“Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election.”
— President Trump, in a tweet, July 2, 2020
More than 100 times this year, President Trump has peddled false claims or imaginary threats about voting by mail.
The president may believe this disinformation campaign helps his chances of being reelected. But he is sowing confusion as states prepare for the Nov. 3 general election and is falsely accusing state officials of trying to rig the outcome. Trump also has encouraged people to vote twice, which is illegal.
A mountain of evidence shows that mail voting has been almost entirely free of fraud through the decades, but Trump insists that it’s a recipe for disaster. Continue reading.