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Election integrity shouldn’t be a partisan issue
A school crossing guard stops cars for voters entering a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Arizonans can all agree: it should be easy to vote but hard to cheat.
The Arizona Legislature has heard dozens of bills this session that are intended to renew trust in our elections by ensuring that every legal vote counts. This week, it is important for them to consider SB1713 and SB1485 to secure our early voting system. Arizonans support these measures, and our legislators should continue working with Gov. Ducey to secure our elections.
The rhetoric that earned the president Four Pinocchios
The stability of any democracy depends on the widespread perception of voters that if their candidates or views do not prevail in this election, they may well prevail in the next election. And that perception, in turn, requires that voters view the playing field as an even one.
The very first piece of legislation passed by the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives H.R. 1, titled the “For the People Act” seeks to do just the opposite by nationalizing federal election law to an unprecedented degree, and making permanent a set of election procedures originally introduced in 2020 in response to COVID-19 and the fears of many voters of casting ballots in person. Those procedures would over time render in-person Election Day voting a relic of the past and dramatically increase the opportunities for fraud, thereby reducing citizens’ confidence in the integrity of the election system.
Caleb Morrison
Spring 2019 member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation This latest research confirms that states are justified in enacting voter ID laws to protect their electoral integrity. Hero Images/Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Voter ID laws don’t “suppress” anyone’s vote.
Among a variety of minority groups and political affiliations, no significant change in turnout occurred after voter ID laws went into effect.
The reality is, election fraud often goes undetected; even when it is discovered, investigators and prosecutors often opt to take no action.
Less than one week after Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams made inflammatory claims in her State of the Union response about an epidemic of “voter suppression” jeopardizing the character of our nation, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a study that demonstrates once again that voter ID laws have no measurable impact on
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