendment questions.  Amendment supporters were pleased with the outcome while opponents
reiterated concerns that the question and title wording could mislead
voters.  Title changes and lawsuits over the summer left the ballot wording in
flux for the highly controversial proposed constitutional amendments.  Link to full story

Minnesota voter ID amendment heads to November ballot “as is”

The Republican-controlled state Legislature
enjoyed two major victories last week as the Minnesota Supreme Court
ruled to keep the Legislature’s titles and questions on the ballot for
the voter ID and marriage amendment questions.  Amendment supporters were pleased with the outcome while opponents
reiterated concerns that the question and title wording could mislead
voters.  Title changes and lawsuits over the summer left the ballot wording in
flux for the highly controversial proposed constitutional amendments.  Link to full story

Voter Suppression Myth: “The real myth lies in the claim that voter ID laws suppress minority votes.”


Is voter suppression by voter ID a myth?  Yes, Fox News Latino reports:


 


Eight states currently have voter ID laws in effect including Indiana and Georgia. So if they liberal hypothesis holds true that voter ID laws suppress minority voters you would expect to see depressed turnout numbers.


 


But numerous studies have shown that states with voter ID rules have increased voter turnout.


A University of Missouri study found that voter turnout increased by 2 percent in the state of Indiana. The state – which has a strict photo requirement – saw the number of black voters double from 2004 to 2008 and the number of registered Democrats increased 8.3% in that same period.


 


Georgia, which also has a strict ID law, saw their largest voter turnout in history in 2008 as Democrat turnout jumped over six percent from the previous election according to an American University survey. 


 


Similar studies conducted by the University of Delaware and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have also shown that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout.



Yet the anti-ID crowd continues to assert facts not in evidence – facts refuted by evidence – that the commonsense voting integrity measure of showing a photo ID will “suppress” or “disenfranchise” millions of voters.  Experience shows otherwise.


Voter Suppression Myth: “The real myth lies in the claim that voter ID laws suppress minority votes.”


Is voter suppression by voter ID a myth?  Yes, Fox News Latino reports:


 


Eight states currently have voter ID laws in effect including Indiana and Georgia. So if they liberal hypothesis holds true that voter ID laws suppress minority voters you would expect to see depressed turnout numbers.


 


But numerous studies have shown that states with voter ID rules have increased voter turnout.


A University of Missouri study found that voter turnout increased by 2 percent in the state of Indiana. The state – which has a strict photo requirement – saw the number of black voters double from 2004 to 2008 and the number of registered Democrats increased 8.3% in that same period.


 


Georgia, which also has a strict ID law, saw their largest voter turnout in history in 2008 as Democrat turnout jumped over six percent from the previous election according to an American University survey. 


 


Similar studies conducted by the University of Delaware and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have also shown that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout.



Yet the anti-ID crowd continues to assert facts not in evidence – facts refuted by evidence – that the commonsense voting integrity measure of showing a photo ID will “suppress” or “disenfranchise” millions of voters.  Experience shows otherwise.