A noted election integrity organization has made a horrifying discovery involving the nation’s highly inaccurate voter registration rolls.
A new report from Fight Voter Fraud, a nonpartisan election integrity organization established in 2018, reveals that nearly 298,000 voters were double-registered across multiple states between 2016 and 2022. This includes thousands of individuals who cast ballots multiple times—up to four times—and were registered in four different states, Restoration of America reported.
“Worryingly, that includes critical battleground states whose voters will determine the winner of the Nov. 2024 presidential election,” the outlet continued, citing the group’s findings. “In Wisconsin, for instance, Fight Voter Fraud discovered 1,900 voters who were registered at least twice and 18 who voted multiple times. In Arizona, they found 2,700 double registrations and 36 double voters.”
Michigan reported nearly 3,000 double registrations and 23 cases of double-voting. In Georgia, the analysis found 6,400 double registrations and 37 instances of double voting.
The highest figures, however, are unsurprisingly found in blue states with long-standing Democratic dominance. New York had 10,500 double registrations and 222 double-voters, while California reported over 36,000 double registrations and a remarkable 732 double-voters.
“All voters are disenfranchised by others that double vote,” Fight Voter Fraud CEO Linda Szynkowicz told Restoration News. “Election officials cannot pick and choose which federal and state election laws they wish to follow. The public trust in elections need to be restored and those not wanting to follow federal and state election laws should be removed from their appointed/elected position immediately for dereliction of duty.”
Fight Voter Fraud highlights that falsifying information on a voter registration form and voting in multiple locations is considered a felony under both federal and state laws. Therefore, it is essential for public officials to remove ineligible voters from the rolls to maintain election integrity, the group points out.
“Every double vote is a form of disenfranchisement for voters legally casting their votes,” the group writes, urging officials to “take immediate action” to ensure “one vote for one legal voter” nationwide.
A Pew Research Center poll released in February found broad support for a bevy of voter integrity measures, as well as some controversial changes, including:
- Requiring paper ballot backups for electronic voting machines (82% favor this),
- Requiring people to show government-issued photo identification to vote (81%),
- Making early voting available for two weeks prior to Election Day (76%),
- Making Election Day a national holiday (72%) and
- Allowing convicted felons to vote after serving their sentences (69%).
“Americans are more divided on whether groups should be banned from collecting completed ballots to return to official voting centers (47% favor, 50% oppose) and whether people should be removed from registration lists if they have not voted recently or confirmed their registration (44% favor, 55% oppose),” the center reported.
More than 80% of Republicans and those who lean Republican (85%), as well as a similar proportion of Democrats and Democratic-leaners (82%), support the use of paper ballot backups for electronic voting machines. And while there is broad support for requiring a photo ID to vote across both parties, there is a significant partisan divide on the issue. Nearly all Republicans (95%) support this requirement, compared to 69% of Democrats, Pew found.
At least 60% of both parties support measures such as two weeks of early in-person voting, making Election Day a national holiday, and restoring voting rights to convicted felons after they have served their sentences. However, Democrats generally show higher levels of support for each of these policies compared to Republicans.
The largest partisan divide on the voting policies surveyed is over “allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to.” This gap has significantly widened since April 2020, primarily due to a sharp decline in support among Republicans.
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