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Originally posted by seabag
I understand that and it makes perfect sense…..but…..why are Colorado’s voter turnout percentages so much higher than the national average?
I’m not making any accusations, I’m simply pointing out how suspicious this looks.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it later becomes an issue in this election.
You weren't simply "pointing out" anything. You posted the link to the article claiming there are more registered voters than the average, then you made a sarcastic comment about there being a good explanation. You've clearly made up your mind before actually bothering to look into this more objectively.
We've heard the allegations of rampant voter fraud before, but we're yet to see significant numbers of proven voter fraud occur.
I have “clearly made up my mind”
I’m sure there is a reasonable explanation for this!
If there was a case to cite in Colorado I would have cited it. I haven’t pointed any fingers.
2,068 cases in this one study alone isn’t significant to you?
Just because voter fraud exists doesn't automatically mean it's "rampant".
Originally posted by neo96
Voter fraud happens, and it happens all too often,
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by Southern Guardian
2,068 cases in this one study alone isn’t significant to you??
link
A News21 analysis of 2,068 alleged election-fraud cases since 2000 shows that while fraud has occurred, the rate is infinitesimal, and in-person voter impersonation on Election Day, which prompted 37 state legislatures to enact or consider tough voter ID laws, is virtually non-existent.
In an exhaustive public records search, News21 reporters sent thousands of requests to elections officers in all 50 states, asking for every case of fraudulent activity including registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, vote buying, false election counts, campaign fraud, casting an ineligible vote, voting twice, voter impersonation fraud and intimidation.
Click the image to view the News21 fraud database.
Analysis of the resulting comprehensive News21 election fraud database turned up 10 cases of voter impersonation. With 146 million registered voters in the United States during that time, those 10 cases represent one out of about every 15 million prospective voters.
“Voter fraud at the polls is an insignificant aspect of American elections,” said elections expert David Schultz, professor of public policy at Hamline University School of Business in St. Paul, Minn.
“There is absolutely no evidence that (voter impersonation fraud) has affected the outcome of any election in the United States, at least any recent election in the United States,” Schultz said.
Originally posted by seabag
2,068 cases in this one study alone isn’t significant to you??
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by wascurious
How is posting "no ballots were cast" equate to me trying to make it seem that ballots were cast?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
CBS News, Activists Vote with Dead Peoples Names
Originally posted by wascurious
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by wascurious
How is posting "no ballots were cast" equate to me trying to make it seem that ballots were cast?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
CBS News, Activists Vote with Dead Peoples Names
So which is it? Did these people vote or is your article a lie?
Originally posted by seabag
The recent study everyone on the left keeps parading out shows 10 cases!
I only have one vote so ONE fraudulent vote is too many IMO!
You’re looking at this as if only the prosecuted cases count. I don’t know about you but before I was 21 I tried unsuccessfully to buy beer at least a dozen times yet I was never prosecuted. Does that mean it never happened?
By the way...I was also successful several times when I wasn't carded!
edit on 4-9-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Are you just trying to be cute because they didnt actually follow through and cast a fraudulent vote?
It happens. Fraud isnt a unicorn.
Regardless it doesnt matter anyway.
Individual voter fraud is a non-issue in the grand scheme.
You can go on believing it never happens and I'll believe it can and does happen and in the end nothing changes for anyone anyway.edit on 4-9-2012 by thisguyrighthere because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SpaDe_
They must be zombies going to the polling places and casting votes, because according to some ignorant people here on ATS voter fraud doesn't exist.