Not the Headlines - Voter Fraud

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I'm Bob Woodley from The Listening Tube. There are a lot of stories in the news about voter fraud right now, just ahead of the midterm elections. This isn't anything new, as voter fraud has been a concern ever since the time Joe Biden ran a campaign from his basement and still beat the incumbent Donald Trump. The common reaction to voter fraud by the media is that it rarely happens, and even if it did, the rarity of it isn't enough to sway an election anyway. Voter fraud is isolated, not widespread, and therefore not worthy of extra attention. A recent story from MSN by James Fortner tells of 1,620 voter fraud cases and 151 arrests. The Department of Homeland Security claimed as much on September 19th. And yes, you could say only 1,600 cases nationwide and 150 arrests. That's no big deal. But the story goes on to say that 300,000 cases are under review. Depending upon the density of those investigations, that could be enough to sway an election. There are a number of ways to commit voter fraud, from filling out someone else's absentee voter ballot to claiming to be a citizen when registering to vote, or stuffing ballot boxes, or, as is the case in Minnesota, vouching for someone who may not be allowed to vote. Despite the myriad ways there are to commit voter fraud, the media insists it doesn't happen enough to make a difference, or that allegations of it are over-exaggerated. But the Trump administration thinks the subject needs more attention and has offered a reward for information about voter fraud. Not just going on now, but voter fraud from past elections as well. If the tip results in a conviction, the tipster could get up to a million dollars for the report. ABC News wants to know where the money to pay for the tips will come from. They remind us that President Trump has made unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the past. The ironic part is that ABC News continues to write stories about voter fraud, and how the Department of Homeland Security is increasing efforts to root out voter fraud, and how citizenship and immigration services will be helping in the efforts. They continue to remind us that voter fraud is exceedingly rare. They even quote the Conservative Leaning Heritage Foundation as saying that there were only one hundred cases of voter fraud by non citizens between nineteen eighty two and two thousand twenty-five. Was there one case in nineteen eighty one and then ninety-nine cases in 2025? Why did their statistical review go back to 1982? Were there a few cases every year? It seems like the media goes out of its way to make voter fraud look insignificant. But is it? The Department of Homeland Security doesn't seem to think so. A DHS press release from October 28th tells of a nationwide voter fraud crackdown. It lists dozens of arrests for voter fraud by people from Honduras, Somalia, Mexico, Cuba, Germany, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Venezuela, and Cambodia. People from all over the world who are not citizens of the United States registering to vote and voting in American elections. Yet the media continues to claim that the problem is minimal. Not just minimal, but rare. Or so claims an associated press story from October 9th. The story refers to claims of voter fraud as horror stories. It says the rare occasions of voter fraud are caught and prosecuted. The story claims that election administrators of both parties, maybe Ali Swenson doesn't know there are more than two, claim there are many safeguards to keep it that way. What she doesn't tell us is that there is a party that doesn't care about voter laws and thinks that everyone should be allowed to vote even if they aren't citizens. I don't want to get too deep into the weeds of Allie's story, but she goes out of the way to justify voter fraud by claiming what had been discovered wouldn't change the outcome anyway. It's just not a big deal. That didn't stop NBC News from publishing a story on September 4th about multiple arrests for voter fraud by people in my home state of Pennsylvania. Yet they couldn't resist adding that President Trump claimed in 2020 that he won the election. Even though the stories are more or less unrelated. The media can't resist the temptation to keep claiming that there's no such thing as voter fraud while they report voter fraud. Ooh, here's another case of voter fraud, but as we've been telling you for a long time now, the actual cases of voter fraud are very rare. It's like the newsman coming on and saying, Here's all the news for today, but there's actually no news. The press simply cannot admit that there is voter fraud going on. They've been telling us for so long that the problem doesn't exist that they would rather continue telling us there's nothing there than admit that there is. Meanwhile, they report the cases of voter fraud that are uncovered while still insisting the occasions are rare. Perhaps they should review their own archives, or better yet, actually investigate how much voter fraud there is instead of parroting that there isn't any.

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Just about every story I could find that addresses the subject of voter fraud tries to in some way defend it. They claim it isn't widespread. They claim it's rare. They claim it simply isn't happening, all while they report on the fact that it is happening. It's like saying there are widespread reports of zombies invading large cities across America, but there's no evidence to suggest it's true. For more on the subject, we now go to New York City, where John Lennon reports on the zombie apocalypse. Over to you, John. Here's the thing. The media and the left think that it's a waste of time to worry about voter fraud as long as they claim it's rare. If it's not a problem, why waste so much energy on it? Well, that's just a distraction. The Democrats are involved in election fraud. The importation of millions of illegal immigrants with the intent of eventually allowing them the right to vote is a major concern. The evidence that many of the illegal immigrants will try to vote is already being observed. For the left and the Democrats to stand in the way of enforcing the laws to prevent illegal immigration and illegal voter registration and illegal voting is a major concern. And it shouldn't be a concern only prior to an election. But there are those who say we shouldn't bring to attention any election related issues prior to an election. If you can't make a case about an election issue within sixty days of an election, you should keep it to yourself. No investigations within sixty days of an election. So all you have to do is keep your secrets until two months before the election. Anything that comes out after that is off limits. As the debacle in Alaska shows, not all election fraud is discovered sixty days prior to the election. In the case of Alaska, it was discovered less than a week before the vote that the Democratic nominee was aware of a plot to deceive the voters of Alaska with a nominee who has the same name as the Republican incumbent. Even though the purpose of the like named nominee was obvious months ago, the issue came to a head just days before the election. That's election fraud, as the like named candidate had no platform, no stand on issues, and not even a road to his house. But the Democrat leadership launched a search for people with the same name as the incumbent to dilute the ballot. Yes, the same party that claims to be trying to save democracy once again subverts it. It's not enough that the Democrats ignore the votes of the people and appoint their candidates, such as Kamala Harris and the guy who replaced Graham Platner in Maine. But they also go out and find fake politicians to skew the results of elections. It's a shame that the Democratic Party has had to reduce itself to such depths. Perhaps they should re-examine their platform instead of cheating. Meanwhile, the Trump administration keeps looking deeper into voter fraud while the opposition keeps insisting that there's nothing to see. It's true that there is nothing to see until it is exposed to the light. It's easy to insist that something doesn't exist as long as it can't be seen. Something kept in the dark can continue to be denied until a light is shown upon it. Today's media, the left wing and liberal advocates who deny there is a problem with election integrity are simply refusing to see what the light allows them to see. And when the election is over it won't matter to them. They'll begin looking for ways to play the system instead of keeping it fair. Meanwhile, they'll pretend to support the status quo because there's no need to worry about elections right now. We won't have another one for two years. Any legislation related to election integrity will be delayed for now because the elections are over and neither side cares right now. There are other things to worry about. All of the politicians are secure in their position for the next two years. But let me ask you this. Did the guy who invented the candle only work on it at night? When it was light out there was no need for an artificial source of light. Why would anyone waste their time working on a source of artificial light when the sun was out? What are you? Nuts? There's plenty of sunshine for everybody. But then when it got dark, it was like, oh yeah, wasn't I working on a solution to that? So you resume to putting your nose to the grindstone to find a solution to the problem of not having any light when the sun went down. But of course, you have to wait until the sun comes up again to see what you're doing. Because you haven't invented the candle yet. But you're working on it. As long as it's light out. While you're working on inventing the candle, you realize that if you already had a candle, you could work on even more things after the sun went down. When it comes to voter fraud, there are those who would rather wait until the sun comes up again to work on the problem instead of using the light we already have to address the problem now. I'm Bob Woodley from the Listening Tube. Follow the listening tube at thelisteningtube.com, where you'll also find This Week in History and interviews with interesting people. Thank you for putting your ear to the listening tube. I'm your host, Bob Woodley, for Thou ad Infinitum.