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Home Front: Politix
McConnell: No Federal Money for Investigating Voter Fraud
2017-02-07
McConnell told CNN's Jake Tapper that, although there are instances of voter fraud, he believes that it's not "as widespread as Trump claims" and that combating voter fraud should be an issue "best left to the states" instead of the federal government.

"Election fraud does occur," he told CNN's State of the Union, adding that "there's no evidence that occurred in such a significant number that it would have changed the presidential election."

"I don't think we ought to spend any federal money investigating that. I think the states can take a look at this issue. Many of them have tried to tighten their voter rolls, tried to purge people who are dead," McConnell said.
As long as the Justice Department does not continue interfering the way it did under President Obama, the states will be able to handle it just fine. In quite a few of them True the Vote has already done yeoman's work for free.
Posted by:Iblis

#13  Fuck him.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-02-07 23:52  

#12  The thing is, even if it didn't change the Presidential election it might very well have changed a number of Congressional districts and should be investigated.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-02-07 16:05  

#11  More likely the esteemed Senator from Kentucky is concerned that it might also extend into his home state.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-02-07 14:11  

#10  He's gonna leave it the Gov. Moonbeam to tighten the voter rolls in California? The man is a fool.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-02-07 11:25  

#9  
"there's no evidence that occurred in such a significant number that it would have changed the presidential election."


"If they don't look, they can't find what we deny exists, so we'll prevent them from looking..."
Posted by: ptah   2017-02-07 11:12  

#8  Are we sure McConnell didn't get any Soros money?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-02-07 10:29  

#7  No Money? Where did Obama find the millions/billions to bless the UN, Paleos, et al?

"there's no evidence that occurred in such a significant number that it would have changed the presidential election."

Oh, what about Senate (re:MN) and house races old man?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-02-07 09:07  

#6  A perfect example of the "Inner Party" mentality.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-02-07 08:32  

#5  Until 2013 the Federal Government was in de-facto charge of elections in southern, which were predominately Democrat, states. In June 2013, in a huge blow to democracy perfectly rational decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula used for Section 5 of the VRA, which required jurisdictions with significant histories of voter discrimination to “pre-clear” any new voting practices or procedures, i.e., get federal approval from the Department of Justice, and show that they do not have a discriminatory purpose or effect.
Importantly, however, the 5-4 decision did not strike down Section 5 itself, leaving it to Congress to devise a new coverage formula. The ACLU is working with Congress to do just that.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2017-02-07 07:41  

#4  States are in charge of their own elections.
Posted by: newc   2017-02-07 01:08  

#3  You can't be a crazy fool if you quote Blazing Saddles.
To me, you are perfectly sane.
Posted by: newc   2017-02-07 01:07  

#2  If it's a matter best left to the states, then the federal government ought to get out of the way.
Posted by: gorb   2017-02-07 00:50  

#1  California, Oregon, and Washington will never investigate Voter Fraud if left to their own devices. They have to protect their phoney-baloney jobs at all costs.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-02-07 00:16  

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