Trump Claims Vote Fraud in New Hampshire. His Commission Is Going There [View all]
Source: NBC news
New Hampshire is known for hosting the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. But now, another reputation is gaining steam: As a breeding ground for vote fraud.
The state was one of the first targets of Donald Trump’s claims of illegal voting during the 2016 election — he lost the state by a razor-thin margin (fewer than 2,800 votes). Weeks after he defeated Hillary Clinton, Trump claimed without evidence that the state had "serious voter fraud" and charged that "thousands" of people from Massachusetts were bused into in the Granite State to vote.
Trump's vote fraud panel is coming to New Hampshire on Tuesday for its second public meeting, only days after the commission's vice-chair amplified the president's baseless claims in an op-ed that illegal voting had possibly swayed the election in the state.
"It has long been reported, anecdotally, that out-of-staters take advantage of New Hampshire’s same-day registration and head to the Granite State to cast fraudulent votes," Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, wrote on Breitbart last week.
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