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.