Voter fraud is rare, election experts say
Problems ranging from fraud to rejected ballots sometimes happen, but safeguards protect our elections.
That바카라 게임 웹사이트s the takeaway from political scientists, who note how rare these issues are compared to the massive amounts of ballots cast.
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바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s no reason to be alarmed about voter fraud because it바카라 게임 웹사이트s such a rare occurrence,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Steven Huefner, a law professor at The Ohio State University who served as an attorney for the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2000.
In the run up to Election Day, President Donald Trump has seized on voting issues to suggest the election is rigged. But there is no evidence there is any widespread voter fraud as the president has suggested.
Nevertheless, his comments have been amplified by his campaign, supporters and allies, including Attorney General William Barr, adding heft to the claims.
A panel commissioned by the Trump administration to explore the issue to support claims of widespread voter fraud.
Issues occur in every election, but the president has spent months publicly questioning the integrity of the election before it바카라 게임 웹사이트s even arrived and to preemptively call into question the results.
That goes against what election officials 바카라 게임 웹사이트 those in charge of certifying the results 바카라 게임 웹사이트 have said, stressing that the results will be safe and secure.
And it goes against what a top Justice Department attorney in Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s administration has also said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We have yet to see any activity intended to prevent voting or to change votes, and we continue to think it would be extraordinarily difficult for foreign adversaries to change vote tallies,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Jeffrey Rosen, the 38th deputy attorney general for the Justice Department, said in August.
Rosen also said Americans shouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be deterred from participating in elections by concerns of foreign interference efforts because Americans can control who they vote for.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Foreign propaganda and other influence activities have been concerns since the founding of our republic,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They are challenges that we바카라 게임 웹사이트ve been successfully navigating for more than 200 years.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The safeguards protecting the integrity of our elections are the driving force behind why we hear about issues with rejected mail-in ballots and why a winner might not be determined on Nov. 3.
Huefner said that election processes in place involve checking the return envelope to make sure it바카라 게임 웹사이트s coming back from an authenticated voter, and part of the reason why we lose a certain number of mail-in votes every year is because election officials aren바카라 게임 웹사이트t able to determine if it came from a legitimate voter. With some states not even able to count votes by mail until Election Day, results may take time to determine winners after Nov. 3.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Claims of voter fraud are exaggerated,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Huefner said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s really rare to have individual voters engaging in fraud.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s comments come after his claims about massive voter fraud about the 2016 election. it wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t error-free but found the president바카라 게임 웹사이트s claims about widespread voter fraud weren바카라 게임 웹사이트t grounded in reality.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.