Tom Daschle Quotes

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

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

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.

We are the world’s greatest democracy but we are behind a number of other countries when it come to our voting processes… The good news is that most of these are problems are fixable.

The Voter Expansion Project's mission is clear: Ensure that every eligible citizen can register, every registered voter can vote, and every vote is accurately counted.

The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen's right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship and the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 make it the responsibility of the Department of Justice to protect that right.

My voting rights agenda is not that different from what you'd see in H.R. 1.

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

It's part of the mythology now in the Republican Party that there's widespread voter fraud all across the country. In fact, there's not.

Across the nation, the election protection movement attracts ordinary citizens who educate their neighbors about their voting systems and the private companies that built and run them.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America.

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries.

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.

My hope is that Kansas will be to stopping election fraud what Arizona is to stopping illegal immigration.

I'll be working every day to help elect voting rights champions in Missouri and around the country.

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

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.

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.