P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form.

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.

Judicial Watch has taken the lead nationwide in defending state voter ID laws and other commonsense election integrity measures, filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court and in several circuit courts of appeal and trial courts.

We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.

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.

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

To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to apply at least the same standard required to get a library card or to board an airpane?

With same-day registration, no requirement for a valid, dated photo ID for voters is an invitation to fraud and corruption of our electoral process.

I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.

Judicial Watch has a massive project to force states and counties across the nation to clean up their voter rolls.

You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.

Mass mailing ballots to voters depends on voter registration rolls that are notoriously error-ridden.

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws across the country.

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it.

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.

The Democratic Party does not want anybody to have a photo ID because that would have a very negative impact on cheating! If you require a photo ID, that pretty much shuts out cheating. Well, it doesn't shut it out. It just makes it harder, and that's why they don't want it.

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

No voters will be left behind.

The voting business in the South will regulate itself.

The Voting Rights Act is a voter protection act, not a candidate or incumbent protection act.

Elections should be prepared as well as possible and raise as little doubt as possible

There are many fronts in the fight to make voting easier for all.

During my time in the Texas State Legislature, I witnessed firsthand the lack of evidence behind the rampant claims of voter fraud and the obstacles voters would face if the 2011 photo Voter ID were put in place.

There are states with photo ID requirements that don't disenfranchise eligible voters.