Valley Oak
03-25-2014, 10:26 AM
The following article was published by The Huffington Post on 3.24.14:
Debunking the Top 10 Most Egregious Republican Lies (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/most-egregious-republican-lies_b_5022857.html)
1) Voter Fraud Is a Serious Issue That Requires Strict New Voter ID Laws.
Nope. Not even close. Once again, this falls into the Lloyd Christmas category. Successful prosecutions of voter fraud cases barely amount to one one-hundredth of one percent of total votes cast in a single general election. In Ohio, for example, Secretary of State Jon Husted ballyhooed his war against fraud by nabbing a whopping 20 potential cases. 20 out of nearly six million votes cast in that state in 2012. The Bush Justice Department found that there were as few as 80 successful prosecutions of voter fraud cases out of hundreds of millions of votes cast since 2000. For this ratio of possible-fraud-to-votes-cast we're told we need laws that make it more difficult to vote. By the way, some Republicans came right out and said it: this is all about (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/jim-greer-florida-voting-laws_n_2192802.html?ref=topbar) electing (https://www.salon.com/2013/06/05/tea_partier_backtracks_on_gop_doesn%E2%80%99t_want_black_people_to_vote_comments/) Republicans (https://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/pennsylvania_gop_leader_voter_id_will_help_romney.php)...
Debunking the Top 10 Most Egregious Republican Lies (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/most-egregious-republican-lies_b_5022857.html)
1) Voter Fraud Is a Serious Issue That Requires Strict New Voter ID Laws.
Nope. Not even close. Once again, this falls into the Lloyd Christmas category. Successful prosecutions of voter fraud cases barely amount to one one-hundredth of one percent of total votes cast in a single general election. In Ohio, for example, Secretary of State Jon Husted ballyhooed his war against fraud by nabbing a whopping 20 potential cases. 20 out of nearly six million votes cast in that state in 2012. The Bush Justice Department found that there were as few as 80 successful prosecutions of voter fraud cases out of hundreds of millions of votes cast since 2000. For this ratio of possible-fraud-to-votes-cast we're told we need laws that make it more difficult to vote. By the way, some Republicans came right out and said it: this is all about (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/jim-greer-florida-voting-laws_n_2192802.html?ref=topbar) electing (https://www.salon.com/2013/06/05/tea_partier_backtracks_on_gop_doesn%E2%80%99t_want_black_people_to_vote_comments/) Republicans (https://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/pennsylvania_gop_leader_voter_id_will_help_romney.php)...