GAB Board head discusses vote fraud in Wisconsin

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In the 2010 election I believe there were 7 cases of fraud. Mostly felons trying to vote.

I was trying to get people to watch with an open mind. The whole interview is remarkably cool and calm considering the heated atmosphere in Wisconsin.

A common sense view might be helpful. How much difference does each vote make? The answer is not much. (Margin of victory for Walker last time was 50,000.) Rancid Prebus said fraud would be 1-2% which if two million vote would amount to 20,000 to 40,000 votes. Hard to imagine how that many fraudulent votes could be spread over some 2,000 precincts. You’d need 5,000 or 10,000 people willing to risk their freedom in order to add that many.

Now, if we’re talking about hacking Diebold voting machines like the Republicans did in Ohio in 2004, the task becomes far more managable.

But that’s not what Prebus was implying.

Under ordinary circumstances, you’re right – with ordinary (even “close” ordinary") the margins are so great that it’s highly unlikely fraudulent votes are decisive.

But occasionally (Florida presidential, 2000; Washington governor, 2004) the race become razor thin. In Washington in 2004, Christine Gregoire became governor by a margin of 129 votes.

The problem with not fixing the issue now is that after the fact, when everyone is scrambling to support their side, it becomes impossible.

The reason to fear voter fraud is not the election where the margin is 10,000. It’s the odd election where the margin is 100.