Monday Night Massacre

[Dill]

(01-31-2017, 09:33 PM)djam Wrote: I dont know about millions, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that was actually true. I know there has been enough evidence and reports of it over the years that its pretty naive to just believe the politicians and their little sidekicks, the media when they act like it doesnt happen.... A real investigation would be a very good thing.

I would be very surprised. Every state investigates voter fraud every year. E.g., Colorado has prosecuted 4 cases since 2012.

In 2012, Republican operative David Sproul created a scandal by organizing voting drives in five states and converting Democrat registrations to Republican or simply throwing away Democrat registrations, so people who thought they had registered would be surprised at the polls. This happened to my son, who signed a petition to legalize marijuana on the local college campus and learned he was a Republican when he went to vote.

George W. Bush ordered the Justice Dept. to initiate a national investigation of voter fraud in 2002. After 5 years and millions of dollars, the results were meager--86 convictions, many based upon misunderstandings.  Yet claims of massive fraud continue to recur.

I doubt another investigation will change that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html

WASHINGTON, April 11 — 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.


Although Republican activists have repeatedly said fraud is so widespread that it has corrupted the political process and, possibly, cost the party election victories, about 120 people have been charged and 86 convicted as of last year.

Most of those charged have been Democrats, voting records show. Many of those charged by the Justice Department appear to have mistakenly filled out registration forms or misunderstood eligibility rules, a review of court records and interviews with prosecutors and defense lawyers show.


In Miami, an assistant United States attorney said many cases there involved what were apparently mistakes by immigrants, not fraud.

 
In Wisconsin, where prosecutors have lost almost twice as many cases as they won, charges were brought against voters who filled out more than one registration form and felons seemingly unaware that they were barred from voting.