Voting Regulations Quotes

There are states with photo ID requirements that don't disenfranchise eligible voters.

First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.

Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation on Thursday, leaves a dismal legacy at the Justice Department, but one of his legal innovations was especially pernicious: the demonizing of state attempts to ensure honest elections.

A lot of states that pass voter ID laws have little to no evidence of in-person voter impersonation fraud, which is the only kind of fraud that voter ID laws could guard against.

With same-day registration, no requirement for a valid, dated photo ID for voters is an invitation to fraud and corruption of our electoral process.

I think in the real world that's probably correct. That would give federal matching funds. It would mean no more ballot access woes.

In some states, you can vote a straight party ticket, but you can't vote for individual candidates.

That every elector, before he is admitted to vote, shall, if required by the returning-officer or either of the inspectors, take an oath, or, if of the people called Quakers, an affirmation, of allegiance to the State.

Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that's not just a fun little historical factoid. It actually has huge ramifications. It's the reason our system is so decentralized - in other words, chaotic.

Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.

There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.

Each county elector makes his own rules

The right to vote ... depends on the legislation of the various States

It's inconceivable that you don't have to show identification in order to vote or that that the identification doesn't have to be somewhat foolproof.

Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states.

No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.

[Voter ID laws] are now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than of fraud prevention.

You don't get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?

As if this whole thing isn't confusing enough, election officials announced this week that the alphabet on the ballot will begin with the letter R, then W, then Q. You know, even Sesame Street is laughing at California now.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

… we have had many, many cases of non-citizens registered to vote prior to our new legislation.

You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.

In the United States, you might say every county has got its own separate system. There's not even one kind of ballot that you use all over the United States. We require that in a foreign country.