In 2024 there were 343,000,000 people in America and 153,000,000 of them voted. Surprisingly, Donald Trump didn’t claim or discover any voter fraud in 2024. Whereas in 2020 Trump claimed he had lost because of voter fraud, but he couldn’t prove any existed.
So the Trump right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation, which spearheaded the now infamous Project 2025, created the “Election Fraud Database” for which a grand total of 20 cases were brought in 2024, with charges ranging from ineligible voting to false registrations, duplicate voting, and ineligible voting.”
20 CASES OUT OF 153,000,000 VOTES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FRAUD!
Mike Lawler’s claim (“safeguarding our elections from potential foreign interference is a good thing”) is misdirection. Foreigners may be promoting candidates but they’re not voting.
And the consequences of his SAVE Act is foisting a real fraud against all Americans.
Lawler’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act requires all American citizens registering to vote or updating their registration information to appear in person and present proof of citizenship.
Proof would be a birth certificate, or a US passport (which requires a birth certificate). Government-issued driver’s licenses including REAL IDs or military or tribal IDs do not qualify as proof. Fewer than half of all Americans have a valid passport.
It’s worse for married women who changed their last name to be their married name, which does not match their birth name. It’s estimated that 69,000,000 women are in this situation, and their voting rights are being attacked.
Lawler’s disenfranchisement act doesn’t state what to do if one’s married name doesn’t match one’s birth name. If you get a chance you should ask him.
Next time he takes a break from voting against Medicaid, the 911 Victims Fund, education, cancer research, funding for projects in his district which he touts as having secured, and so much more, ask him why he continues to perpetuate a lie about voter fraud, and why he wants to take away your voting rights.
Mark Lieberman, Yorktown
