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Did you read any of those studies?
Again most of those studies are most likely done by those against voter ID requirements and seeing how ballots are anonymous there is no way to tell which ballots were cast by actual voters or fraudulent voters.
The majority of charges in voter fraud are of those who were felons and were not aware of the eligibility. Very few who have been found guilty are actually people posing as other people.
1000 people was simply put up as a number. The whole point of that statement is that you are not going to find 1000 people to pose as someone else because there is not 1000 people who are willing to risk being caught. The reward is not even remotely worth the risk.
Minimum penalty for voter fraud is $500 fine and one year in prison along with disenfranchisement. Name one poor liberal who is willing to risk that for the sake of adding one extra vote to the ballot.
In states that do not require IDs to vote the poll workers do not ask for ID. So how would those fraudulent voters be caught? What if the person claims that the person who came in before him was the fraud?After all the poll workers don't ask for ID so they can't prove if the guy in front of them is the real voter of if the guy whom came in prior is the actual voter. Is the poll worker going to chase down the fraudulent voter? Are there cameras in voting booths so they can track down fraudulent voters? Are poll worker going to call every registered voter in their polling district to see if the registered voter voted? So odds of someone getting caught for voting fraud is extremely low.