Executive Fraud Blog

Government Focus on Individual Voting Fraud

Critics recently have claimed that the government's decision to target individuals in suspected voting fraud has been an attempt to deter voting of minorities and the poor. The New York Times claims that there were only 86 voting fraud convictions in the last year therefore is not as pervasive and the type of person "illegally" voting is not the type of "criminal" officials have lead the public to believe. One particular case cited was a woman on probation that when she went to vote was unaware that in that particular state it was against the law. After an attempt to rescind her vote she was denied that right and later charge for voting fraud. Another example is of a foreign US resident that was given a voting registration care upon completing his driver's license renewal at the DMV. After sending in the application he was later deported for trying to illegally vote.

It seems that the biggest concern in voting fraud prevention is insuring that the automated machines are properly calibrated and absentee ballots are not lost. These will continue to be significant issues in the 2008 presidential election.