On Monday, federal authorities announced the arrest in California of at least 11 people, and charges against 28, alleging they registered to vote as noncitizens.
Whoa! 28 people! That’s essentially zero, statistically speaking, which is exactly what knowledgeable people have been saying for years: that voter fraud is basically non-existent, and that it’s not at all worth spending millions of dollars to combat.
more than likely its soundbites for faux, to make the boomers and righties go to the polls and ignore the WAR in iran, oil, farmer, tourism problems. california isnt going to turn to gop instantly.
And keep in mind that they’ve done nothing to actually verify that A) the people they’ve arrested are not citizens and B) that if they are not, that they actually registered to vote. In their own words, the list is of “likely non-citizens.” So basically, they have a list of people who are permanent residents. If you, a citizen, happen to have the same name as someone on that list, and you’re registered to vote, you are at risk of being arrested. Or, vice versa, if a person on that list has the same name as someone registered to vote, they might get arrested even though they did nothing wrong.
Didn’t they also demand California to not count another 20 000 ballots unless they are all investigated (a practical impossibility in the short time) so it’s a bit more being demanded?
Whoa! 28 people! That’s essentially zero, statistically speaking, which is exactly what knowledgeable people have been saying for years: that voter fraud is basically non-existent, and that it’s not at all worth spending millions of dollars to combat.
It’s the chilling effect. They are trying to scare the general population out of showing up at the polls.
more than likely its soundbites for faux, to make the boomers and righties go to the polls and ignore the WAR in iran, oil, farmer, tourism problems. california isnt going to turn to gop instantly.
And keep in mind that they’ve done nothing to actually verify that A) the people they’ve arrested are not citizens and B) that if they are not, that they actually registered to vote. In their own words, the list is of “likely non-citizens.” So basically, they have a list of people who are permanent residents. If you, a citizen, happen to have the same name as someone on that list, and you’re registered to vote, you are at risk of being arrested. Or, vice versa, if a person on that list has the same name as someone registered to vote, they might get arrested even though they did nothing wrong.
its the time of the year again, create sound bites for faux news to consme, that dems are rigging elections
to distract from actual voter fraud the GOP is actually doing. voter suppression, ballot purging, closing count immediately as a gop is in the lead.
It affects a handful of people directly but it’s intended to intimidate many more.
Didn’t they also demand California to not count another 20 000 ballots unless they are all investigated (a practical impossibility in the short time) so it’s a bit more being demanded?
These are charges, not convictions.
And given the trump admins current track record of voter fraud cases I expect all 28 cases to go nowhere.