Identifying Election Fraud Using Orphan and Low Propensity Voters
Identifying Election Fraud Using Orphan and Low Propensity Voters
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利用孤儿和低倾向选民识别选举舞弊
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2014
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Thomas J. Schultz
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Ray Christensen;Thomas J. Schultz
虽然选民身份法已成为政治辩论的热门话题，但现有的学术研究未能就选举舞弊的存在或频率提供确凿的证据，特别是通过照片身份法和邮寄投票签名验证协议可以防止的舞弊类型。我们提出了一种新的方法来衡量选举舞弊，特别是身份欺诈，这是上级以前的测量工作，因为它措施的实际情况下的欺诈行为，而不是等待在刑事诉讼中产生的欺诈行为的确凿证据。我们在多个司法管辖区测试了我们的方法，包括两个已知的选举欺诈案件，我们没有发现其他欺诈案件。我们推测，公众访问投票和登记记录在防止这种类型的选举欺诈中发挥了重要作用，这表明这些做法在防止选举欺诈方面可能比选民身份证法更重要。
Although voter ID laws have become a hot topic of political debate, existing scholarship has failed to produce conclusive evidence concerning the existence or frequency of electoral fraud, especially the type of fraud that would be prevented by photo identification laws and signature verification protocols for voting by mail. We propose a new method of measuring election fraud, especially identity fraud, that is superior to previous measurement efforts because it measures actual instances of fraud rather than waiting for conclusive proof of fraud produced in a criminal prosecution. We test our method in multiple jurisdictions, including two known cases of electoral fraud, and we find no additional cases of fraud. We speculate that public access to voting and registration records play an important role in preventing this type of election fraud, suggesting that these practices are perhaps more important than voter ID laws in preventing election fraud.