“Sharon Harrington, Lee County Supervisor of Elections, has asked the Lee County State Attorney’s Office to investigate a possible case of voter fraud in Lee County.” Two voters “admitted in their depositions, through sworn statements, and on the witness stand, that they voted in elections in which they were no longer eligible to vote,” voting in Lee County and Cape Coral municipal elections “while residing in Charlotte County for the last six years.” Harrington noted, “I had the obligation, as the Supervisor of Elections, to take the necessary steps to report what I believed to be a blatant case of voter fraud… In accordance with Florida Law, it is a voter’s responsibility to keep his or her voter records up-to-date and current.” Incidentally, Lee is one of two counties that were the subject of a 2012 NBC2 investigation that uncovered non-citizens registering and voting in Florida.
“Former Councilwoman Found Guilty of Voter Fraud Again”
Helping felons illegally vote in Tennessee.
Rhode Island’s History of Voter Fraud Argues for Voter ID
Rhode Island has a rather shameful history of voter fraud In 2011, a diverse bipartisan coalition of state legislators enacted a law requiring voters to present photo identification to vote at the polls. This requirement went into effect this year. However, as soon as this special election was over, bills were introduced in both the House of Representatives and Senate to repeal voter ID. Some will argue that voter ID should be repealed because it lowers turnout among disadvantaged groups, increases costs to taxpayers, creates delays at the polls, and some will say that voter fraud does not occur. Over the years, these arguments have been made repeatedly to thwart efforts to safeguard the election process. Substitute “photo” for “signature” and it becomes apparent just how hackneyed today’s recycled anti-voter ID arguments are: Board of Elections Chairman Albert J. Lamarre, who had been indicted for election fraud in 1940, opposed signature identification as too costly. Democratic House Majority Leader James H. Kiernan, who had been defense counsel in an election fraud case in 1939, claimed that a signature identification requirement would act as “a deterrent among some groups of voters,” slow the process of voting at the polls and “discourage voter turnout.” Such voter identification fear-mongering continues to prove unfounded as more states enact and successfully implement photo voter ID.
Kruiser on Kansas vs EAC Case
“Predictably, there is the usual whining from Democrats about “voter suppression”, which in modern leftist political parlance means, “having any rules for voting at all”.
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Not a good day for the Voting Rights Gladiator.
Kansas Wins, EAC Loses: Can Demand Citizenship Info
A big win for Kris Kobach and Kansas on election integrity. A federal court rules that Kansas and Arizona can demand that the federal voter registration form contain citizenship proof. Read the opinion here.
“PA Democrats Took Bribes to Oppose Voter ID: Where is Holder?”
Ask Bob McDonnell about the Justice Department’s view on accepting gifts for favors. We’ll see if unequal enforcement of the law continues when it involves Philadelphia Democrats.
PA Democrats Took Bribes to Oppose Voter ID
“Pennsylvania Democrats reportedly were caught on tape accepting cash bribes, including one lawmaker who was paid to vote against a state voter identification law, but Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane shut down the investigation. “Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “
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Before the UN Human Rights Committee, Holder DOJ attacks North Carolina and Texas voter ID laws as attack on democracy
At the United Nations, the Holder Department of Justice highlights their specious fight against voter ID laws in the United States, ignoring the fact that many countries require ID to vote, including Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
See an excerpt of the testimony of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC):
Our aggressive enforcement of our nation’s civil rights laws shows our commitment to meeting our international human rights obligations, including those under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.First and foremost, the right to vote is the bedrock of any democracy. The Justice Department is committed to ensuring full participation in our democratic process through the aggressive and evenhanded enforcement of our voting rights laws. In recent months, to protect the rights of minority voters, we, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, filed lawsuits against the states of Texas and North Carolina seeking to block the implementation of their highly restrictive voter identification laws. These lawsuits evidence the department’s continuing commitment to ensuring that Americans across the country can cast a ballot free from discrimination.