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As coronavirus continues to spread, bipartisan officials across the country and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have supported mail-in voting as a pandemic-safe option for the upcoming election.
Despite having voted by mail himself on previous occasions, President Donald Trump has frequently pushed back on the concept, claiming without evidence that it would lead to widespread voter fraud and a "rigged" election.
Asked about the issue in a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr said he had "no reason to think" that the upcoming election will be "rigged." But he did say he believes that "if you have wholesale mail-in voting, it substantially increases the risk of fraud."
During the hearing, Barr was also asked about comments he made last month regarding potential foreign interference in the presidential election via counterfeit ballots. Barr acknowledged he didn't have evidence foreign countries could successfully sway US elections with counterfeit ballots but claimed it was "common sense" that they would attempt to do so.
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Andy823
(11,495 posts)even think about shit like this, counterfeiting ballots, would some someone like trump and barr, and of course trumps best bud, putin.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If your ballot doesn't match your bar code, it'll get kicked out for examination. If the signature on your ballot is suspect, it will get a second look, and you may even get a call from the County Elections Division.
Barr doesn't know what he's talking about.
pandr32
(11,447 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)In addition, the birthdate and other identifier (driver's license #, last 4 digits of SS#) must match.
You can't just send in a fake ballot and have it count.
You can't just grab someone else's ballot, send it in, and have it count.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)ballots in sufficient numbers to swing the election to Trump.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Some bozos in New Jersey tried to send in bogus mail in ballots. One third of mail in ballots were rejected, mainly because the signature on the ballot envelope did not match the signature on file. That huge percentage of rejected mail in ballots screamed FRAUD at fire alarm volume and the bozos were caught and arrested. Why wont bogus ballots from Moscow just get rejected?