Conservative-types tell us that regulations on corporations and the rich people that own them are bad. But they are the first to pile the regulations on the heads of human beings. Regulations like Voter-ID. In the UK, to prevent ONE verifiable case of voter impersonation in 2017, new Voter ID laws stopped thousands of citizens from voting. Who is really committing election fraud?
Mark Stallard Explains
---- sources and additional reading ---
https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/04/far-fewer-people-turned-away-voting-led-believe-7521142/
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-and-research/media-centre/press-releases/thousands-of-voters-turned-away-from-polling-stations-in-mandatory-id-trials/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harry-neufeld-sees-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-but-others-disagree-1.2587871
This week’s UK Voter ID in action - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/03/uk-voters-turned-away-polling-stations-id-trial
Changes to Manitoba election rules - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/new-manitoba-election-rules-tilt-in-favour-of-tories-1.4035196
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/electoral-fraud/data-and-analysis
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/239973/Fraud-allegations-data-report-2017.pdf
2.15 As shown in Chart 2 below, the number of cases in each category of
alleged electoral fraud offences recorded by police forces during 2017 were:
• Voting –104 cases, accounting for 31% of all reported cases
• Campaign – 165 cases, accounting for 49% of all reported cases
• Nomination – 25 cases, accounting for 7% of all reported cases
• Registration – 36 cases, accounting for 11% of all reported cases
• Administration –3 cases, accounting for 1% of all reported cases
• Miscellaneous – 3 cases, accounting for 1% of all reported cases
Chart 2: Number of cases in each category of alleged electoral fraud offences reported in 2017
