The guest speakers were Kris Kobain, Kansas Secretary of State, Scott Gessler, Colorado Secretary of State, and Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote. All three are very much dedicated to the task of reducing fraud and cheating at the polls, which is crucial to retain some semblance of a legitimate republican form of government. But in the Age of Obama and Holder, standing up for election integrity creates almost inevitable friction with the left.
The forum was chaired by Hans Von Spakovsky, an attorney and author well known for his work in this area and currently a Heritage fellow.
One subject noted to be lacking from today's discussion was the issue of fraudulent VOTE COUNTING, which reared its ugly head in the last presidential election, notably in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
“The Republican Party made an agreement 30 years ago with the Democrat Party NOT to ensure voting integrity and NOT to pursue suspected vote fraud.
This all goes back to a lawsuit 31 years ago, in 1981. The following is compiled from an account on The Judicial View, a legal website specializing in court decision research and alerts, and from “Democratic National Committee v Republican National Committee,” Case No. 09-4615.”
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-gop-wont-challenge-vote-fraud.html
It isn't that difficult to discover when the totals are tallied-- any of over votes (total votes for any one office greater than the total number of people who votes), huge result variances from the precinct's history and the like point to possible corruption.
I'm an election judge for our precinct. The head of our election bureau makes it very clear that we will be held accountable if these type of things happen in our precinct.
Many precincts (including ours) have a difficult time fully staffing for elections, believe it or not. Conservatives would be wise to volunteer for these duties as a good, balanced election board is the first line of defense.
Here's something optimistic I hadn't known about until today's conference: there's an interstate voter registration cross-check program participated in currently by twenty some-odd states. The purpose is to detect and remove (from all but one state) registrants who are registered in multiple states. Since voting in the same federal election in multiple states is a federal crime, the cross-check program, at least theoretically, can be used to apprehend such offenders. It can also discourage others who may be thinking of voting in multiple states from doing so. Apparently, the interstate registration cross-check program was the brainchild of Kansas SOS Kris Kobain.
This should be one of a GOP President’s top priorities for the DOJ. Clean up the voting system.