sethnintendo said:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/08/jon-stewart-voter-id-laws-like-leash-laws-for-unicorns/
"Conservatives have described voter fraud as a “serious threat to democracy.” But even the National Republican Lawyers Association, which supports voter ID laws, was only able to find 340 cases of voter fraud over a ten year period. “Oh, my god. That’s almost .7 cases per state per year,” Stewart said. “And it also includes registration fraud, registering the wrong address, writing Mickey Mouse on a petition — which voter ID would not address.”
You have some sources for Jimmy Carter finding 150,000 cases of fraud? I'm going to go with Jon Stewart considering this is coming from the National Republican Lawyers Association. I am sure they would side with Carter if there was 150k cases in one year. |
Yeah the National Commission on Federal Election Reform's 2005 report.
Though actually, i've got to admit I made a mistake.
It wasn't that 150,000 cases of fraud were detected.
It was that 1,700 of that particular kind of fraud was detected... and that 140,000 cases could of happened. (or did, if anyone hitched a ride.)
There were 60,000 cases in the Two Virginias... however.
There is a reason Jimmy Carter is for Voter ID Laws.
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/voter_id.html
I can see having issues about throwing them in immediatly and expecting people to figure it all out within two years or so....
however being agaisnt voting laws in general? That's just unconsionable.
Democrats shouldn't be figthing voter registration... they should be promoting ways for it to work better for them.
