Monday, April 28, 2014

Ya can't fix what ya don't want fixed------Political Fraud About Voter Fraud

Robert Popper: Political Fraud About Voter Fraud - WSJ.com:
These arguments themselves are bogus.
Consider the two studies from which Mr. Obama drew his statistics.
The first, which he said "found only 10 cases of alleged in-person voter impersonation in 12 years," is a 2012 report issued by News21, an Arizona State University project.
The News21 website explains.....
Election officials and state attorneys general admitted that they did not track voter fraud.
Crucially, News21 noted that "nearly all the data" it received had "some vital piece of information that had been requested specifically but that was missing." Responses lacked "important details about each case—from whether the person was convicted or charged to the circumstances of the alleged fraud to the names of those involved."
Given these limitations, it is hard to believe any valid conclusions about voter fraud can be drawn from this study.
...In court papers filed last year, Virginia noted that a limited cross-check with 21 other participating states—which did not include California, Texas or New York—showed that 17,000 voters were registered in three or more states. Imagine if the cross-check were extended to all 50 states and if Virginia's results were typical.

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