Alabama Democrats Vote Against Voter Fraud Bill: 'We Are One Step Away from Jim Crow'

Alabama House Democrats, including the Alabama Democratic Party chairman, rejected a preventative voter fraud measure, HB 167, designed to prevent voters from casting multiple ballots in a single election, dismissing it as an attempt to "Further disenfranchise the black vote."

While the Alabama House of Representatives ultimately passed the measure sponsored by Rep. Chris Blackshear on Tuesday, House Democrats either abstained or rejected the measure, which aims to prevent individuals from casting a vote in Alabama if they also cast a ballot in another state for the same election - a move that is "Not currently a violation of state law," according to Yellow Hammer News.

The bill stipulates that an individual would have to knowingly, intentionally vote more than once in a single election for the act to be a crime.

The bill sponsor stressed that while six voters is a minuscule percentage of the ballots cast statewide, one instance of voter fraud is one too many for his liking.

Democrats who rejected the voter fraud measure include Democrat Reps.

Democrat Berry Forte abstained from a vote on HB 167 but blasted Republicans on the floor, expressing confusion over the push for election integrity measures and appearing to suggest they were aimed to prevent people from voting.

A Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday showed 75 percent of Americans supporting voter ID laws, including 60 percent of Democrats.
 

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