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Former Arkansas Legislator Sentenced in Vote Fraud Case
LITTLE ROCK -- A former Arkansas lawmaker and his father were each sentenced June 20 to three years of probation, including nine months of home detention, and fined for conspiring to commit election fraud in a scheme that included destroying ballots and exchanging money and food for votes.
Online Ballot Fraud Traced in Miami
Over just a few days last July, at least two groups of schemers used computers traced to Miami, India and the United Kingdom to fraudulently request the ballots of 2,046 Miami-Dade voters. Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/15/3453770/online-ballot-fraud-marks-the.html#storylink=cpy
Supreme Court Nears Ruling on Voter Rights Cases
Rulings on two key voting rights cases could reshape how Americans nationwide cast ballots in federal elections. The more high-profile of the two pending rulings involves an Alabama county that is pushing back against federal oversight of its election procedures.
Colorado Dems Push Through Same-Day Voter Registration
DENVER (AP) -- In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest -- and most substantial -- development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in passing measures to require identification at polling places and purge rolls of suspect voters.
Election Commission Co-Chair Is Foe of Voter ID
The co-chair President Barack Obama appointed to help lead the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer, said during the 2012 election that voter ID laws are a Republican tactic to suppress lawful votes. Read more: https://dailycaller.com/2013/05/23/obama-appoints-anti-voter-id-dem-to-co-lead-voter-commission/#ixzz2VGs3faDZ
Appeals Court Upholds Wisconsin Voter ID Law
Madison -- A state appeals court on May 30 overturned a Dane County judge's decision that found Wisconsin's voter ID law violated the state constitution, but the ID requirement remains blocked because of a ruling in a separate case.
Ohio Vote Fraud Cases Sent to Attorney General
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he is forwarding 20 cases of double-voting to the office of Attorney General Mike DeWine. On May 23, Husted released the first ever statewide report on voter fraud based on a review of cases by Ohio's 88 county boards of elections and the Secretary of State's office following the 2012 Presidential Election.
13,000 in Maryland Still on District of Columbia’s Records
Washington, D.C. has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George's County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records.
Ridding the Voter Rolls of the Dead and Ineligible
"The status quo is an embarrassment, it's lawless, it's criminal, it violates federal law, and the answer is to fix it," said J. Christian Adams in explaining why he and two other former Justice Department attorneys filed suits in two Mississippi counties over their voter rolls on behalf of the ACRU.
Mississippi Cases Could Have Ripple Effect
Two Mississippi counties are facing lawsuits filed by the (ACRU) that seek injunctions to compel election officials in Jefferson Davis and Walthall Counties to clean up their voter rolls. The two cases could have a nationwide ripple effect if the plaintiffs prevail.