29 Oct 2012 9:49 am
The Voter-Fraud Myth - The Man Who Has Stoked Fear About Impostors At The Polls.Hans Von Spakovsky's Rebuttal - National Review OnlineWell at least you presented an opposing opinion.The following is timely, given that Democrat Congressman Jim Moran's son just quit after getting caught on video giving advice on how to commit voter fraud by getting fake utility bills. And at least two Obama campaign officials were caught on video supporting multiple voting, though no one was fired.The Obama-fawning liberal MSM could have gotten that kind of evidence many, many, many times, but they avert their eyes to Democrat wrongdoing.The Impact of Ohios Absentee Ballots, Part 2: Voter FraudBy Robert AltOctober 27, 2012 5:37 P.M.Ohio sent unsolicited absentee-ballot applications to all seven million registered voters this year, and received back the absentee-ballot applications from over 20 percent of those would-be voters. As Roger previously noted, this could lead to delays in final election tallies if those who requested absentee ballots show up to vote in person and are given a provisional ballot. Election officials would then need to verify whether these individuals also voted using their absentee ballots before counting the provisional ballot a process that could take many days.But there is another issue that could arise from the widespread use of absentee ballots: fraud. Three individuals have already been indicted in Franklin County (Columbus area) for voting more than once using absentee ballots. This should come as little surprise: absentee ballots have long been recognized as the tool of choice for those engaging in voter fraud.Add to this the relatively weak voter ID laws in place in Ohio (you can vote using a utility statement), and the relative ease of obtaining an absentee ballot (or two, or more, apparently), and concerns already have been raised about potential voter fraud including non-citizens voting. There have already been serious concerns raised about the accuracy of Ohios voter rolls. In 2008, for example, Hans von Spakovsky and John Fund report in their book, Whos Counting?, that the prior secretary of state failed to investigate the accuracy of 200,000 new voter registration applications which did not match the information in other Ohio agency databases (this despite the fact that the Help America Vote Act requires states to coordinate their voter registration lists with other agency databases to assure accuracy).When elections are close, there is an incentive to engage in voter fraud, because even a few votes can then impact the outcome of the election. Unless there is a last minute tsunami one way or the other, Ohios poll numbers suggest that the margin of victory could be razor thin. The question is whether it will exceed the margin of potential fraud, or the subsequent margin of litigation.http://www.nationalr...ttleground-ohio