An adverb that modifies a verb is generally more flexible: it may appear before or after the verb it modifies ( softly sang or sang softly ), or it may appear at the beginning of the sentence ( Softly she sang to the baby). The position of the adverb may have an effect on the meaning of the sentence.
Under Republican President George W. Bush, the U.S. Justice Department searched for voter fraud. But in the first three years of the program, just 26 people were convicted or pled guilty to illegal registration or voting. Out of 197,056,035 votes cast in the two federal elections held during that period, the rate of voter fraud was a miniscule 0.00000132 percent! No state considering or passing restrictive voter identification laws has documented an actual problem with voter fraud.
Greg Abbott claims 50 election fraud convictions since 2002. By Sue Owen on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 3:38 p.m. Texasâ attorney general, Greg Abbott, says he needs the stateâs stalled voter identification mandate to ward off fraud at the polls. When the U.S. Justice Department rejected the Texas voter ID law March 12, 2012, preventing it from taking effect, Abbott issued a press release saying: Since 2002 ... election fraud investigations by the Texas Attorney General's Office have resulted in 50 convictions..