[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 214 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     WARNINGS FROM BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON FEDERAL ELECTION REFORM

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Alabama (Mr. Brooks) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, this is my eighth speech in a 
series on voter fraud, election theft, and the Presidential election.
  There are three major flaws in America's elections that socialist 
Democrats exploit to steal elections.
  First, voting by illegal aliens and other noncitizens is rampant 
because socialist Democrats made it illegal to require proof of 
citizenship when illegal aliens and other noncitizens demand to be 
registered to vote. In 2020, hundreds of thousands, and more likely 
millions, of illegal aliens and other noncitizens legally voted for Joe 
Biden after he promised them amnesty and citizenship if he is elected 
President.
  Second, vote-by-mail schemes are both horribly prone to voter fraud 
and are illegal because they violate Article I, Section 4 of the 
Constitution and Congress' ensuing designation, with minor exceptions, 
of one 24-hour day as the election day during which citizens can vote. 
Yet, in 2020, socialist Democrats foisted vote-by-mail schemes on 
America in order to more easily engage in voter fraud and election 
theft.
  Third, the lack of photo ID requirements makes it easier for paid 
socialist Democrat election thieves to steal elections with voter 
impersonators. While socialist Democrats and the fake news media 
repeatedly and falsely claim there was no voter fraud in 2020, what is 
most startling is this: America was warned 15 years ago that this would 
happen.
  In 2005, a bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform co-
chaired by Democrat President Jimmy Carter and Reagan White House Chief 
of Staff James Baker issued a 105-page report specifically warning 
about the very same systemic flaws the socialist Democrats used in 2020 
to steal elections. The commission report warns: ``Elections are the 
heart of democracy. If elections are defective, the entire democratic 
system is at risk.''
  Concerning noncitizen voting, the commission warned of a growing 
noncitizen voting threat, citing 784 noncitizen votes in a contested 
California congressional race. The commission recommended that ``all 
States should use their best efforts to obtain proof of citizenship 
before registering voters.''
  Of course, that means repealing the socialist Democrat law that makes 
it illegal for voter registrars to require proof of citizenship when 
illegal aliens and other noncitizens demand to be registered to vote.
  Concerning vote-by-mail schemes, the commission warned that vote by 
mail is ``likely to increase the risks of fraud and of contested 
elections,'' adding that it remains ``the largest source of potential 
voter fraud'' because it is ``vulnerable to abuse in several ways. 
Blank ballots mailed to the wrong address or to large residential 
buildings might get intercepted. . . . Vote buying schemes are far more 
difficult to detect when citizens vote by mail.''
  The commission recommended minimizing voting by mail.
  On voter ID, the commission warned that the lack of photo ID opens 
the door to voter fraud and strongly recommended a photo ID requirement 
for voters, noting that ``photo IDs currently are needed to board a 
plane, enter Federal buildings, and cash a check. Voting is equally 
important,'' and that ``voters in nearly 100 democracies use a photo 
identification card without fear of infringement on their rights.''
  The commission recommended that ``citizens should identify themselves 
as the correct person on the registration list when they vote.'' The 
problem ``is not the magnitude of the fraud. In close or disputed 
elections, and there are many, a small amount of fraud could make the 
margin of difference.''
  How prophetic.
  Mr. Speaker, America's republic is only as good as its election 
system. On January 6, 2021, I have a choice. I can ignore truth, 
surrender to socialism, and accept electoral college submissions from 
States with election systems so badly flawed as to render their vote 
submissions unreliable, untrustworthy, and unworthy of acceptance. Or I 
can fight for America and move to reject them.
  I can't speak for anyone else, but as for me, Mo Brooks from 
Alabama's Fifth Congressional District, I choose to fight for America.

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