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| Election Lawyer Blasts ‘Lunacy’ of MSNBC Denying Voter Fraud |
| 2016-08-23 |
| [NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Appearing on MSNBC during the 11 a.m. ET hour on Monday, attorney and former Republican National Committee counsel Mark Braden denounced an attempt by anchor Tamron Hall to dismiss claims of voter fraud as "extraordinarily rare" and "minuscule." He also called her out for citing statistics from liberal "advocacy group" that she labeled "nonpartisan." Hall began the discussion by touting that slanted source: "We’ve cited this before, but I'll remind people. According to a study by the nonpartisan Brennan Center ‐ this is in 2007 ‐ and they were discussing how extraordinarily rare voter fraud would be." She added: "And looking at some of the numbers from different organizations, as well. Arizona State, for example, they found in 2012, just 2,000 cases of election fraud nationwide in the year 2000. So the numbers are minuscule." While Braden acknowledged that "our election system actually works quite well," he immediately corrected her "nonpartisan" claim: I wouldn't call Brennan Center nonpartisan, I think they’re pretty much an advocacy group. But the notion that vote fraud doesn't exist, is, of course, lunacy. People steal cars, people steal money, why anybody would think you wouldn't steal votes is a mystery to me. Vote fraud is rare but it absolutely occurs, and sometimes occurs on a massive basis. In fact, the Brennan Center’s so-called "Democracy Agenda," spelled out on its website, is a left-wing wish list of supposed electoral "reforms," among them: Overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, establishing public financing of campaigns, and restoring voting rights to convicted felons. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 And a 102% voter turnout is a bit too obvious. We had an election out here - rural Kansas, hotly contested issue with lasting ramifications, numerous loud town hall meetings, literally takes five minutes to vote, advanced voting available. Turnout was something like 35% of eligible voters. The State of Kansas is in court right now to defend its voter ID law. Something like 50,000 illegally/contested registered voters. They may not yet put a democrat in the US Senate, but can make the difference at State and below. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-08-23 16:10 |
| #5 I've had a number of debates with liberals on line. They inevitably claim that voter fraud is nonsense. Then I post a link to the felon voters that put Al Franken in his Senate Seat, the one vote that allowed Obamacare to go through on a party line vote. Hot and heavy debaters seem to fade away at that point. It's not the number of illegal votes so much as the careful placement. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-08-23 14:09 |
| #4 #2 has it right. It's all about political expediency and has absolutely nothing to do with principles whatsoever. It rarely does with the Democrats, if at all. |
| Posted by: Eltoroverde 2016-08-23 12:18 |
| #3 If vote fraud is small then it won't affect the election if you check will it? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-08-23 12:17 |
| #2 No, they comprehend all too well. You see, these ineligible voters all vote in their favor, so it's all good. You can be assured that if a majority of the ineligible voters were voting Republican they would be all up in arms for Voter ID. |
| Posted by: Spinesing Gray3122 2016-08-23 09:09 |
| #1 It beyond their comprehension to understand that allowing unqualified voters to vote actually suppresses the legitimate vote of qualified voters. If you truly value something, you protect it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-08-23 08:31 |