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Bjorn Against

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1. Of the 38 arrested how many would have been stopped by voter ID?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 02:10 PM

Apr 2012

38 is a tiny number to begin with, but when you think that typically most voter fraud cases are cases of felons voting illegally you realize that voter ID would not even stop a small fraction of an already tiny number of voter fraud cases.

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Va. (State Police) investigates voter fraud [View all] underpants Apr 2012 OP

Of the 38 arrested how many would have been stopped by voter ID? Bjorn Against Apr 2012 #1

408 cases in 2008, of which 38 convictions, and only 26 still under investigation... 64 out of? peacebird Apr 2012 #2

64 (total possible) / 2,800,000 (round number) = ..... 0.0000228571428 underpants Apr 2012 #3

There is an easy fix for this "fraud." obxhead Apr 2012 #4

Can't do that, it would deny Repugs their justification for voter ID laws groundloop Apr 2012 #5

Agreed! There's nothing quite like making a bad situation for a person even worse. patrice Apr 2012 #10

If you categorize the list of wrongs in the Declaration ... ieoeja Apr 2012 #12

Ann Coulter ... no punishment ... zbdent Apr 2012 #6

this story needs context thorolyfedup Apr 2012 #7

was it a general election or was it a primary?; which party?; was there intentional ballot stuffing? AlbertCat Apr 2012 #8

"None of the cases appeared to involve someone who misrepresented his or her identity at the polls" Festivito Apr 2012 #9

I think you've hit the nail on the head. drm604 Apr 2012 #11

Minor voter fraud balboabolt May 2012 #13