Posted by
Team Turk on Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:47:05 PM
From United Press International:
Claims of widespread voter fraud at U.S. polling booths are exaggerated, an independent report done for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission says.
The report was prepared by Tova Wang, an elections expert at the Century Foundation think tank and Arkansas lawyer Job Serebrov four months ago but not made public.
It claims most election fraud occurs in the absentee ballot process, such as through coercion or forgery, but that other crimes are overstated, USA Today reported.
"There is widespread but not unanimous agreement that there is little polling-place fraud, or at least much less than is claimed, including voter impersonation, 'dead' voters, non-citizen voting and felon voters," the report said.