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James O'Keefe Makes Grab for Eric Holder's Ballot

Kevin Spak — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:38:57 CDT

James O'Keefe is at it again, and this time he's getting personal with the US attorney general. In a new video released today to Breitbart , the infamous fake pimp puts voter fraud in his crosshairs, and sets out to show the danger inherent in not having voter ID laws by...

In Chechnya, 107% Turnout —for Putin

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:56:06 CST

Vladimir Putin may have engaged in a brutal crackdown on Chechnya over the last, say, decade-plus, but it appears to have done wonders for his popularity, as evidenced by his extraordinary results there in Sunday's elections. A little too extraordinary, reports the New York Times: Putin garnered 1,482 votes...

On Voter Rolls: 1.8M Dead People

Mark Russell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:54:01 CST

The Walking Dead is more than a hit TV show, it might just be a successful get-out-the-vote strategy. Thanks to 24 million out-of-date and inaccurate voter registration records, the United States has up to 1.8 million dead people registered to vote, reports USA Today . "We have a ramshackle registration...

GOP Election-Law Rewrites Pose Threat to Dems

Matt Cantor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:32:52 CDT

Pennsylvania’s Republicans aren’t the only ones instituting voting laws likely to hurt Democrats. Some 12 states have begun requiring voters to carry picture ID; Florida and Ohio have reduced early-voting time; and Florida has cracked down on ex-felons voting, the Washington Post reports. Republicans say they want to cut voter...

America Risks a Return to 'Jim Crow Voting Laws'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:39:05 CDT

After electing its first African American president—thanks in part to a surge of new voters—the US is in danger of seeing “a subtle return of Jim Crow voting laws,” writes EJ Dionne Jr. in the Washington Post . New laws being passed here, supposedly to prevent voter fraud, would...

Romney Committed Voter Fraud: GOP Opponent

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:51:06 CDT

When Mitt Romney voted for Scott Brown in last year’s Massachusetts special election, his voter registration listed him as living in his son’s basement. Considering Romney is worth $500 million, that little tidbit struck Fred Karger—one of Romney’s opponents in the 2012 presidential race—as odd. Karger is alleging...

GOP Sparks Fight Over College Kids' Voting Rights

Matt Cantor — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:00:05 CST

Republican state legislators across the US are stirring up controversy with proposals to tighten voting laws in ways that would affect college kids. The Washington Post points to a particularly heated bill in New Hampshire that would bar out-of-state students from voting in their college towns. Opponents say the efforts,...

Afghan Elections: A Corrupt 'Free-for-All'

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:48:53 CDT

From stuffing ballot boxes to arresting election workers to, incredibly, haggling over the sales price of a vote, Afghanistan's election is so rife with corruption and fraud that the results are questionable in one-third of its provinces, reports the New York Times. And as a test of Afghanistan's nascent democracy,...

Just in Time for Afghan Election: Fake Voter Cards

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:21:44 CDT

Printers in a Pakistan city near the Afghan border say they have produced thousands of fake voter registration cards at the request of Afghan politicians for use in that country's parliamentary elections on Saturday. The cards, some shown to the AP, add to evidence that fraud could undermine the elections...