A new nationwide analysis of more than 2,000 cases of alleged election fraud over the past dozen years shows that in-person voter impersonation on Election Day, which has prompted 37 state legislatures to enact or consider tougher voter ID laws, was virtually nonexistent. [cont.] Natasha Khan and Corbin Carson, Washington […] Read more »
Is There a Military Vote?
… [Jason] Dempsey decided to do his own research into the opinions of soldiers, documented in his book, “Our Army.” He found the rank and file vote at lower rates than civilians. … “The majority of the military is made up of young men—the 18-25 year old demographic,” says Dempsey. […] Read more »
A Détente Before the Election
Does voter fraud sometimes happen in the United States? You bet. But we are dealing with this relatively small problem in an irrational and partisan way. … I have not found a single election over the last few decades in which impersonation fraud had the slightest chance of changing an […] Read more »
Voter Suppression and Political Polls
… This year, we may have to take the polls with an even larger grain of salt than usual. The greatest margin of uncertainty may well be caused by poll respondents who think that they will able to vote for President Obama in November, but may not be allowed to […] Read more »
Let Americans vote
Our democracy is under attack from within. Republicans (and it seems to be just Republicans) appear determined to deny citizens their constitutional right to vote. Oddly enough, those whose rights are being curtailed are disproportionately Democratic. [cont.] Mark Mellman Read more »
Killing a Fly With a Bazooka
… The most volatile combination of events on Nov. 6 would be a very close election in which Mitt Romney wins the electoral vote with knife-edge victories in states like Florida, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. If new voter ID laws survive legal challenges in those Republican-controlled battleground states, a marginal Romney […] Read more »