John Lott thinks a gun background check should be done on voters. He is an independent researcher and Fox News commentator.
Lott is a gun researcher and wrote a book called “More Guns, Less Crimes”. He has also written about voter’s fraud. Lott has now combined his thoughts on both with this new idea.
He said “regulations that prevent fraud are shown to actually increase the voter participation rate.”
Michael McDonald said that what Lott said wasn’t credible. McDonald is a political scientist at the University of Florida.
McDonald said he doesn’t believe Lott’s proposal will work. He said “I do not believe using the background check, which Lott opposes for gun buyers, is a serious proposal.”
McDonald continued, “it does not speak well of the impartiality of the commission. That the speakers with little knowledge in elections are asked to present in favor of a particular point of view.”
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Lott said the purpose of the check would reveal any criminal history. He argued the authorities would know if the right people are voting.
The proposal is posted on the elections commission website. He has been invited to speak at a Trump’s commission meeting on voter fraud.
Lott recently sent a statement by email.
The email read “given all the many hundreds of statements that I [am] sure that you can find by Democrats and gun control advocates. That the [federal background check] system checks do not ‘in any way infringe’ on people’s ability to have guns for self defense and given Republican concerns about vote fraud.”
He said “it seemed like something that in theory could satisfy both sides for a topic where no common ground otherwise seems possible.”
