{"id":369,"date":"2020-06-15T21:58:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/?p=369"},"modified":"2023-02-01T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:00:53","slug":"voter-id-news-week-of-june-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/voter-id-news-week-of-june-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Voter ID News \u2013 Week Of June 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the second Super Tuesday behind us, we have a preview of what an election might look like in November: long lines, malfunctioning voting machines, not enough ballots, and the outcome of many races not determined on election night due to absentee ballots. Needless to say, there is no shortage of news regarding voting and voter ID issues!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>This week&#8217;s question:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s so much talk about \u201cvoter fraud\u201d \u2013 what exactly does this mean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great question. This week, we\u2019ll address one type of voter fraud \u2013 the type of fraud that could occur when a person is voting at the polls. The primary type of in-person fraud is voter impersonation \u2013 someone going to the polls and pretending to be and vote as someone else. Does this happen very often? Not according to any available data, so although it may seem like a concern, it doesn\u2019t appear to happen very often. This is true in states that have voter ID requirements, as well as those that don\u2019t. If you want to read more,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/mail-in-vote-fraud-ballot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here is a great article<\/a>\u00a0on the subject.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>This week\u2019s articles of note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201cLeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 James has announced the creation of a new group to protect Black Americans&#8217; voting rights. He is being joined by other prominent athletes and entertainers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/politics\/lebron-james-voting-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEDITORIAL: Building better ID system for voting and life<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 This editorial explains the ID rules in South Carolina. An interesting take, particularly from a state in the deep South, about voter identification.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thetandd.com\/opinion\/editorial\/editorial-building-better-id-system-for-voting-and-life\/article_c0d1fe49-12bb-5d62-bae3-d190055b0808.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRepublicans recruit 50,000 volunteers to police &#8216;voter fraud&#8217; in November\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Although there are several types of voter fraud, this article details potential strategies being employed by some groups to deter alleged in-person voter fraud.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-2020-vote-volunteers-polling-monitors-november-election-democrats-a9521011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIowa Legislature adjourns after passing budget that includes new voter ID requirements\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In a last-minute move, the Iowa legislature added new requirements for voter ID during early voting.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/06\/14\/iowa-legislature-adjourns-2020-session-budget-voter-id-abortion-felon-voting\/3184423001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the second Super Tuesday behind us, we have a preview of what an election might look like in November: long lines, malfunctioning voting machines, not enough ballots, and the outcome of many races not determined on election night due to absentee ballots. Needless to say, there is no shortage of news regarding voting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-digest","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Voter ID News \u2013 Week Of June 15, 2020 &#8226; VoteRiders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/voter-id-news-week-of-june-15-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voter ID News \u2013 Week Of June 15, 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the second Super Tuesday behind us, we have a preview of what an election might look like in November: long lines, malfunctioning voting machines, not enough ballots, and the outcome of many races not determined on election night due to absentee ballots. 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