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Wisconsin Recall: A Conservative Case for Election Day Registration

Abby RapoportJun 11, 2012
(Flickr/Katri Niemi)

As the nation waited for the Wisconsin recall results to come in, Twitter began to light up with conservative claims of voter fraud. "Please @ me with any stories of #WI #WIrecall voter fraud," tweeted conservative radio host and pundit Dana Loesch around 11 a.m.  She noted stories on busing voters in across state lines and on supposedly suspicious high turn-out rates. "It's not 'fraud' if you didn't cheat enough to rob voters of the lawmakers they choose," she wrote. 

Others joined in. 

Pre-Gaming the Election

Sarah LaskowJun 20, 2011

Every election season, before the contest begins choking news cycles, state governments try to pass laws and regulations that will help push one party or another to victory. Republicans and Democrats tweak election laws that detail who can vote, when, where and how easy it will be, all in the belief that these administrative structures can predetermine, to a certain extent, which types of voters will come to the polls and therefore which party will have an edge.

Texas GOP Pulling Out All the Stops to Intimidate Voters

Patrick CaldwellMay 13, 2011

The Texas legislature just can't stop tinkering with their voting laws. Earlier this week, I detailed two new bills that are primarily designed to limit access to the polls: one requires voters to present photo identification, the other puts restrictions on who can register new voters.

Mark Schmitt on Fair Elections.

The EditorsFeb 25, 2010

Interested in the Fair Elections Now Act? Follow along as Prospect executive editor Mark Schmitt explains how the legislation could improve campaigns.

--The Editors