Iowa Republican Spent $150,000 To Expose Voter Fraud, Instead Found Nothing Significant

[Tx4obama]

Iowa Republican Spent $150,000 To Expose Voter Fraud, Instead Found Nothing Significant

Eighteen months and $150,000 later, a rigorous voter fraud investigation commissioned by Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R) has failed to produce any statistically significant evidence of voter fraud in Iowa, according to The Des Moines Register.

Since taking office in 2011, Schultz has made safeguarding the ballot box from fraud a top state priority, striking a two-year deal with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation in 2012 that directed $280,000 of federal funds toward voter fraud inquiries. Additionally, a full-time agent was hired and assigned to pursue voter fraud cases.

Although Schultz had expected to unveil “a lot” of voter fraud cases, the investigation so far has yielded just five guilty pleas and five dismissals, The Des Moines Register reported late Sunday.

Of the five guilty pleas, three of them involved felons who had completed their prison terms but whose voting rights had not yet been restored when they went to vote.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/iowa-voter-fraud_n_4455110.html

[UCmeNdc]

1. GOPers sure like to waste tax payer money!

[Arneoker]

2. Piddling results, but our rightwing friends will remind us that fraud is fraud

And that it is still good that these people got caught. We should remind them that one of their favorite causes, tough voter id requirements, would have done nothing to help in the cases where they actually snagged anyone.

[tanyev]

3. Hey, only $30,000 a case for a number so small they are statistically insignificant!

Republicans only whine about wasting taxpayer money for issues they disagree with.

[Gothmog]

4. There is no widespread voter fraud

[RussBLib]

5. so did the Republican acknowledge the lack of real voter fraud?

that's what has to happen, but I doubt that it will because they think this issue plays in their favor. no matter how many studies reveal that voter fraud is not a real issue, they won't let it go.

what we should be focusing on is election fraud, i.e. electronic voting machines with no paper trail.

[Stevepol]

8. Amen, Amen, and Amen!!!!!!!!!!

[DFW]

6. Hell if he's looking for voter fraud, I can direct him

Try looking up Katherine Harris in Florida, Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio, Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Tom DeLay in Texas, the list is endless.

But Iowa? Sorry, I don't know where to look there (and, apparently, neither does Schultz).

[yellowcanine]

7. Did he talk to the livestock at the Iowa State Fair?

I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are registered.

[Enthusiast]

9. This is great!

[sakabatou]

10. Not surprised