I actually agree with everything you said. As I have mentioned earlier, I am not opposed to voter ID, as long as the required ID is made free and readily available so that issues of cost and access do not disenfranchise anyone.
why didn't you say that in the first place? Every state voter ID law I have heard of includes provisions for free picture ID. That hasn't stopped Mostly liberal Democrats from trying to stop those laws.
You can also look up ACORN and the organizations they spawned since they close/changed names.
http://www.ktrh.com/pages/michaelberry.html?article=10521449http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/23/voter-fraud-houston-tea-party-truethevote-texas/This one is about a local Houston group that started with public data.
IMO, most of the fraud is small enough it is unlikely to affect major elections, but a lot of local city/state elections have very low turnout and could easily be swayed by this stuff.
The problem with asking for proof is national media is rarely interested. If you do some searches, there are lots of articles, but most are local and find small pockets of fraud. There have been hints of larger operations such as ACORN. IMO, requiring ID to vote and register is an easy step that could clean up a lot of this and make it more difficult. Personally, I blame motor voter laws that allow 3rd parties to turn in registrations for other people. That opens the door pretty wide for this stuff.
