Vote Fraud

It's like rattlesnakes around here. If you don't look for them, you'll seldom find one. If you look, however, you'll turn one up fairly shortly.

N.C. decided to do some simple searching. There are several ways to commit vote fraud. You can register at two different addresses using different names, you can pick up mail-in ballots at apartment buildings where the voter has moved, or you can register in two (or more) different states. N.C. decided to have a look at item #3. It's a state where northerners come to for the winter if they don't want to drive all the way to Fla, and it's a place where retirees leave for Fla in the winter.

They compared their voter rolls with those of other states, 3 different states from the sound of it, and voila!

** 765 voters with an exact match of first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in N.C. and the other state in the 2012 general election.** 35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in both states in the 2012 general election.** 155,692 voters with the same first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state – and the latest date of registration or voter activity did not take place within N.C.

That's a lot of extra votes. No telling for whom, of course.

Colorado has its share of vacation homes and snowbirds. I wonder what a cross check between CO and NM, AZ, and CA might bring up.