Preserving the great experiment that is the American Republic depends on free, fair, and honest elections. Whether selecting a city mayor or the President of the United States, every American must be able to trust the process and the result; otherwise, the democratic system breaks down. As an eligible citizen, you must know that your vote is not being stolen or diluted by thieves, fraudsters, or preventable errors. “Every vote that is fraudulently manufactured disenfranchises the legitimate voter and makes a mockery of our political process.”1
Elections are avenues to political power and prestige. There will always be those who would rather steal an election than risk losing. Some mistakenly claim there is not enough fraud to justify commonsense election integrity efforts, but as the National Commission on Federal Election Reform said, the problem “is not the magnitude of [voter] fraud. In close or disputed elections, and there are many, a small amount of fraud could make the margin of difference.”2
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1. In re Report of the Special January 1982 Grand Jury, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, No. 82 GJ 1909, December 14, 1984, p. 26, https://sites.duke.edu/pjms364s_01_ s2016_jaydelancy/files/2016/04/Report-of-the-Special-Grand-Jury-US-District-Court-NE-Illinois-.pdf (accessed July 24, 2025) (order directing Office of the United States Attorney to publish the report)
2. Commission on Federal Election Reform, Building Confidence in U.S. Elections: Report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform, September 2005, p. 18, https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/eac_assets/1/6/Exhibit%20M.PDF (accessed July 24, 2025)