Chris Matthews Quotes

No election in the United States is wholly free from human or machine error.

Voter fraud is almost non-existent. People don't just show up on election day, trying to impersonate other people.

Pretending that voter fraud does not exist puts the integrity of our voting process at risk.

It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold.

Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.

It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud during the 2016 elections or any relatively recent election.

America's elections are the foundation of our democracy - so protecting them is a priority for the FBI and our partners.

The security and integrity of our election system remains paramount.

You know, when you have a million plus names on the rolls, people who aren't voting or are inactive, dead, people who have moved away, that's a massive pool of potential voter fraud opportunities for those who want to be able to steal elections.

There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels out the votes of citizens who are exercising their rights - that's suppression by any light.

In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly.

When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote.

We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured.

I don't think New Mexicans know how many people vote illegally.

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems.

Democrats tend to always encourage people to vote – whether they are alive or dead.

All voting systems are capable of being corrupted. most of them have been or will be ... simply because voting is the way we determine who gets power in this great country.

It seems to me there has been some systematic disenfranchisement of voters … because people haven’t cared enough to spend the money to have good voting systems and voter education.

How shall those who practice election frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is the first condition and obligation of good citizenship? The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance.

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.

We have confidence in the overall integrity of our electoral system. It is diverse, subject to local control, and has many checks and balances built in.