Kansas Birthplace of CrossCheck Declines to Participate in Survey Showing Virtually No Voter Fraud
Kansas—Birthplace of #CrossCheck—Declines to Participate in Survey Showing Virtually No Voter Fraud
Published on December 19, 2016 by Sam Sacks
A survey of nearly all fifty states in the country revealed that voter fraud was virtually non-existent during the 2016 election.
Only Kansas refused to participate in the review, conducted by the New York Times, which showed that out of more than 137 million votes cast around the nation, there was very little evidence of significant fraud.
The results strike a blow to claims often repeated by President-elect Donald Trump and Republican policymakers that millions of people are voting illegally in our elections every year. Those charges have led to a slew of voting restrictions, including ID laws, which make it more difficult for minorities and other Democratic voters to cast their ballots.
The Times’ data showed that twenty-six states plus Washington, DC, found zero cases of voter fraud. In eight other states, officials said they were looking into only one allegation of illegal voting. A few other states, including Tennessee and Georgia, reported a couple dozen allegations of voter fraud—representing just a tiny fraction of the more than 4 million votes cast in each state respectively...
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