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Astonishingly rare doesn't seem to be the case[1] There are examples all over the place, ignoring them doesn't make them any less real.. [1] https://duckduckg

• mullingitover 7y ago
  A random web search is cool, but how about a scholarly article on the topic? http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Politics_of_Voter_Fraud_Final.pdf http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Politi... > Most voter fraud allegations turn out to be something other than fraud. A review of news stories over a recent two year period found that reports of voter fraud were most often limited to local races and individual acts and fell into three categories: unsubstantiated or false claims by the loser of a close race, mischief and administrative or voter error. Tellingly, the first hit in your search is for an article where the loser of a close race is making unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud.
• drewbug01 7y ago
  I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say here - with your link (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=voter+fraud&t=ffab&ia=news&iar=news https://duckduckgo.com/?q=voter+fraud&t=ffab&ia=news&iar=new...) you seem to be implying that it will prove that there are examples "all over the place." However, here are the first ten articles when I load that page: 0: Loser of KY governor's race "raises concerns" that there is voter fraud but has not yet submitted concrete proof to anyone (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-raises-voter-fraud-concerns-as-unofficial-tally-has-him-trailing-by-5000-votes.print https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-rai...) 1: A politician's wife is convicted of actual voting fraud; involving absentee ballots (which notably, voter ID laws don't really address, re: the topic a few replies up): https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2019-11-07/wife-of-espanola-city-councilman-is-convicted-of-voter-fraud https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/... 2: Another article about item 1: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/jury-finds-laura-seeds-guilty-on-six-counts-of-election/image_f10cf54b-2f74-52c7-9e78-4e16fa50db87.html https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/jury-finds... 3: A legal case relating to publicity of voter information, because the plaintiff wants to investigate for voter fraud: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2019/11/does-the-minnesota-secretary-of-state-get-to-decide-what-data-about-voters-is-public/ https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2019/11/does-the-m... 4: An article about voter roll irregularities in Florida; the most interesting bits being some incorrect registrations (which do not necessarily indicate "fraud" as we'd commonly call it, though it may be illegal), and a few hundred cases of people who do seem to have cast multiple or irregular ballots (some from an unmentioned time period, and some from recent elections): https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-palm-voter-errors-flagged-20191107-73lo4tz5yvgb5pahxsw3z5b4oe-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-palm-vot... 5: A CalTech team analyses a different set of voter data and finds no fraud: https://www.cnet.com/news/new-algorithms-go-fraud-hunting-in-voter-database/ https://www.cnet.com/news/new-algorithms-go-fraud-hunting-in... 6: An article in which the convicted politician's wife in article (1) complains that it is a witch hunt: https://www.abqjournal.com/1388391/laura-seeds-alleges-voter-fraud-case-is-a-witch-hunt.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1388391/laura-seeds-alleges-voter... 7: A letter to the editor alleging that according to the Heritage Fund, there is no widespread voter fraud problem: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/voter-impersonation-a-real-threat-really-20191104 https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/letters-to-the-ed... 8: An article about the convicted politician's wife in (1), this from before the case was decided: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/jurors-weighing-espa-ola-voter-fraud-case/article_bd30d8d0-6f21-5561-9dbd-91580801ed0f.html https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/jurors-wei... 9: An article about students in North Carolina who will be unable to use their student IDs to vote: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/11/07/asheville-buncombe-tech-student-ids-wont-valid-nc-voting-2020-heres-why/4163380002/ https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/11/07/as... Your link to a news search doesn't support your assertion that there are examples all over the place.