# No Such Thing as Voter Fraud?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-voter-fraud/514613>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-voter-fraud/514613 "2009-10-21T15:44:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-voter-fraud/514613/97 "2010-04-29T14:17:16Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> I don’t see how the evidence cited in the OP proves that voter fraud exists. What it demonstrates is election fraud. The voters were innocent victims when absentee ballots were cast in their names; the voter committed no fraud. If ballot boxes were stuffed with bogus absentee ballots, that is not voter fraud. Voter fraud is when a voter registers illegally, or casts more than one vote in different jurisdictions.

Not to worry, **Fear Itself**. I have found some more convincing evidence that voter fraud exists.:

> [@When is a US citizen required to prove it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-us-citizen-required-to-prove-it/537525/33):
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> My ex was not a citizen (had a green card), but had no problem registering to vote (California). She voted in at least one presidential election that I was aware of, but she claimed she had always voted.

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