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5 voter misinformation campaigns to watch out for
Employer pressure, fake voter purge letters, intimidating billboards, and more.
Pennsylvania ads falsely suggest an ID is required to vote. These should have been removed WEEKS ago.
Know your voting facts for National Voter Registration Day
We have more facts on voting at ThinkProgress.
- Approximately 68 percent of voting age Americans are registered to vote.
- That compares to 100 percent of Argentinians, 97 percent of Brits, 93 percent of Canadians and 77 percent of South Africans.
- Republican officials like Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler both attempted voter purges this year seeking to kick even more people off the voter rolls.
- “A person is more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit in-person voter fraud.”
- One study of Wisconsin voters determined that just .00023 percent of votes are the product of in-person fraud.
Republicans struggle to find examples of voter fraud
Colorado’s GOP Secretary of State, for example, downgraded his estimate from over 10,000 to maybe 35.
BREAKING: Today's Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on voter ID makes it more likely the law will be struck down before the election
Ian Milhiser explains the decision at the link.
