VOTER FRAUD. Stealing Elections—The Danger of Voter Fraud and the Fight for Election Integrity

We have all heard about voter fraud and the attempts by liberal media organs like the New York Times and Ivory Tower academics to dismiss it as a nonexistent problem. But it is real, widespread, and substantial to the point that it can decide elections. It also drives honest citizens out of the democratic process and breeds distrust of our government.

The danger lies not only in the results of the fraud itself, but also in the reality that voters who fear their legitimate votes will be outweighed by fraudulent ones are likely to feel disenfranchised and may not even show up at the polls to vote. The sad truth is that our nation’s recent history consists of far too many elections that have been called into question due to voter fraud.

Many elections, particularly local elections, are decided by slim margins. In January 2014, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted released remarkable statistics showing that thirty-five local races and eight local issues were decided in the Buckeye State in 2013 by one vote or by using the state’s designated procedure, such as coin-flipping, to break a tie. Often, it doesn’t take much fraud to affect an election.

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