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Voter fraud may have been a major factor in [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s victory in the 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.<ref>http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-voter-fraud/2008/10/27/id/326134</ref>
 
Voter fraud may have been a major factor in [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s victory in the 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.<ref>http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-voter-fraud/2008/10/27/id/326134</ref>
  
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==Types of voter fraud==
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Types of voter fraud include (in order of commonness)<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443864204577621732936167586.html "Voter Fraud: Hard to Identify", ''The Wall Street Journal'']</ref>
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*Absentee ballot fraud:  a voter fraudulently obtains and submits absentee ballots (in some cases those belonging to other voters)
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*Registration fraud:  fake names are submitted to be added to voter registration rolls
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*Ineligibility fraud:  an ineligible person (such as one under 18 or, in some states, a convicted felon) casts a ballot
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*Double voting: one voter casts a ballot in two or more jurisdictions
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*Impersonation fraud: one voter votes in the name of another voter
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[[Voter ID]] laws are usually designed to only prevent impersonation fraud, although in some cases they may block specific instances of ineligibility fraud or double voting.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 11:55, September 4, 2012

Voter fraud includes voting in the name of people who have died, or moved away, or already voted in the same election in another state, or are otherwise ineligible to vote. Estimates of the amount of voter fraud are as much as a percentage point or more in an election. It can change the outcome of a close election.

But even areas not known for voter fraud have unexplained discrepancies between voter registration lists and estimates of the number of eligible voters. In Indiana, for example, one expert estimated that there were 1.3 million more names on the registration rolls than there were eligible voters in the state.[Citation Needed]

Voter fraud may have been a major factor in Barack Hussein Obama's victory in the 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.[1]

Types of voter fraud

Types of voter fraud include (in order of commonness)[2]

  • Absentee ballot fraud: a voter fraudulently obtains and submits absentee ballots (in some cases those belonging to other voters)
  • Registration fraud: fake names are submitted to be added to voter registration rolls
  • Ineligibility fraud: an ineligible person (such as one under 18 or, in some states, a convicted felon) casts a ballot
  • Double voting: one voter casts a ballot in two or more jurisdictions
  • Impersonation fraud: one voter votes in the name of another voter

Voter ID laws are usually designed to only prevent impersonation fraud, although in some cases they may block specific instances of ineligibility fraud or double voting.

See also

ACORN -- organization involved in a controversy where false voter registration forms created by workers were forwarded by the organization to state election authorities in accordance with federal law

References

  1. http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-voter-fraud/2008/10/27/id/326134
  2. "Voter Fraud: Hard to Identify", The Wall Street Journal