Before every election, it seems that the Republicans start screaming "voter fraud". They warn of illegal immigrants voting, or people voting multiple times using different names or in in different precincts. The claims are all empty of course - there's never any evidence of widespread voter fraud, but they manage to dig up that one instance to insinuate that there is much more going on. The reality is that Democrats just want everyone to vote and for all votes to be counted.
Republicans know they will lose if that happens, which is why
they commit the REAL "voter fraud". Their #1 tactic is to purge people from the voting rolls, and then push to disallow as many provisional ballots as possible. They also enact voter ID laws, claiming everyone needs a photo ID to do nearly anything. Yet per the Constitution, everyone has a right to vote - even the homeless (which would include the homeless veterans they claim to care so much about). It's
voter suppression - not people voting when or where they shouldn't - that is the REAL voter fraud.
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