Posted on 12/13/2023 8:51:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Former President Donald Trump issued an urgent call for action to his fellow Republicans over what he called "the biggest story of the year," namely a survey showing that 20 percent of mail-in voters admitted to committing at least one kind of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The Heartland/Rasmussen poll, released on Dec. 12, suggests concerning levels of voter fraud in the 2020 election, bolstering President Trump's longstanding claim that he was cheated out of a victory amid an explosion in mail-in ballots combined with state-level moves by the courts that made it easier to cheat.
The new survey shows 17 percent of mail-in voters admitting to voting in a state where they are no longer permanent residents; 21 percent filling out ballots for others; 17 percent signing ballots for family members without consent, and 8 percent reporting offers of "pay" or "reward" for their vote.
What's more, 10 percent of all respondents to the survey (carried on a representative sample of 1,085 likely voters) said they know a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance who admitted to casting a mail-in ballot fraudulently.
Over 43 percent of 2020 votes were cast by mail, which is the highest percentage in U.S. history.
"Taken together, the results of these survey questions appear to show that voter fraud was widespread in the 2020 election, especially among those who cast mail-in ballots," the Heartland Institute, a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank, said in a statement.
President Trump, who is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination in the 2024 race for the White House, took to social media to call on Republicans to take action in response to the survey's shocking results.
"This is the biggest story of the year, and Republicans must do something about it," the former president wrote. Further, he suggested that unless something is done quickly to address the problem of voter fraud, the issue will cast a pall over the 2024 election.
"Have to make a move now," President Trump continued. "Get tough, get smart. Our country is being stolen!"
While Democrats and their allies claim that election fraud is little more than a myth, President Trump has said for years that voter fraud is a pervasive problem in U.S. politics —and insists he was robbed of a win in the 2020 election.
In a recent interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the former president spoke about what went into his decision to challenge the results.
"I was listening to different people. And when I added it all up, the election was rigged," he said, adding that it was his choice to contest the results because "I won the election."
While Democrats and their allies, along with some in the scientific community, argue that voter fraud was so small in the 2020 elections as to be negligible, the findings of the Heartland/Rasmussen survey bolster President Trump's claims that he was robbed of victory.
Justin Haskins, the director of Heartland’s Socialism Research Center and primary author of the Heartland/Rasmussen survey, said in a statement that the results of the poll are "nothing short of stunning."
"For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true," Mr. Haskins said. "This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves."
Some progress has been made on election integrity measures in over a dozen states in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Mr. Haskins acknowledged. He insisted, however, that "much more" work is needed in most parts of the country to bolster the integrity of elections—and voter confidence that the results reflect the actual will of the people.
"If America's election laws do not improve soon, voters and politicians will continue to question the truthfulness and fairness of all future elections," Mr. Haskins said.
Some states have reformed their laws and procedures amid widespread vote integrity worries prompted by the 2020 presidential election controversy. However, according to conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, more needs to be done.
The group's Election Integrity Scorecard shows that not a single state in the country has a perfect score in a checklist of 12 possible problem spots, including voter ID, accuracy of voter registration lists, and absentee ballot management.
Tennessee has the best election integrity procedures in the country, with a score of 88 (out of a possible 100), followed by Georgia at 84, Alabama at 82, and Missouri at 83.
Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, recently wrote that "no state in the country has a perfect score of 100, which means everyone has some work to do."
In order to make elections more secure and build shore-up public confidence that the declared results are legitimate, states should ensure that election officials maintain current, accurate voter rolls, he argues.
Further, they should require photo identification to cast a vote, both in person and absentee, according to Mr. Von Spakovsky, who also argues for a ban on partisan funding of state and local election offices.
He pointed to the Heritage Foundation's Election Fraud Database as a constantly updated record of various cases of voter fraud from across the country.
"In an era of razor-thin elections, guarding against this type of illegal behavior, as well as errors made by election officials, is especially important," he wrote.
"In 2024, it could prove critical."
So 17% of mail-in voters is what? 5-10 million votes? That couldn’t change anything, right?
That’s just the ones that admitted to it ... and that’s just one form of electoral fraud.
It is also proven that some states’ voter rolls are padded with bogus registrations linked to addresses that include vacant lots, abandoned commercial buildings, and highway interchanges.
Millions in Dem run states are participants in fraud.
One Detroit newspaper article about 2020 had quotes from a man who did not do it.
At his house which used to belong to his grandfather he got a mail-in ballot for himself and one for his grandfather who had died 17 years earlier. “I could have just signed it with my choices and put it in the mail. I didn’t. But how many all over the state of Michigan just mailed theirs in?”
Article said Gov.Whitmer and officials refused to clean up old voting rolls as that would be racist.
Trump is such an innovator; asking Dems to clean up enforcement of voting integrity and accuracy of vote counting.
Something radically new for the Dems.
I keep seeing that 17 percent number.
Wasn’t that the MACHINES in Mike Lentel’s presentation of fraud years ago.
I think it seemed as though the voting totals were changed to register a 17 percent increase, which was in Pedo Joe’s favor”
I may be mis remembering.
But fat bag of shit Bill Barr said he didn’t find any widespread fraud. Hope he got a booster.
Because elections should never be conducted by mail. It should be obvious but we live in an ignorant gaslighted society.
“A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute finds that 21% of Likely U.S. voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t. “
Our election system is the worst. It’s as corrupt as any dictatorial regime or third world nation.
enough of the cry baby .
Trump ran a awful campaign with dope Jared in charge .
He has his dope Rhonda botox a morn helping.
He not won sin e z2016 with brilliant Reince Priebus .
I was working the polls .
His election staff sucked .
I read Donnie was in denial but he was out worked .
Donnie closed down the country and millions of lives destroyed and he was in denial . He came up with this stolen campaign .We are heading for another loss . i
Trump drives Dems to the polls and the dems and there media know it .
This is what goes on in the grey matter of a Biden voter.
I was working the polls .
No wonder our elections suck.
Every voter should be forced to go through a new registration process for each election.
As Mark Steyn said, “It doesn’t matter if you have the greatest constitution in the world if you have the crappiest election system in the world.”
I received four mail-in ballots for people who haven't lived in the home I purchased in 2018 and lived in since.
I also received a mail-in ballot for myself, despite never requesting one. I ALWAYS vote in person on Election Day.
Who requested these ballots? I did not. At least not for myself and damn' sure not for the people who used to live here. (Here being HELLINOIS.)
I took pictures of all of them in their unopened states and posted them online (they've since been physically destroyed and the images deleted since NOTHING has ever happened here regarding any sort of investigation. I gave up that'd ever happen in this blue shithole of a state.)
Finally, I'm far from the only person here in HELLINOIS who can factually make similar statements.
Did election fraud happen? Damn' right it did. I just think it's higher than what's being repoted here.
1,000% correct! On both counts!
With so many states having "motor voter" and issuing legit drivers licenses to so many ILLEGALS, those illegals would still be able to register to vote, having a legit state issued ID to register.
As much as I initially really liked that suggestion, three seconds later "motor voter" came to the forefront of my mind and squashed that.
We also shouldn't forget that these blue states with so many electoral votes also control the voter rolls. They know how to commit electronic fraud, in-person vote fraud and more. Nothing stopping them from faking mass registration drives to keep stealing elections.
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