Follow the Money

A company where I once worked decided to do an internal audit. They didn't have to fire anybody or shut down operations before they could do it. They just went through the records of all their accounts with their clients and tracked what money was received, what was paid out, etc.

In the course of the audit, they found a few cases where money should have been reimbursed to clients but was not. What did they do about this? Did they shut down the company? No. Did they fire half the employees? No. They realized these were just oversights that occurred when things were busy and complicated.

They wrote explanatory letters to the clients in question and sent them checks for the amounts owed. Nobody got upset.

 

Without Voter ID, This Happened

I used to live in a state that did not require ID to vote. Here's what happened.

The polling place was near my neighborhood. In some years, it was at a school or in a garage within walking distance. It was rare to wait more than 20 minutes, and often there was no wait. Upon arrival, I told the poll workers my name and address. They found me in the list of registered voters, and I signed my name next to my listing. Then I got my ballot and voted.

Would it have been possible for fraud to occur? Sure, if someone knew my name and address and got there before me (or if I didn't vote that time, which never happened) they could have pretended to be me. It would be very difficult to perform fraud like that on a large scale, because you would need a large number of of imposters successfully impersonating people who hadn't voted. It's a crazy idea.