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Petitions urge probe of O’Keefe in balloting case
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CONCORD — Various activist groups presented 109,931 petition signatures to Attorney General Michael Delaney urging him to investigate the alleged voter fraud committed by activist James O’Keefe.
According to news reports, O’Keefe sent people into the polls in some communities to ask for ballots using the names of recently deceased people who were still on the checklist.
“Right-wing activists like James O’Keefe desperately want to convince American voters that widespread voter fraud threatens our elections, just so that they can pass restrictive laws that keep eligible Americans from casting ballots,” Diallo Brooks, field director at People for the American Way, said at a press conference Thursday.
The petitions urge Delaney and U.S. Attorney John Kacavas to thoroughly investigate O’Keefe and enforce the state and federal laws that prevent and punish voter fraud while allowing eligible Americans to cast their ballots.
O’Keefe says he plans to conduct similar operations in other states as the presidential selection process progresses.
“James O’Keefe’s New Hampshire stunt disproved the very point he was trying to make. There are already rigorous state and federal laws in place that prevent and punish fraud at the polls — fraud like that allegedly committed by O’Keefe and his supporters. Attorney General Delaney and U.S. Attorney Kacavas should show the people of New Hampshire that they are serious about combating voter fraud, and investigate O’Keefe and enforce the voter protection laws that are on the books,” Brooks said.
The O’Keefe incident has been used by several sponsors of voter ID bills this session as a reason some form of photo identification is necessary to prevent voter fraud.
According to news reports, O’Keefe sent people into the polls in some communities to ask for ballots using the names of recently deceased people who were still on the checklist.
“Right-wing activists like James O’Keefe desperately want to convince American voters that widespread voter fraud threatens our elections, just so that they can pass restrictive laws that keep eligible Americans from casting ballots,” Diallo Brooks, field director at People for the American Way, said at a press conference Thursday.
The petitions urge Delaney and U.S. Attorney John Kacavas to thoroughly investigate O’Keefe and enforce the state and federal laws that prevent and punish voter fraud while allowing eligible Americans to cast their ballots.
O’Keefe says he plans to conduct similar operations in other states as the presidential selection process progresses.
“James O’Keefe’s New Hampshire stunt disproved the very point he was trying to make. There are already rigorous state and federal laws in place that prevent and punish fraud at the polls — fraud like that allegedly committed by O’Keefe and his supporters. Attorney General Delaney and U.S. Attorney Kacavas should show the people of New Hampshire that they are serious about combating voter fraud, and investigate O’Keefe and enforce the voter protection laws that are on the books,” Brooks said.
The O’Keefe incident has been used by several sponsors of voter ID bills this session as a reason some form of photo identification is necessary to prevent voter fraud.