As previously states in the above sections, the definition for voter fraud has no concrete definition. However so Jocelyn Friedrichs Benson, dean of Wayne State University law school in Detroit and author of “Vote Fraud or Voter Defrauded”, explained that many individuals participate in the voting process and as such cases such as voter fraud will inevitably arise. This paper defines vote fraud as “when one or more entity involved in the political process intentionally commits a fraudulent act that hinders the outcome of an election from reflecting the will of a majority of people” (Benson 2009, 1).
There are different types of frauds that we are going to be looking at in the section. The first type is “Voter- Initiated” and this fraud captures the fraudulent and deceptive acts that voters commit (Benson 2009, 6). Examples of voter-initiated would include, casting votes in the name of other individuals, voting multiple times, or impersonating a voter. With the case of voter initiated frauds, if left unchecked this may lead to the decrease of votes casted by honest people (Benson 2009, 8). However this type is not as effective as Lorraine C. Minnite, director of the urban studies program at Rutger University and author of “The Myth of Voter Fraud” explains that “almost no one knowingly and willfully cast an illegal vote in the United States today (Minnitte 2010, 6). This is because most of the acts of voter initiated fraud are not recorded and found out later or that these acts are caused by the deceptive acts of those manipulating voters.
The other type of fraud is called “Voter- Targeted” and this fraud is the actions of those who are trying to get voters to conduct fraudulent behaviors (Benson 2009, 6). Examples of this type of ...
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...nd it existence was meant to stop acts of voter fraud (Benson 2009, 8). The next section will explain more about voter suppression.
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Benson, Jocelyn Friedrichs. 2009. Voter Fraud or Voter Defrauded? : Highlighting an Inconsistent Consideration of Election Fraud. http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=c5500901-2caa-
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Fund, John H. 2004. Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy. http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzEzMTg3OF9fQU41?sid=39be1f12-03e8-4fb4-8f53-c5e32341ba76@sessionmgr198&vid=1&format=EB&lpid=lp_27&rid=0 (April 9, 2014)
Minnite, Loraine C. 2010. The Myth of Voter Fraud. New York: Cornell University Press. McGrath, Micheal. 2012.
New York Times. 2012. Brief Article. 5 February.
It is the fact that so many of those who do vote don't have their votes counted.
Today, the citizens of the United States must push Congress to formulate an oversight measure to fix voter disenfranchisement. By itself, Supreme Court Ruling Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder does minimal damage to the voting process of the United States. The court ruled discriminatory practices of district actions half a century old unconstitutional, but left a responsibility for Congress to modernize the Voting Rights Act, to ensure that no district nor individual is discriminated against. Given the history of the United States’s voter suppression and the original need for the Voting Rights Act, a new, modern voter equality policy is of dire importance.
When the constitution was written, the idea of universal suffrage was too radical for our founding fathers to address. They decided to leave the states with the authority to decide the requirements for voting. (Janda) By allowing the states to decide who voted, the authors had not intended for each state's discriminations to prevent the country from maintaining true democracy. However, by not setting up a nationwide regulation, the authors launched the country into a century and a half long fight for freedom and equality for all.
Hasen, Richard. "Voter Suppression's New Pretext." the New York Times 16 November 2013: A- 19. Print.
Among the many ways Americans can participate in politics, voting is considered one of the most common and important ways for Americans to get involved. The outcome of any election, especially at the national level, determines who will be making and enforcing the laws that all Americans must abide by. With this in mind one might assume that all Americans are active voters, but studies show the voter turnout is actually astonishingly low. With this unsettling trend it is important to know what statistics say about voter turnout as was as the four major factors that influence participation: Socioeconomic status, education, political environment, and state electoral laws, in order to help boost turnout in future elections.
Ulinski, Michael. "AN ANALYSIS OF SMALL COMPANY FRAUDS AND." American Society of Behavioral Society. Dept of Business, Pace University. 05 Feb. 2008.
Voter ID laws in the United States have begun to create controversy since the beginning of its adaptations in the early 2000’s. Voter ID laws in the United States is a law that requires U.S. citizens to have a special form of identification in order to vote in an election. The idea with Voter ID laws is that the state must make sure that the laws do not pose any sort of burden on the voters. These laws have been proposed in order to stop voting fraud. However, the institution of Voter ID laws have made trouble in states, including Texas, regarding to the various amount of identification requirements needed.
When America was first established, they had the highest voting turnouts ever in American history. Ever since, America’s voting turn-out has dropped (Fortin). The reason for the high turn outs were because American colonists wanted change from the British’s electoral system. As history writes, American colonist rebel and over time becomes one of the greatest countries ever. Today, Americans are one of the worst countries in vote to registration as they rank 120 in the world (Pintor). Over the summer, I got to learn more about Ohio’s electoral system and voting turn outs in a first hand experience. A decreasing number of voting to registration is not only a national problem, but a local issue as well and there are creative ideas in fixing these
If one were to look at the voting history as of late in America you would surely find information on the Florida catastrophe in 2000. The problem with our voting system today is in the technology being used; many demographic groups find our current systems confusing and hard to use. As voters step into the polling places this election year many will be voting through new devices some even sporting “touch screen” technology and we can only hope that the new technology is understood and accepted.
To begin with, what is voter fraud? Voter fraud is the illegal obstruction of an election. Voter fraud is composed of double voting, intimidation, undocumented citizens voting, tampering with electronic or paper ballots, as well as deceased voting. Some opponents such as Attorney General Eric Holder suggest that there is not a problem with voter fraud. He also says that voter ID laws are “unnecessary” and has kept them from being used in Texas and South Carolina (John Fund). The problem is that most people think that voter fraud is a recent thing made up by republicans so that they can get more votes in elections by coming out with laws that will keep some people that tend to vote democratic from voting. The truth is that voter fraud has been around since voting started, and is a growing problem that needs to be dealt with. Voter id laws seem to be the only sensible deterrent for voter fraud. I will admit the laws do have some flaws, but if we don’t get rid of the problem now it...
from voting, but are used by creating new laws that would prevent one’s ballot to be
Hanson, J. R. (n.d.). Fraud or confusion? RDH Magazine, 19(4). Retrieved 3 15, 2014, from http://www.rdhmag.com/articles/print/volume-19/issue-4/feature/fraud-or-confusion.html
One of the problems with the US political system is the low voter participation. For the past several election the turnout rate has been unusually low. The reasons for not voting among individuals vary from not having an appropriate candidate, or simply feeling like our votes don’t count. However, one of the most important reason accounting for low turn out are the strict voter identification laws. Ironically, there hasn’t been any evidence that there is a large number of people who attempted an in-person freud. Moreover, most of the reported in-person freud turned out be a mistake rather than intentional act.
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...in the politically process could be a reality. Once a person's vote is stolen their voice is lost and the votes could be sold for a profit. The challenge to the validity of our future elections could destroy the confidence in our electoral process.