Vote fraud inherently denies the right to vote for legitimate voters.
It should be treated exactly the same as someone forcibly restraining people from the polling booth.
It should be treated exactly the same as someone forcibly restraining people from the polling booth.
We had a classic clear-cut instance of voter intimidation - if not exactly physical restraint - in Philadelphia in 2008 by the New Black Panthers, working for the local Democratic machine, on Election Day. A case was prepared against them by outgoing Bush Justice Dept., but went nowhere once Obama-Holder came into office. So restraining voters is apparently winked at by the present federal administration - if those doing the restraining are doing it for the "right" candidate and the "right" party.
Same illogic goes for vote fraud and cheating: if done by Democrats, especially "minority" Democrats, then according to the Obama-Holder DOJ, it never happened.