claim: "more people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
author: mark pocan
evidence_1: given this tiny incident rate for voter impersonation fraud, it is more likely, the  report ... be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the  polls. ... ever been charged with committing in-person voter fraud in north  carolina. .... paul lepage: “people from the cemetery” will be voting thanks to  democrats.
evidence_2: aug 18, 2015 ... "you're more likely to get struck by lightning in texas" than find ... out whether  lightning really is more likely to strike in texas than people ... which is a subset of  election fraud committed specifically by voters. booker's press secretary said he  was referring only to in-person voter fraud, or voter impersonation, ...
evidence_3: nov 14, 2018 ... “when people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go ... the  type of in-person voter fraud trump is claiming is exceedingly rare. in early 2017,  the brennan center for justice pegged voter impersonation rates at ... is more  likely to be struck by lightning than to commit the type of fraud ...
evidence_4: oct 21, 2012 ... chaotic voter registration rolls make it too easy to commit voter fraud. ... voter  fraud is so rare that "you're more likely to get hit by lightning than find a case of  prosecutorial voter fraud," asserts the liberal advancement project. ...  prosecutions of in-person voter impersonation nationwide since the year 2000.
evidence_5: aug 23, 2016 ... but more than any of trump's other outlandish claims—more than any of his other  ... it can't be done by means of voter fraud (which is virtually ... to be struck by  lightning than to commit in-person voter impersonation, which is one of ... “it  would take huge numbers of people to work in concert, and in secret.”.