Democratic voter fraud in New York City led to multiple guilty pleas from Democratic election officials.
Democratic voter fraud in New York City led to multiple guilty pleas from Democratic election officials.
{{cquote|"Former Troy Democratic City Clerk William McInerney, Democratic Councilman [[John Brown]], and Democratic political operatives Anthony Renna and Anthony DeFiglio have entered guilty pleas in the case, in which numerous signatures were allegedly forged on absentee ballots in the 2009 Working Families Party primary, the political party that was associated with the now-defunct community group, [[ACORN]]."<ref>Huston, W.T. [http://www.truethevote.org/news/eighth-democrat-named-in-new-york-vote-fraud-probe Eighth Democrat Named in New York Vote Fraud Probe]. True the Vote.</ref>}}
{{cquote|"Former Troy Democratic City Clerk William McInerney, Democratic Councilman [[John Brown]], and Democratic political operatives Anthony Renna and Anthony DeFiglio have entered guilty pleas in the case, in which numerous signatures were allegedly forged on absentee ballots in the 2009 Working Families Party primary, the political party that was associated with the now-defunct community group, [[ACORN]]."<ref>Huston, W.T. [http://www.truethevote.org/news/eighth-democrat-named-in-new-york-vote-fraud-probe Eighth Democrat Named in New York Vote Fraud Probe]. True the Vote.</ref>}}
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==2008==
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===Minnesota===
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Elias represented [[Al Franken]] in [[Minnesota]]. The recount may have been decided by convicted [[felon]]s who voted illegally. A study conducted by Minnesota Majority watchdog group found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic [[Minneapolis]]-[[St. Paul (City)|St. Paul]] voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race. The felons were registered by [[ACORN]].
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The final recount determined six months after the election showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- '''''fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted''''' which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records. Even though it could be determined that felons illegally voted, there was no way to determine ''how'' they voted with a secret ballot. Once their votes were mixed in with the total, there is no way to separate them out. The same loophole can be used for non-citizens' voting. This is what is meant by the slogan, "Count every vote."
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The watchdog group took the voting lists and matched them with conviction lists, then went to the voting roster lists, where voters sign in before voting, and matched them.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/felons-voting-illegally-franken-minnesota-study-finds/ Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds]</ref>
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[[Ann Coulter]] said, {{quotebox|"He stole the 2008 election in Minnesota, going from a thousand votes down the day after the election to 300 votes up a few months later, after vast numbers of Franken votes kept being discovered in heavily Democratic districts. As economist [[John Lott]] pointed out at the time, the magically appearing votes for Franken were a statistical impossibility."<ref>http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2013-10-30.html</ref>}}