California has a lot of work to do if it wants to improve its administration of elections. Hans von Spakovsky writes:
The U.S. Supreme Court said in 2008, when it upheld Indiana’s voter ID law, that “not only is the risk of voter fraud real but that it could affect the outcome of a close election.”
It seems we have a perfect example of this in Compton, California, where felony voter fraud charges have been filed against six defendants, including a member of the Compton City Council, Isaac Galvan, by the Los Angeles County district attorney.
Talk about a close election! Galvan won his City Council race in 2021 by only one vote, 855 to 854. Not only have all of the defendants been charged with conspiracy to commit election fraud, but Galvan is also accused of attempting to bribe an election official with concert tickets to “influence” the outcome of the election.
[Hans von Spakovsky, "Latest Alleged Election Fraud in California May Have Changed Election Outcome,” The Daily Signal, August 24]
