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In-person voter fraud is vanishingly rare (0.0003 percent to 0.0025 percent, according to a recent meta-analysis[1]). A severe penalty in this sort of case ser
by pulisse 9y ago
In-person voter fraud is vanishingly rare (0.0003 percent to 0.0025 percent, according to a recent meta-analysis[1]). A severe penalty in this sort of case serves no meaningful deterrent function.
[1] https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/debunking-voter-fraud-myth https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/debunking-voter-fraud...
- daveFNbuck 9y agoAre you saying that the rarity of voter fraud is evidence that current deterrent measures don't work?
- pulisse 9y agoI'm saying that rarity of voter fraud means deterrent measures like this are unnecessary. It's a solution in search of a problem.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoI agree that we don't need any new measures against voter fraud, but I don't see how it follows that existing voter fraud laws need to be removed or not enforced. Do you have any evidence of what the effect would be if the punishment for voter fraud were community service?