A new report confirms this election was fair, free and secure. Trump and his Republican sycophants have no evidence for their claims — even other Republicans admit they are inventing conspiracy theories. Trump can’t hide from the truth: Joe Biden won the election and will be the 46th President of the United States.
New York Times: The Times Call Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud
By Nick Corasaniti, Reid J. Epstein and Jim Rutenberg
election officials in dozens of states representing both political parties said that there was no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race, amounting to a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s portrait of a fraudulent election.
Over the last several days, the president, members of his administration, congressional Republicans and right wing allies have put forth the false claim that the election was stolen from President Trump and have refused to accept results that showed Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as the winner.
But top election officials across the country said in interview and statements that the process had been a remarkable success despite record turnout and the complications of a dangers pandemic.
“Theree’s a great human capacity for inventing things that aren’t true about elections,” said Frank LaRose, a Republican who serves as Ohio’s Secretary of State. “The conspiracy theories and rumors and all those things run rampant. For some reason, elections breed that type of mytology.”
Steve Simon, a Democrat who is Minnesota’s Secretary of State said: “I don’t know of a single case where someone argued that a vote counted when it shouldn’t have to didn’t count when it should. There was no fraud.”
“Kansas did not experience any widespread, systemic issues with voter fraud, intimidation, irregularities or voting problems,” a spokeswoman for Scott Schwab, the Republican Secretary of State in Kansas, said in an email Tuesday. “We are very pleased with how the election has gone up to this point.”
The New York Times contacted the offices of the top election officials in every state on Monday and Tuesday to ask whether they suspected or had evidence of illegal voting. Officials in 45 states responded directly to The Times. For 4 of the remaining states, The Times spoke to other statewide officials or found public comments from secretaries of state; none reported any major voting issues.
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One of the Secretaries of State who did not respond to request for comment about the election in his state was Corey Stapleton of Montana, an outgoing Republican. But Mr. Stapleton did post a message implicitly addressing the president’s ongoing fraud claims. “I have supported you, Mr. President,” he wrote. “But that time is now over! Tim you hat, bite your lip, and congratulate @JoeBiden.”
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