Picture This: Voter Fraud In NC
Four people, all registered Democrats, have been arrested in connection with voter fraud in Wake County, and at least five others are being sought by authorities, stemming from charges of double-voting in the 2008 presidential election. Republicans have been quick to pounce on the case as a prime example of why Gov. Bev Perdue was wrong to veto the GOP-driven Voter Photo-ID bill.
While Democrats’ frantic efforts to make the case that a Voter ID bill wouldn’t have prevented fraud in this particular instance is largely on target, it misses the point that other remedies, including voter photo ID, can and should be approved to curb the potential for fraud.
Specifically, the state should scuttle same-day registration and dramatically shorten the one-stop, early voting period. Doing so could likely have averted the alleged fraud in Wake County, where the suspects are accused of voting with absentee ballots or at early voting – and on election day.
If early voting ended, well, earlier, it would give elections officials time to update voter rolls in an effort to prevent the type of “vote early, vote often” fraud alleged to have occurred in Wake County. Same-day registration, particularly coupled with no photo ID requirement, practically screams an open invitation for voter fraud.
Don’t expect Democrats to pick up a mantra for change any time soon.
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