THE PROBLEM:
A war on voting under false pretexts

In FREE FOR ALL!, we see John write on note cards in his hotel room as he comes across and documents the obstacles facing voters:

• Biased Officials

• Voter Registration Prevented

• Purging Voter Rolls

• Intimidation

• Misinformation

• Confusing Poll Locations

• Untrained Pollworkers

• Long Lines

• Voter ID Requirements

• Confusing Guidelines

• Voting “Reform” Laws

These tactics are often justified as needed to prevent voter fraud. The only problem? No one can prove voter fraud is even a problem, yet they still make it harder for everyone to vote.

Why do they push Voter Fraud?

People wonder why politicians talk about voter fraud and there is a simple two part answer:

1.  It serves them politically, even though we know voter fraud rarely happens.

2. It creates a media narrative that works for them.

The Truth About Voter Fraud, from Brennan Center

• Voting Rights Are Under Attack with 21 states passing restrictions since 2010. (AL, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, OH, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

• Reduced Polling Places (Arizona, Rhode Island and beyond)

• Enacting Voter ID Laws (in-person voter fraud is less common than being hit by lightning)

• Felon disenfranchisement voting rights restored after serving time.

• Voter Purges (aka Voter Caging)

• Unverifiable Electronic Voting Machines with no paper trail

• Flipping People’s Party Affiliation (Check CanIVote.org)

• Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation (billboards, flyers)

• Partisan & Incompetent Election Officials

• Gutting Section 5 of The Voting Rights Act

• Computer Breach of Voting Records

• It's worth looking at caucuses with their low voter turnouts and closed party voting during the primaries

• Just remember they are pushing Voter Fraud as an issue, but that's not really a problem.