Tom Fitton Quotes

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

Voter fraud especially matters when elections are close.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.

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.

We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured.

You've got to jump through all kinds of hoops to vote in America.

No election in the United States is wholly free from human or machine error.

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.

Can you imagine on-line voting. Even when your body has to show up, they manage to cheat somehow.

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.

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

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

Voter fraud happens on both sides of the aisle. And if nothing else, I'm glad Democrats are acknowledging that it exists.

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.

Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs.

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

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

This is not the first time. We’ve had this problem in nearly every election that we administer in the city of Detroit.

I do believe we have voter fraud in America.

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

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.

It is clear that the photo ID requirement is not a solution to a problem but is instead a political ploy to prevent traditionally disenfranchised populations from voting for the candidates of their choice.

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

And when a few noncitizens vote, those can swing a close election.