Washington, D.C., election laws are ripe for voter fraud and foreign influence, undermining Americans’ confidence in elections if Congress fails to act, according to House Republicans.
The problem with that argument is that there are zero instances of voter fraud in the nation’s capital since 1979, according to Democrats who cited data from the conservative Heritage Foundation.
“I would say this is becoming tedious, but I think we passed that point months ago,” House Administration Committee ranking member Joseph D. Morelle said in his opening testimony during a joint hearing with the House Oversight Committee on Washington’s election laws Wednesday.
