What James O'Keefe Gets Wrong About Voter Fraud

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It would probably interst you to know that, over the last ten years, 46 states have experienced voter fraud cases that led to convictions. Indiana, New York, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Minnesota currently all have fresh voter fraud cases.

P. 8:49PM April 11, 2012

miss.milligan's column makes some vaild points.
Once again the ego maniac,bottom feeding weasel,James O' keefe has struck.This is just another instance ,among many, of muckraking
journalism that is the style of Jimmy O'Keefe.
since he was an under study of the late Andrew Breitbart, This could be expected.

bruce b of NV 8:48PM April 11, 2012

Note Susan's careful use of the phrase "sweeping problem" - with absolutely NO description as to what she thinks that connotates.
So, Susan, just what level of fraud or potential for fraud do you consider it be necessary to have go through the court system before you could justify the need for everyone to produce a valid ID?
50% ?
25% ?
5% ?
1% ?
Considering that an election can be stolen by only 10 or 20 fraudulent votes in a district of only, say, 50,000 people, it sounds like something along the line of .0002 - .0004% would be sufficient for most people to at least START to be outraged.
So, just what is YOUR threshold?

junior of DC 6:40PM April 11, 2012

And now comes Ms. Milligan to carefully explain why an utterly self-explanatory video wasn't self-explanatory at all.
Because, you see, there are hidden nuances and considerations and subtexts and little meta-thingies that only an enlightened intellect can discover in its feverish hunt for ways to avoid an obvious truth which has been directly illuminated.
Nice try, though, Ms. Milligan. No...wait...it was actually a bit pathetic.

WWren of AZ 5:20PM April 11, 2012

buma campaign gives near $$$ 1 million to Acorn. Money well spent for FRAUD...
1. buma in high gear to get re-elected. SO IS ACORN in 2012 to elect buma...
“Don’t Look Now But ACORN Is Alive & Well & Ready to Muck Up the 2012 Elections (Video)”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/02/dont-look-now-but-acorn-is-alive-well-ready-to-muck-up-the-2012-elections-video/
2. “Obama administration blocks Texas voter ID law”
Mar 12, 2012
“The law, which was approved in May 2011, required voters to show government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license, military identification card, birth certificate with a photo, current U.S. passport, or concealed handgun permit”
“"The DOJ has no valid reason for rejecting this important law, which requires nothing more extensive than the type of photo identification necessary to receive a library card or board an airplane," he said in a statement.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/us-usa-politics-texas-idUSBRE82B0XA20120312

Bill Hedges of MO 4:56PM April 11, 2012

OK First off the video doesnt show voter fraud, it shows how damn easy it is to vote in anyone's place and not even get caught. Thers no risk.
My house has never been robbed, but I have locks on my doors. The author's argument would suggest that i should not have locks, and leave my doors wide open when I'm not at home because "my house has never been robbed."
Well you know what? IT NEVER WILL BE, because I lock my damn doors!
YOU ROCK JAMES!!!! keep on pissing off the left, we'r eloving it.

Silas de Goute of NH 4:38PM April 11, 2012

Give me a break! This does NOT prove that voter fraud is not a problem? BS! Dead people vote in elections. How does that happen? What we have here people is voter fraud, plain and simple, propagated by politics. Voter ID would help the problem. I had to show ID to buy fertilizer last week.

Rob Wlms of CO 3:29PM April 11, 2012

"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove he is insured...but not everyone must prove he is a citizen."

Justin of NC 3:14PM April 11, 2012

Felony charges related to Indiana 2008 presidential primary charges were just filed against four St. Joseph County Democratic officials.
Last December, a sheriff and county clerk in WV pleaded guilty to stealing the May 2010 Democratic primary by stuffing ballot boxes with illegal absentee ballots. The sheriff admitted to "falsifying more than 100" absentee ballot.
In April 2011, a Tunica County, MS jury convicted an NAACP official on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots.
In Rensselaer County, 46 voters in the city of Troy testified that they didn't know absentee ballots were cast in their names in the 2009 Working Families Party primary.
Authorities have charged four Wake County residents with voter fraud in connection with the 2008 presidential election. All three Democrats cast two ballot votes in 2008.
Left-wing activist Austin Lee Thompson used a Glendale hotel to register and vote and at least two more out-of-state activists employed by the SEIU registered to vote from the Glendale Resident Inn hotel for the April 4, 2011 spring election.
I can go on....

Justin of NC 2:22PM April 11, 2012

Non-enforcement of immigration laws in order to pander to Hispanics and breed anchor babies who grow up to vote Democratic is the most massive US voter fraud in history.
Allegations of voter fraud may be unsubstantiated because the Obama administration ignores the problem. JFK's win over Nixon engineered by the Daley machine and Sam Giancana's control of unions was a lesson well learned. More recently we had Gore/Clinton immigration fraud where the Immigration Dept. was illegally pressured to naturalize Dem voting immigrants in time to vote for Clinton/Gore.

Luther of LA 2:20PM April 11, 2012