Comments by "Triple 9" (@Betta66) on "Pelosi Fearmongers, Says Trump may Contest Election Results" video.
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@ootmaster1 (facepalm)
Seriously?
Okay, fine, you clearly need this spelled out for you.
Does voter fraud happen? Yes. But statistically speaking, it's virtually nonexistent. And if it wasn't, the White House has done a terrible job of proving it. Sean Spicer once said ""I think there's been studies. There's one that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens. There's other studies that have been presented to him. It's a belief he maintains."
There is no study that shows 14 percent of the votes cast in 2008 were cast by noncitizens. That would've added up to over 18 million fraudulent votes, which is implausible because the total noncitizen population in the 2010 census was about 22.5 million. As for the study that "came out of Pew in 2008," it actually came out in 2012, and it’s about outdated voter rolls -- not fraudulent votes. The study found that about 24 million, or one in every eight, voter registrations in the United States are inaccurate or no longer valid, but it did not find evidence of actual voter fraud. The study was about record-keeping that is badly managed and in disarray. Meanwhile, the study that showed "14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens" was widely criticized for its methodology.
Furthermore, one investigative team found 56 cases of noncitizens voting between 2000 and 2011.
So yes, it happens, but it's so rare that you have a better chance of winning the lottery twice than spotting voter fraud.
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