Sonny Perdue Quotes

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's inconceivable that you don't have to show identification in order to vote or that that the identification doesn't have to be somewhat foolproof.

I think that, you know, looking at all the systems that I've been studying over the last several years, that paper ballots with a precinct optical scan counters and random audits is the best system that we can have.

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

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.

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.

I'm insisting, quite unapologetically, on the need to have these appropriate security measures in place to protect the voters, which is my principal charge.

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.

That every elector, before he is admitted to vote, shall, if required by the returning-officer or either of the inspectors, take an oath, or, if of the people called Quakers, an affirmation, of allegiance to the State.

… we have had many, many cases of non-citizens registered to vote prior to our new legislation.

Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.

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

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

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

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.

As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.

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