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The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud (Published 2020)
The president and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. Officials contacted by The Times said that there were no irregularities that affected the outcome.
NYT reporters contacted election officials across the US, and almost every one -- Republican and Democrat -- responded by stating there was no evidence of voter fraud.
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 four 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....
“There’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 mythology.”
This should not be a surprise to anyone, as no one has actually produced any evidence of any fraud. Even most of the cases filed by the Trump administration -- which are getting thrown out or going nowhere -- don't mention fraud. Many of them are meritless attempts to toss mail-in ballots. And, of course, Trump and Republicans aren't claiming that the Republican Senate, House and other victories should be investigated for fraud.
On a side note, it seems to me that while this baseless nonsense is filling the airwaves and demanding attention, I don't think it is getting much traction beyond Trump's base. Fingers crossed.
