Is Voter Fraud a Fraud?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Depending on who you ask, voter fraud is a widespread threat to the U.S. democratic system or a piece of "fake news". How often are people fraudulently voting? Is there really a cover-up or conspiracy to corrupt the vote? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the strange, murky world of voter and election fraud.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.7	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:24.1	Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt.
0:26.3	They call me Ben. We are joined with our super producer Paul Deckett.
0:30.5	Most importantly, you are you. You are here.
0:33.2	And that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:37.2	Coco Fernandez.
0:39.3	Yes, that's true Matt. Our story begins today with an anecdote.
0:45.2	Coco Fernandez, that's a COCOA Fernandez, is a registered voter or was a registered voter.
0:54.8	For a short time. For a short time pretty recently.
0:57.4	In Palm Beach County and it's West Palm Beach, Florida.
1:01.6	Where am I in laws reside? That's true. That's one of the things they're most well known for.
1:07.0	Palm Beach in this show at least. So, you know, at basis being registered to vote is a good thing.
1:15.5	Yeah, you turn 18, you get to send your registration in. Oh my gosh, I can vote my first election.
1:20.9	Coco, you're doing it right. You too can wait in line.
1:25.6	Right. And you can have a say in some of the biggest elections that exist in our country.
1:31.2	You can sort of have a say. We'll get into it.
1:34.1	Okay. Your say might not be as direct as you think, but it is important.
1:38.2	And Coco, we can guess probably didn't understand the importance of voting or registering to vote
1:46.0	because you see Coco is in addition to being a resident of Florida, a poodle.
1:52.8	Oh, yeah. So how did that happen?
1:59.6	Well, according to Palm Beach County election supervisor Teresa LePore,
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