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Voter Fraud?

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-55348574 =========== "It is on those who allege that fraud did occur to prove their case, which they have not so far been able to do. It is lso on those who make such allegations to disentangle their claims from any benefit they receive from elevating such claims without evidence." Philip Bump, Washington Post https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/10-voter-fraud-lies-debunked Mail voting has taken on new importance as a crucial strategy for protecting voters’ safety amid the Covid-19 pandemic. As if on cue, President Trump and his surrogates have claimed that mail voting is rife with fraud, and that efforts to expand access to mail voting —  like Michigan's , for example — are illegitimate. That is incorrect: as the Brennan Center has explained , fraud in mail voting remains extremely rare, and none of the states that hold their elections primarily by mail have had voter fraud scandals since implementing the systems...