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Texas AG: Obamacare Would Not Be Law Without Vote Fraud

Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, discussed voting rights, redistricting and Texas' voter ID law at a panel in Austin on Sept. 28 and made the argument that the Affordable Care Act would not have passed into law without "voter fraud." Abbott, speaking at the Texas Tribune festival, said Minnesota Senator Al Franken won his seat, which was decided by a 312-vote margin, because of voter fraud and that his subsequent vote on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, wouldn't have been cast.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:09+00:00September 30th, 2013|News, Redistricting, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

No Voting Machines, No Concerns about Election Fraud in Germany

The voting process in Germany is strictly regulated to rule out any possible election fraud. Even electronic voting machines, which could malfunction, have been banned by the country's Constitutional Court. ...Before polling stations open, the volunteers will check to ensure ballot boxes are indeed empty. During the election they'll make sure that everybody has an ID with them and can show the documents every citizen receives by mail proving that they are eligible to vote.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:20:39+00:00September 24th, 2013|News, Vote Fraud|

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Vote Fraud

A Frederick County woman pleaded guilty to voter fraud after she was charged with signing her dead mother's name on an absentee ballot in the 2012 presidential election, the state prosecutor's office announced on Sept. 19. Elsie Virginia Schildt, 46, was sentenced to probation before judgment and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service in the first 120 days of her probation.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:09+00:00September 24th, 2013|Absentee / Mail-in Voting, In the Courts, News, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

For Those Who Don’t Believe in Election Fraud

"Yes, the Rizzo-Royster race turned on vote fraud," admitted the Kansas City Star's Barbara Shelly in a crow-eating column nearly three years after it would do any good. For years the Star has routinely mocked anyone who dared suggest vote fraud was a problem.... What follows is a letter from a young Democrat who observed the process up close. The letter details the various tools Democrats use to steal elections and kill would-be Democratic reformers in the womb. It is edited only for length and clarity.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:20:39+00:00September 24th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud|

NAACP, Others Join Justice Dept. Suit Against Texas ID Law

AUSTIN -- The Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas NAACP filed a lawsuit on Sept. 17 to overturn the state's Voter ID law, joining the Justice Department in fighting the law. The two groups filed their petition with a federal court in Corpus Christi, the same court where other civil rights groups and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder are fighting the requirement that voters must show a government-issued photo ID card to cast a ballot.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:01+00:00September 20th, 2013|In the Courts, News, Voter ID|

ACRU Puts Texas Counties on Notice

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The has put numerous Texas counties on notice via letters that they are violating Section 8 of the National Voter Registration ("Motor Voter") Act. The counties have more registered voters than voting age-eligible residents, according to official data from the U.S. Census and state voter registration offices.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:09+00:00September 17th, 2013|News, Press Releases, Voter ID|

Colorado Recall Election Ousts Two Democrats over Gun Control

Colorado voters on Tuesday ousted state Senate President John Morse and state Sen. Angela Giron in a recall election triggered by their support of strict gun control measures.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:09+00:00September 11th, 2013|News, Voter ID|

Dem Chairwoman Claims Voter ‘Suppression’ Led to Recall Defeat of Colorado Legislators

Democratic National chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz charged Wednesday that "voter suppression" led to the defeat of two prominent Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, including the state Senate president. "The recall elections in Colorado were defined by the vast array of obstacles that special interests threw in the way of voters for the purpose of reversing the will of the legislature and the people. This was voter suppression, pure and simple," Wasserman Schultz said in a statement.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:01+00:00September 11th, 2013|News, Voter ID|