One restrictive policy that most Americans (79%) are on board with, however, is requiring photo identification to vote. Nicole Willcoxon and Lydia Saad, "Eight in 10 Americans Favor Early Voting, Photo ID Laws," Gallup, October 14, 2022.
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Meeting with the Head of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar
Dr. John Lott meeting with the head of Ecuador's National Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar. The meeting was set up because of the large amount of research that Lott has done on rules to prevent vote fraud and measuring vote fraud (here and here)....
At Townhall: Do Absentee and Mail-in Ballots Make It Easier to Pay People for Voting?
Dr. John Lott has another piece up at Townhall. A new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that, among voters who used absentee or mail-in ballots in November 2020, eight percent said they were paid or rewarded for voting. Both Biden and Trump voters claim they got paid for...
Eight Percent of voters who used absentee or mail-in ballots in 2020 admit they were paid or rewarded for voting, Survey
According to PEW Research 46% of American voters in November 2020 voted by absentee or mail-in ballots (58% of Democrats and 32% of Republicans). A new Rasmussen survey has 30% of American voters claiming they voted by absentee or mail-in ballots in that election (36%...
The problem with unattended ballot boxes: Judge orders new Bridgeport, CT Democrat mayoral primary after seeing alleged ballot-stuffing videos
We thought that there weren't any concerns about unattended ballot boxes. A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes...
By a 66% to 32% Margin, Voters the outcome of the 2024 presidential election will be affected by cheating
According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll from June 26th to 27th, a majority of Democrats (55%-to-43%), Republicans (80%-to-18%), and Independents (64%-to-33%) think that the outcome of the 2024 presidential election will be affected by cheating. Young people think...
New Research: Voter Discrepancies Found in the ARIZONA 2022 GENERAL ELECTION
Our newest research paper is available here. Because of our earlier work on this topic, the Ohio legislature on June 30th passed the Data Analysis Transparency Archive bill to ensure that the number of voters who voted can be matched with the number of ballots cast. ....
North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo II voted multiple times in several 2022 elections
Here is an example of a politician who wanted to win election just too much. . In an executive order, the Republican governor [Ron DeSantis] said Mr. DeFillipo “is prohibited from performing any official act, duty, or function of public office; from receiving any pay...
394 noncitizens were on Chicago’s voter rolls because of the Motor Voter Act
When people were using Motor Voter they were asked if the applicant is a U.S. citizen, and some foreign nationals clearly checked the "NO," but they were registered anyway. However, starting in 2018, Illinois stopped asking people that question. Unfortunately, the...
Vote fraud case in California shows problems with both mail-in voting and vote harvesting
There is a reason that secret ballots were adopted precisely to prevent voters being pressured to vote a particular way. While this focuses on pressuring voters to support this candidate, there is also the possibility of buying votes. The mail-in voting and vote...
At Real Clear Politics: Majority of American Voters Rightly Concerned About Vote Fraud
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on vote fraud issues involving mail-in ballots. . Watching the news, you’d be led to believe that vote fraud doesn’t exist in the United States. Since the election on November 8, news article after news article has...
In 2012, Even the New York Times warned of errors and fraud with Absentee Ballots
This article from Adam Liptak in the New York Times from 2012 could have been written by the Crime Prevention Research Center (emphasis added). You won't find an article like that now in the New York Times. But this month they argue that claims of vote fraud are...