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Holder: ‘No proof our elections are marred’ in voter fraud
Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed any belief of in-person voter fraud damaging American elections Tuesday evening, a day after the Justice Department blocked Texas’ photo voter ID law. In an interview with NBC Nightly News’ Pete Williams, Holder reiterated his previous comments before Congress labeling photo ID laws a “solution…
ACLU of Minnesota offers $1000 to anyone who proves a case of voter fraud
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is offering $1,000 to any resident of the state that can find a case of voter fraud that would have been prevented by a voter ID law. “There is no voter impersonation fraud in Minnesota,” said ACLU-MN Executive Director Charles Samuelson, “and we…
Indiana GOP Secretary of State guilty of voter fraud
Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R) was convicted of six felony charges Saturday morning, including three counts of voter fraud, according to The Indianapolis Star. White’s case stemmed from providing incorrect information about where he lived while campaigning for secretary of state in 2009 and 2010. He claimed that…
Maine voters restore same-day voter registration
The citizens of Maine on Tuesday repealed a recently passed law requiring voters to enroll at least two days before an election. With more than three-quarters of the state’s precincts reporting, 60 percent of voters had rejected the law, according to the Bangor Daily News. “Whenever the party in power…
The Forces Of Destruction Were Not Here To Stay
Anyone else remember how voter fraud was going to take the democracy that had lasted well over 200 years, bend it over, and paddle its unwilling ass with a barbed-wire bat until it screamed “uncle”? Well, we got through the 2008 election cycle, and the reports are in! Voter fraud…
Voter Fraud – Discovered!
Ten dollars and a t-shirt to whoever can find actual voter fraud in this Amanda Carpenter post. What the fuck does “voter fraud” even mean? Give it a shot in this post – best definitions get highlighted later on today.…
Smellin’ Like A Felon
I swear to God, whoever taught Glenn Reynolds words beyond “heh” and “indeed” should be tried for crimes against those of us with functional brains. BUT VOTER FRAUD IS A MYTH: A newspaper investigation finds more than 30,000 felons who should have been stripped of their right to vote are…
How To Prevent Voter Fraud: Ending Voting
Finally, the editorial board of NRO gets down to brass tacks: Mail-in ballots are inherently problematic because there is no way of knowing who actually fills them out; their use should probably be restricted to overseas military and diplomatic personnel. Asking voters to go to the polls and show a…
If Scary Black People Vote, Then All Voters Will Be Scary Black People
After years of hairshirted libtards whining and bitching about “vote-stealing machines”, “disenfranchisement” and some bullshit called “the Supreme Court”, conservatives have finally figured out the real threat to democracy: voters without property. The ongoing conservative obsession with voter fraud is a.) largely bogus and b.) almost entirely focused on eliminating…
In My Booths, Defraudin Mah Votes
The McCain campaign wants to make good and damn sure that you know they won’t stand for voter fraud. On yesterday’s longish post about Republicans scaling back their voter fraud efforts, Trevor Potter, McCain’s lawyer, sends along a statement: “Any impression that we’re not committed to stopping voter fraud is…
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