Barack Obama Quotes

If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.

Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Russian interference in our democracy. We need to get to the facts and learn lessons to prevent future misconduct by foreign governments.

I do believe we have voter fraud in America.

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

Even if AAP wins municipal elections we will continue to demand probe into EVM tampering because it threatens the base of democracy.

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there is some fraudulent act.

I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

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.

People don't wake up to go to vote and then have their ballot not counted.

If you go in to vote, and you are no longer confident that the vote that you put in is the way it's going to get recorded because you don't know if the Russians or someone else have gotten into the voting system, that undercuts your trust in the democratic process.

The very foundation of our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections.

Clearly, dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections.

Our elections are too important to risk even the appearance of impropriety.

We distrust the electronic vote here.

Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.

Mail-in voting is a proven and significant threat to election integrity.

We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election process in our country.

We deserve elections we can trust.

We cannot have foreign governments interceding in our elections.

I remember a case where I was associate attorney general where 720 dead people voted in Chicago in the 1982 election. I remember in my own election about 60 dead people voted. So I can't sit here and tell you that they don't cheat.

We know for a fact the Russians tried to change the outcome of our election, attacking the very fundamental of democracy. We know they did that. We need to know how, we need to know why, and most of all we need to know what to do to prevent this kind of activity, which they continue to carry on in free nations around the world.

I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.

The Russian people deserve free and fair elections. They deserve to have a democracy.

US needs to fix up it's election system so that votes are fairly counted, and the Electoral College is removed.