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Ensuring Election Integrity: The Need for Election Reform (Heritage Foundation Seminar)
Heritage Foundation ^ | 7/26/2012 | Heritage Foundation

Posted on 07/28/2012 4:59:23 PM PDT by ak267

Ensuring election integrity is a fundamental responsibility of government at all levels. The U.S. Constitution vests the primary responsibility for election integrity in state officials, but federal law supplements state law to ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections and to prevent vote dilution in any district by those who are not lawfully eligible to vote. With an increasingly mobile society and greater use of mail-in and early voting, it becomes harder for officials to prevent voter fraud and guarantee a fair election. Join us as a distinguished panel of experts discusses current efforts to reform our election process and the impediments being encountered by those who are trying to protect our democracy.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: elections; fraud; voting
Great speakers who are fighting the good fight for election integrity.

(great comments at 40:40 mark)

1 posted on 07/28/2012 4:59:32 PM PDT by ak267
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To: ak267

Nothing more important than a secretary of state with integrity.


2 posted on 07/28/2012 5:01:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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