DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz released a report today regarding the findings of investigations into voter fraud by the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
“I asked DCI to review these cases to make sure no votes by eligible Iowans were being cancelled out by illegal voters. Unfortunately, DCI did find that at least 117 illegal votes have been cast and another 17 cases are still being investigated,” Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz said. “While the majority of Iowans are honest and trustworthy, there are some people not following the law and rather than turn a blind eye to this issue, we need to confront it. Every vote is precious and Iowans expect nothing less than fair and honest elections.”
So far, DCI has found that 117 illegal votes have been cast and 17 cases are still currently being investigated out of 238 investigations done by DCI. County attorneys have brought charges against 27 of the individuals. Six individuals were found guilty, one individual was found not guilty, four cases were dismissed, one individual received deferred prosecution and 15 cases are still in the court system.
In addition to those 238 investigations, referrals have been or will be made in another 100 cases of possible double voting, 74 cases in which non-citizens registered to vote but did not cast a ballot, and 682 possible election day registration irregularities.
Well, I guess this proves that there is not a voter fraud problem after-all. Voter ID is just another way to keep people from voting. What a crock of $hit.
I think there was voter fraud in the last election in Mason City….Jim
Some Republicans have become quite expert at proving their own stupidity and anti-Americanism.
Matt Schultz is a tool, wasting taxpayer money.
The investigation revealed found an infinitesimal number of illegal votes cast and zero cases of impersonation at the polls.
That means, at most, the investigation found a 0.008427933% rate of voter fraud.
Not to mention that a Voter ID law would not have prevented these cases mentioned.
Schultz makes me uneasy. I often wonder if he is sleazy or a good Republican. Hmmm. Just not sure.
What a great reminder that softball season is here.
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, is clearly lying about this then. I’ve read it for myself and many people have said there isn’t any voter fraud and Schultz was blowing this issue out of proportion for his own personal gain.
If the democrats say there isn’t voter fraud, then that’s good enough for me. ;’)
@Buzz-Boy you got that right. Everyone knows the Democrats never lie about anything do they. And, you can keep your doctor and insurance if you want, and Libya was the fault of a Christian Video. And of course one of the better ones, I didn’t have sex with that woman. Yep, you can trust everything they tell you.
……. And there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the Iraq war has nothing to do with my rich big oil company buddies……,…. Oh wait that was George Bush and he’s republican so that must be true!
Yes, all that and Mitt’s comment that 47% of Americans are people who don’t take personal responsibility. Oh wait, Mitt said he didn’t mean what he said so that is ok too.