WASHINGTON, D.C. — Suspicions arose in Congress after a bill to require voter ID failed in the Senate by a vote of 7 million to 53.
Several Senators expressed skepticism about the legitimacy of the vote, noting that there are only 100 Senators and thus the total number of votes exceeded the number of Senators by several million.
"It seems a little fishy," said Republican Senator Ted Cruz. "Math isn't my strong suit, but I'm calculating that there were 6,999,953 more votes than there are Senators. That's a fairly large difference, percentage-wise. I've got the funny feeling that perhaps a few of those votes may not have been legitimate."
Democrats forcefully defended the validity of the Senate vote count, blasting Republicans as conspiracy-addled election deniers. "Republicans simply cannot accept the fact that over 6 million Senators voted against the voter ID bill," said Democratic Senator Cory Booker. "Instead, they are sowing seeds of distrust in the foundation of our democracy, making outrageous claims like '7 million is more than 100'. There is no voter fraud problem in our country. The only problem is Republicans who cannot handle losing."
At publishing time, Republicans had announced that they would give up trying to pass the voter ID bill as it seemed like a lot of work.
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