[EL] Philly voter fraud report

[Justin Levitt]

The report out of Philadelphia may be "unscientific" -- in the sense 
that its sample of canvassed precincts wasn't random -- and I suspect 
that the timing is not accidental.  But it does appear to be an attempt 
to document irregularities with real research and primary documentary 
evidence.  Though it's important to conduct careful investigation 
<http://www.truthaboutfraud.org/pdf/Investigator%27s%20Guide%20to%20Voter%20Fraud.pdf> 
before making allegations of fraud (as I would hope it would be 
important to investigate before alleging any criminal activity), the 
sort of sleuthing seen in the Philly report is quite rare.  Moreover, 
the policy recommendations in the report are actually (largely) related 
to the investigative findings, which is another rarity.  If a fraction 
of the allegations of fraud did a fraction of this degree of research 
first, we'd all be much better informed.

Justin

On 7/20/2012 9:31 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>
>
>     "Even Shoddy Schmidt Report Shows 'Voter Fraud' Is a Fake Problem"
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37200>
>
> Posted on July 19, 2012 1:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37200> 
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Keystone Politics 
> <http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2012/07/even-shoddy-schmidt-report-shows-voter-fraud-is-fake-problem/>: 
> "I think the correct way to understand why Al Schmidt was willing to 
> put his name on this hilariously unscientific "study" on voting 
> irregularities 
> <http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Schmidt-says-fraud-Singer-says-stunt-over-report-on-Philly-voting-irregularities.html> 
> in Philly is that conservative politicians, pundits and blog 
> trolls needed a passable comeback to the overwhelming evidence that 
> voter fraud is a fake thing 
> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/19/is-voter-fraud-a-fraud.html>."
>
> Posted in election administration 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, fraudulent fraud squad 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting Wars 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> | Comments Off
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://webshare.law.ucla.edu/Listservs/law-election/attachments/20120720/01c369c0/attachment.html>