Posted on 09/24/2016 6:19:13 PM PDT by Kaslin
Local officials in Colorado acknowledged "very serious" voter fraud after learning of votes cast in multiple elections under the named of recently-deceased residents.
A local media outlet uncovered the fraud by comparing voting history databases in the state with federal government death records. "Somebody was able to cast a vote that was not theirs to cast," El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman told CBS4 while discussing what he called a "very serious" pattern of people mailing in ballots on behalf of the dead.
It's not clear how many fraudulent ballots have been submitted in recent years. CBS4 reported that it "found multiple cases" of dead people voting around the state, revelations that have provoked state criminal investigations.
"We do believe there were several instances of potential vote fraud that occurred," said Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams. "It shows there is the potential for fraud."
Colorado is a perennial battleground state in presidential battleground states. President Obama beat Republican nominee Mitt Romney by 51-46 in 2012. Clinton leads Trump by 2.5 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average, although there is wide variance in the three most recent surveys. One shows Trump leading by four, another shows them tied, and the third shows Clinton up nine points.
Williams plans to pursue criminal charges in the incidents uncovered by CBS4, such as the case of an El Paso County woman who died in 2009 but had ballots cast in her name in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. It's difficult to prove that any particular person committed the fraud, however. "If our laws are not strong enough to prosecute this case, I don't know what can be prosecuted," Broerman told the Denver Post.
Voter fraud is a perpetual concern among Republican politicians, often scoffed at by Democrats. Some studies show that it is not a widespread problem, but certain high-profile incidences have kept the concern alive on the right.
It's not clear how many fraudulent ballots have been submitted in recent years. CBS4 reported that it "found multiple cases" of dead people voting around the state, revelations that have provoked state criminal investigations. The Milwaukee (Wis.) Police Department reported in 2008 that there was an "illegal organized attempt to influence the outcome of [the 2004] election in the state of Wisconsin." There were more votes counted than the number of voters who officially cast ballots, according to the report — about 5,000 more, in a presidential battleground decided by 12,000 votes.
El Paso County officials found 78 deceased people on their voter rolls after the CBS4 report was published, according to the Post, but they have previously removed 448 people from the registered voter list since 2012.
Williams suggested that the system would be more effective if state lawmakers give the secretary of State's office more discretion in deciding that the name of someone who died matches the name of someone listed as an active voter.
"Our office is working to ensure all such incidents are prosecuted and that laws and rules are adjusted to make vote fraud as difficult as possible," he told the Post. "[D]oes it make sense to broaden criteria to allow us to make a decision even if the name may be different?"
They just moved from Chicago.
Mandatory 25 years. That will put a stop to the nonsense.
Also, all voters must present valid ID to prove who they are. For those liberal dimwits who believe that is infringing on one's constitutional right to vote, well how about we stop looking at IDs for purchasing firearms, which is also a constitutional right.
Voting should be done at ATMS w security cameras, some sort of ID. And a printed receipt recording your vote.
Quick - somebody tell the Supreme Court.....
Voting should be done at ATMS w security cameras, some sort of ID. And a printed receipt recording your vote.
and they all voted for Dems (I know, because if they were voting for the GOP we would see Dem’s going wild)
#DeadVotesMatter
I am sure dead people are voting everywhere and interestingly enough everyone votes for the Dems after they are dead.
Interesting ... they talk about prosecuting and making voter fraud as difficult as possible, but nowhere do they mention cancelling out the fraudulent votes. Hmm.
If he loses because they cheat, it’s time for war.
Most of the Colorado GOP bigwigs were dead from the neck up back in the primary season
i guess when we pass over and See The Light,
we will all vote D for the rest of eternity
(like all the deceased voters now do)
I wonder which of the two main parties would oppose this measure?
“..There should be a mandatory 25 year prison sentence for committing voter fraud...”
Well, we know who would not like that, don’t we?
The RATS need those votes along with all the other illegal votes they can muster. They are long-time experts at that, as well as stuffing ballot boxes.
How about requiring ID? Eliminate absentee ballots except in the most dire circumstances and maybe make them pick them up in person...with an ID.
They found the tip of the ice berg, if they are truly looking. Or they will find 10 or 20 and declare the problem solved.
BULLSEYE! You nailed it dead center........
I grew up in Hudson County New Jersey. Hudson County NJ has been Democrat since God created the universe. Dead people voted all the time. They voted early and often.
Dead people have been voting Democrat for YEARS. I wouldn’t be surprised if my Dad who died in 1998 isn’t voting Democrat..I always wonder if someone is using his name to vote
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