North Carolina election audit states if new voter id laws were imposed, only one voter would’ve been caught – PB/TK
Voter ID Law Would Have Stopped Just One Case Of Voter Fraud In North Carolina – By Brian Tashman | April 25, 2017
Republican lawmakers and conservative activists frequently argue that voter ID laws are necessary to crack down on the supposedly massive problem of voter fraud.
Voter fraud, of course, is extremely rare, and in the few cases that do exist, voter ID requirements are unlikely to stop it. Even some conservatives admit that such laws, which make it more difficult for people of color, people with low incomes, and young people—who are all less likely to have photo ID like drivers licenses or passports—to vote, are actually about winning elections for the GOP.
As the editorial board of the Charlotte Observer wrote yesterday, just one case of in-person voter impersonation fraud was found in North Carolina, according to an audit of the 2016 election.
Of the small number of voter fraud incidents, the vast majority were committed by formerly incarcerated people barred from voting under state law, something that voter ID laws would do nothing to prevent.
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