Re: As Obama Ridicules Trump Over Voter Fraud, He Warned Of ‘Rigged Elections’ In 200
Why is it nearly always a leftist trying to convince everyone else there's no such thing as voter fraud?
It hasn't been said "no such thing as voter fraud." Just that it is extremely rare.
Seems to me they would welcome investigations on voter fraud just to prove to normal people that is doesn't exist.
There's been a ****ton of investigations, a heaping, hopping bowlful done - many by GOPpers trying to prove it (as well as independent investigations). When the results are in, they find when it comes to hard evidence, they are forced to conclude actual voter fraud is...rare.
(Voter suppression and absentee ballot abuses are where more issues arise, but the GOP doesn't seem to want to train their eyes there.)
You know, back when the GOP had control of every branch, and highly motivated to prove cases of fraud, pursued it aggressively and with the tools to determine if there was...what were the results?
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In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud [/h]
APRIL 12, 2007 WASHINGTON, —
Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to court records and interviews.
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The Justice Department stand is backed by Republican Party and White House officials, including Karl Rove, the president’s chief political adviser. The White House has acknowledged that he relayed Republican complaints to President Bush and the Justice Department that some prosecutors were not attacking voter fraud vigorously. In speeches, Mr. Rove often mentions fraud accusations and warns of tainted elections.
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The Republican National Committee and its state organizations supported the push, repeatedly calling for a crackdown. In what would become a pattern, Republican officials and lawmakers in a number of states, including Florida, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington, made accusations of widespread abuse, often involving thousands of votes.
In swing states, including Ohio and Wisconsin, party leaders conducted inquiries to find people who may have voted improperly and prodded officials to act on their findings.
But the party officials and lawmakers were often disappointed. The accusations led to relatively few cases, and a significant number resulted in acquittals."