Mercedes Schlapp Quotes

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 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.

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?

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.

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.

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

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

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

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

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.

Voter confidence depends on the clean elections.

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.

Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.

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.

I believe same-day registration has to be part of comprehensive reform of our voting systems that will also restore pre-clearance, shorten lines at polls, and ensure that no one who wants to vote is denied their constitutional right.

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

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

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

First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.

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.

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted.