Title: Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers - Media Bias/Fact Check
Headings: Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers
Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers
http://votingrights.news21.com/article/election-fraud-explainer/
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/pdf/VoterFraudCases-Merged-3-2.pdf
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Content: Election fraud refers to perjury, voter registration fraud, forgery, counterfeiting, bribery, destroying already cast ballots, and a multitude of crimes related to the electoral process. Election fraud would not be stopped with voter ID. According to News21, who analyzed 2068 cases of alleged voter fraud from 2000 to 2012 there were 10 proven cases of voter fraud out of 146 million registered voters during that time period. For perspective, voter fraud, according to this analysis would equate to .00000007% of registered voters. Politifact checked the claim of 10 cases of voter fraud by News21 and rated this mostly true. Politifact’s only concern was a “few missing pieces in the data.” Poltifact also did a fact check on whether it is more likely to be struck by lightning than to have an individual commit voter fraud. Politifact rated it true that more people are struck by lightning. In an analysis conducted by the Republican National Lawyers Association, which supports Voter ID laws, they found 375 cases of voter fraud between 2000 and 2012. News21 also analyzed the 375 cases and determined that the majority were actually election fraud as opposed to voter fraud.