Democrats use coronavirus as excuse to try eliminating safeguards against election fraud

Fox News

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

April 18, 2020



"Imagine an election where a ballot is sent to a person regardless of eligibility, signed by someone else, picked up and delivered by a campaign operative, and still counted. If Democrats got their way, that is what would happen in Nevada this June, and nationwide in November.



"Democrats have sued Nevada in an attempt to block the state from enforcing election laws on the books in their upcoming primary. Their demands? Nevada must suspend its prosecution of ballot harvesters, where the practice is illegal, and refuse to allow election officials to verify signatures on ballots, contrary to state law. They claim this basic check to see whether a ballot is from the same voter who signed up to vote is “not needed to ensure the integrity of the election.”

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"But why wait to sow confusion and doubt after an election when Democrats can before? That is their ongoing campaign to remove voting safeguards through the courts, and now, using a pandemic to fundamentally upend the way we vote to further their political aims.

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"Democrats also want ballots sent to 'all registered voters in Nevada,' regardless if the voter has moved away. This would increase the amount of ballots in circulation far beyond those eligible to vote.



"For its primary, Nevada is providing mail-in ballots to active voters, but not inactive ones. Registrations are marked “inactive” only after officials have received reliable information such as from the U.S. Postal Service that the voter has moved and fails to respond to a mailing asking the voter to confirm his or her address. It is critical mail-in voting has these safeguards, given fraud is easier by mail, and states are known to have millions of dead and ineligible voters on their rolls.

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"Democrats are using 'social distancing' as an excuse to allow campaign operatives to traffic in ballots, and stop the enforcement of crucial voter integrity laws. In Nevada, it is a felony for a person to handle a ballot other than their own. The law already has an exception for a voter to allow an authorized family member to return their ballot, making Democrats’ excuses ring hollow.



"It is not really about social distancing. If it were, Democrats would not want to put their campaign operatives at risk by sending them door-to-door to handle thousands of ballots.



"The only thing Democrats are consistent on is their mission to gut voting integrity. And their hypocrisy."



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Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

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