Voter fraud...is a BIG deal!!

John Hinderaker wrote on his blog Powerline an excellent article named "How rare is voter fraud?".  The article brought up a great point about voting fraud issues. He first started off by stating that conservatives are generally more concerned about voter fraud than liberals. Liberals argue that law enforcement of election laws is not a problem because voter fraud hardly exists.

Secondly, the article states that with this easy assurance, we have no clear way to know how prevalent voter fraud is.  By meaning, those who perform it seek to go unnoticed, and it is a circular argument to say that there is no need for better law enforcement because our current enforcement hasn’t caught many violators.

John Hinderaker provided solid proof about voter fraud issue in Minnesota. There is a group in Minnesota called Minnesota Majority that has been doing an wonderful job of digging into the voter fraud issue. Recently, the Minnesota Majority sent out an email announcing its report on criminal convictions. It showed a significant number of voter fraud convictions arising from single election in the past 75 years.

In the article, “The report finds that 113 individuals who voted illegally in the 2008 election have been convicted of the crime, “ineligible voter knowingly votes” under Minnesota statute 201.014….The research identified upwards of 2,800 ineligible felons believed to have unlawfully voted in Minnesota’s 2008 general election.”

These convictions are just getting out of hand. The actual number of illegal votes cast was in the thousands.  I completely agree with this article. We have evidence of these people casting illegal ballots, yet no law seems to be strictly enforced.  According to the group, nearly 200 additional cases are still pending trial.

Minnesota Majority is doing a great job not only of uncovering the crime of voter fraud, but of preventing its future commission. I firmly believe that a photo ID should be required to vote in any election. Not to mention a valid voter's registration card. It isn’t too much to ask. If you don't have a driver's license or other state ID, you should be able to get a voter's ID card for little or no cost.