21: Voter Integrity
Voter Integrity to Ensure Honest Elections. Other Information:
Honest elections are the foundation of representative government. We support State efforts to ensure ballot access for the
elderly, the handicapped, military personnel, and all authorized voters. For the same reason, we applaud legislation to require
photo identification for voting and to prevent election fraud, particularly with regard to registration and absentee ballots.
We support State laws that require proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration to protect our electoral system
against a significant and growing form of voter fraud. Every time that a fraudulent vote is cast, it effectively cancels out
a vote of a legitimate voter. Voter fraud is political poison. It strikes at the heart of representative government. We call
on every citizen, elected official, and member of the judiciary to preserve the integrity of the vote. We call for vigorous
prosecution of voter fraud at the State and federal level. To do less disenfranchises present and future generations. We recognize
that having a physical verification of the vote is the best way to ensure a fair election. “Let ambition counter ambition,”
as James Madison said. When all parties have representatives observing the counting of ballots in a transparent process, integrity
is assured. We strongly support the policy that all electronic voting systems have a voter verified paper audit trail. States
or political subdivisions that use all-mail elections cannot ensure the integrity of the ballot. When ballots are mailed to
every registered voter, ballots can be stolen or fraudulently voted by unauthorized individuals because the system does not
have a way to verify the identity of the voter. We call for States and political subdivisions to adopt voting systems that
can verify the identity of the voter.
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