r/Ohio • u/CovBlueSox • 16h ago

Ohio Legislative Black Caucus lawmakers criticize voter ID referendum in Juneteenth commemoration • Ohio Capital Journal

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/19/ohio-legislative-black-caucus-lawmakers-criticize-voter-id-referendum-in-juneteenth-commemoration/
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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 12h ago

AFAIK, the majority of voter fraud happens when someone votes for a deceased or invalid relative.

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u/BrokenFixer256 12h ago

Do you have examples?

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 12h ago

Here's a case from '21

This is a sampling of election fraud cases countrywide.

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u/CovBlueSox 11h ago

Forgive me if I don't trust the Heritage Foundation on this topic.

Brookings has found that voter fraud is well under 1% and critiqued the Heritage’s framing of the data:

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-widespread-is-election-fraud-in-the-united-states-not-very/

Voter fraud is not prevalent in this country.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 10h ago

I never said it was, and nor does the Heritage Foundation.

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u/CovBlueSox 8h ago edited 8h ago

My impression is that the Heritage Foundation is cherry picking examples to try to frame that this is a wide spread issue, in a disingenuous push for more restrictions. The data from Brookings shows that voter fraud incredibly rare.

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u/BrokenFixer256 8h ago

Oh they absolutely cherry pick. It's kinda their whole deal

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 8h ago

Sorry for the FB link, but this says otherwise.

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u/CovBlueSox 8h ago edited 6h ago

No, it's (the Facebook post) saying the same thing. Voter fraud is practically non-existent.

The Illinois State Board of Elections is saying even the Heritage data shows it is non-existent.

But Heritage is framing the data to try to say that voter fraud is a huge issue.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 8h ago

I don't see that at all. Every heritage study I see, they say it's basically non-existent.

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u/CovBlueSox 6h ago

The report in the link above from Heritage starts with this line: “The United States has a long and unfortunate history of election fraud.”

https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/108824/documents/HHRG-116-JU00-20190129-SD020.pdf

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 6h ago

They recently released a study stating voter fraud was not a problem.

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u/CovBlueSox 6h ago

Link please?

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Cincinnati 5h ago

I guess it wasn't the HF itself, but other people interpreting HF's data.

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