Voter ID: Protecting the Integrity of Our Elections

With midterm elections underway in Texas, the fight over voter ID will undoubtedly garner some serious attention in the national media in the coming weeks and months. Ten states will require voters to present photo ID when voting in this year's midterms, despite vigorous attacks from liberal opponents and the Obama Administration. A favorite claim made by those who oppose voter ID is that voter fraud is a rare occurrence. On the surface, this argument may have some appeal, because it is not very often that huge voter fraud conspiracies dominate the national headlines. But, by its very nature, voter fraud is hard to detect. It becomes even harder to catch when there are virtually no safeguards in place to defend against it. It is particularly troublesome in close elections--especially on the local level, where outcomes are often determined by a handful of votes. Taking reasonable security precautions is just common sense: You don't wait for your house to get robbed before locking your door at night. Moreover, there is rock-solid proof that voter fraud is occurring in America. Here are just a few recent examples: An NBC station in Fort Myers, Florida, just aired a report about the many non-citizens it caught voting illegally. California state Senator Roderick Wright (D) was recently convicted of eight felony counts of voter fraud and perjury for acts that were committed in five different elections.

2020-05-03T23:35:16+00:00March 12th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

Federal Court Rejects Green Party Attack on Voter ID

A federal court in Tennessee has dealt a serious setback to those attacking photo voter identification laws around the country - including Eric Holder's Justice Department in North Carolina. United States District Court Judge Ronnie Greer has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Green Party challenging the Volunteer State's photo voter ID law. While the decision was bad for the Green Party in Tennessee, the opinion may be even worse for voter ID opponents nationwide such as the NAACP, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and Eric Holder.

2020-05-03T23:35:16+00:00February 24th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, In the Courts, Voter ID|

O’Keefe Busts Illegal Scheme to ‘Turn Texas Blue’

SAN ANTONIO, Texas--In an apparent violation of state law, Battleground Texas officials are exploiting legally protected information to turn voters out to the polls as part of the Democratic party's quest to paint the Lone Star State blue, a new undercover video from James O'Keefe reveals. The footage shows Battleground Texas volunteer Jennifer Longoria saying the group uses the phone numbers from voter registration forms in later efforts to boost turnout on election day. Texas Election Code prohibits the use of, or even the copying of, phone numbers provided by individuals registering to vote.

2020-05-03T23:38:07+00:00February 19th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Resources, Videos, Voter ID|

Eight Reasons for Halting Early Voting

President Obama's commission on election administration recently issued a final report containing some terrible recommendations. The worst idea in the report is a call for states to expand early voting. Some states already open polls weeks in advance of Election Day. In Wyoming, polls open in September, even before the end of Major League Baseball's regular season. Mr. Obama's federal commission wants American elections to start earlier and last longer. Here's eight reasons why the early-voting fad is a bad idea. First, early voting produces less-informed voters. After they cast an early ballot, they check out of the national debate. They won't care about the televised debates, won't consider options, and won't fully participate in the political process.

2020-05-03T23:38:08+00:00February 9th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Early Voting, Voter ID|

Senate Showdown over Civil Rights Nominee

The next major confirmation battle will be over Debo Adegbile, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, according to sources in the U.S. Senate. The pending showdown over Adegbile -- onetime child star on TV's "Sesame Street" and former acting president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund -- is nothing short of high-stakes political poker. To the left, the choice of Adegbile, 46, is an unmistakable signal from the president and Attorney General Eric Holder that the administration is going to fight states over imposing voter identification laws which they are convinced disenfranchises minorities. Now senior counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, Adegbile is considered a reliable leader in the fight over voter I.D. laws that are sure to emerge from state capitals in 2014. In addition, as head of the Legal Defense Fund, Adegbile defended the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court.

2020-05-03T23:37:09+00:00February 5th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

Voter Fraud in New York — Proof that It’s Easy

Liberals who oppose efforts to prevent voter fraud claim that there is no fraud -- or at least not any that involves voting in person at the polls. But New York City's watchdog Department of Investigations has just provided the latest evidence of how easy it is to commit voter fraud that is almost undetectable. DOI undercover agents showed up at 63 polling places last fall and pretended to be voters who should have been turned away by election officials; the agents assumed the names of individuals who had died or moved out of town, or who were sitting in jail. In 61 instances, or 97 percent of the time, the testers were allowed to vote.

2020-05-03T23:37:00+00:00January 14th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

MSNBC Guest: Voter ID Reforms Are ‘Anti-American’

On January 6, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell began her Andrea Mitchell Reports segment on voting rights lamenting how in 2013 "[t]he Supreme Court effectively gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act in June last year when the court struck down a key provision opening the door for states and localities to undo nearly a half century of voting rights gains." Appearing alongside Ms. Mitchell was Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP, who charged that new voting laws across the nation were "anti-American." Mitchell tipped her hand by calling such policies "voting rights restrictions" and voiced her support for the NAACP's efforts.

2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00January 7th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Early Voting, Voter ID|

MSNBC’s Ball Compares GOP Backing of Virginia Voter ID Law to “Jim Crow”

Once again, a liberal at MSNBC has chosen to rewrite history by pretending that Republicans are the political party with a history of denying minorities the right to vote. Appearing on her daily MSNBC show, liberal co-host Krystal Ball went on a tirade against Republicans in Virginia claiming they are the "rightful heir to the Jim Crow legacy."

2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00November 14th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

Jimmy Carter’s Change of Heart on Voter ID

Once upon a time, less than 10 years ago, many Democrats supported strong voter ID laws. Now they say such laws are "racist." Recently, former President Jimmy Carter told a crowd commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: "I believe we all know how Dr. King would have reacted to the new I.D. requirements to exclude certain voters, especially African-Americans." Say what? Mr. Carter co-chaired the Commission on Federal Election Reform, whose 2005 report, "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections," strongly recommended voter-ID laws and other reforms to ensure election integrity.

2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00October 15th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|
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