Meet the Elected Democrat Who Wants to Fight Voter Fraud

Mark Rhodes, the Wood County, West Virginia, clerk, has seen both sides of the argument over enhancing voter access and enhancing election security, first when he was found to be deceased, and later when he won an election.

Rhodes, now a Democratic member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, wasn’t really dead. But he was concerned he wouldn’t be able to vote when the precinct he showed up at told him he was listed as deceased in the 2000 election at the polling place. He still voted with a provisional ballot. Then in 2014, he won a county clerk election by five votes out of more than 25,000 cast.

“There are things that do happen,” he said, regarding the systems. “In 2014, in my first election as county clerk, I won by five votes out of more than 25,000 cast. So, it’s one of those things we need to have fair, clean and honest elections. There should be no doubt about those five votes.”

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